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"The Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, known now as NYC & Company.

Although the history of the Big Apple was once thought a mystery, research over the past two decades, primarily by amateur etymologist Barry Popik and Gerald Cohen of Missouri University of Science and Technology, has provided a reasonably clear picture of the term's history. Previously, there were a number of false etymologies, including a claim that the term derived from a New York brothel whose madam was known as Eve. This was subsequently exposed as a hoax and has been replaced on the source web site with more accurate information.

The earliest citation for "big apple" is the 1909 book The Wayfarer in New York, by Edward Martin, writing: "Kansas is apt to see in New York a greedy city. . . . It inclines to think that the big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap" (emphasis added).William Safire considered this the coinage, but the Random House Dictionary of American Slang considers the usage "metaphorical or perhaps proverbial, rather than a concrete example of the later slang term", and Popik likewise does not consider this the coinage.

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Johannes Abraham (Johan) de Meij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjohɑn dʏ ˈmɛi], born November 23, 1953, Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer, best known for his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.

Johan de Meij (Voorburg, 1953) studied trombone and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague. He has earned international fame as a composer and arranger. His catalogue consists of original compositions, symphonic transcriptions and arrangements of film scores and musicals. His Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings, based on Tolkien's best-selling novels of the same name, was his first composition for wind orchestra. It received the prestigious Sudler Composition Award in 1989. In 2001, the orchestral version was premiered by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. The Lord of the Rings has been recorded by renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the North Netherlands Orchestra, the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra and the Amsterdam Wind Orchestra. His cello concerto Casanova was awarded First Prize at the International Composition Competition of Corciano [Italy] in 1999. A year later, De Meij won the Oman International Composition Prize with The Red Tower. His Symphony No. 3, Planet Earth was awarded 2nd Prize in the 2006 edition of the Corciano Competition. He received the Dutch Wind Music Award 2007 for his important role in the worldwide advancement of the genre. Besides composing and arranging, Johan de Meij is active as a performer, conductor, adjudicator and lecturer. As a trombone and euphonium player he has performed with the major orchestras and ensembles in The Netherlands, such as the Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Dutch Brass Sextet, the Amsterdam Wind Orchestra and Orkest ‘De Volharding’. He has conducted some of the leading wind orchestras of Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America and has led master classes around the world. www.johandemeij.com

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Big Apple - Molly Hatchet

Big Apple - Limahl

Big Apple - Kajagoogoo

Big Apple - Urban Dance Squad

Top Molly Hatchet, Big Apple

New York City, you're so big and tough
Well here we come, baby, struttin' our stuff
Well we look kinda freaky we're pretty damn bad
Cause Southern cookin' is all we've ever had
Oh, cook 'em up some greens, baby
I've seen the mountains up in Tennessee
Sweet little hill women satisfied me
We all know it's tough and it's an uphill battle
But we're running 'em hard baby, sitting in the saddle
Oh, come on baby
New York City you're so big and tough
My pistols are loaded, I feel rough
Well, we've heard of your punks and high heeled steppers

Top Limahl, Big Apple

(VERSE 1)
See my face you know where I've been
Walking in jungle
Cruising down boulevard part of the race
Taking a tumble
(BRIDGE 1)
Loving a stranger
Is fearing from danger
Is crying in some avenue
And soon the hate will be there...
(VERSE 2)
Assassin with gun is taking his aim
To target his rival
And tossing the street is a dangerous game
The stakes are survival
(BRIDGE 2)
Love in that stranger
Still fearing that danger
Still crying in some avenue
And soon the hate will be there too
(CHORUS 1)
Life in the Big Apple moves very fast
And so must you
Do like the others do
And don't you drag your heels
Life in the Big Apple moves very fast...
(VERSE 3)
Cops on route are hot in pursuit
As windows are shattered
Café and arcade are teeming with loot
The sidewalks are scattered
(BRIDGE 3)
Walking down highways
Just seeing things my way
While dealer man enjoys his wealth
You spare the rope, he'll hang himself
(CHORUS 2)
Life in the Big Apple moves very fast
And so must you
Do like the others do
And don't you drag your heels
Life in the Big Apple moves very fast
And so must you
Do like the others do
And don't you drag your...
Drag your...
(FINAL CHORUS)
Life in the Big Apple moves very fast
And so must you
Do like the others do
And don't you drag your heels

Top Kajagoogoo, Big Apple

See my face
you know where I've been walking in jungle
Cruising down boulevard part of the race taking a tumble.
Love in that stranger still fearing that danger
Still crying in some avenue and soon the hate will be there too.
Life in the big apple moves very fast and so must you
Do like the others do and don't you drag your heels.
Life in the big apple moves very fast.
Cops on route are hot in pursuit as windows are shattered.
Cafe and arcade are teeming with loot the sidewalks are scattered.
Walking down highways just seeing things my way
While dealer man enjoys his wealth you spare the rope he'll hang himself.
Life in the big apple moves very fast and so must you
. . .
Life in the big apple moves very fast and so must you
. . .

Top Urban Dance Squad, Big Apple

mc, remember the day you were hyped ?
in europe you heard the first dose of rhyme
it shivered your spine, the music was fine, I suppose
it made you presumptious - you can't come close to a cigar -
no superstar - 'cos you copy
make a cliche what they say in usa, mc
don't believe, rub your eyes a clear vision
you're lucky in your zone, no u.s. collision
now, make that decision to cross the ocean
rap your tracks - they smack, before you have a notion
'cos all originals gotta be original
make 'm say 'european style is typical'
no bites or snatches, big apple's a temple
now make your own, you know the example
big apple, it's only example
The rhyme spectre haunts like a corrector
my hate of imitating mc's - is the factor
you see, I walk around in my hometown
visit now and then clubs underground
see them walk around blowing their mouths off
they can't hang, so why hang around son ?
not learning, no progress 'bout the past
stuck with old skool, old wax, all that jazz
big apple, it's only example
Like me when I blast you're going on drugs
like designer-drugs - you get the best bang for the buck
now let me show you the big picture
you as an outsider get a mixture
of whack rhymes, over and over
you feel dizzy, yo ! here's an artist to make you sober
with strong rhymes made for succes
sometimes I stand alone, this time with a bandact
and I guess uds is fresh
'cos we don't mess with things they do in the us

MC MENOR - DESCE NO LITRO DA BIG APPLE - MÚSICA NOVA 2014

Learn the Big Apple Routine - Full routine with the counts

The Big Apple Routine in Keep Punching

สาวโคโยตี้ Big Apple Coyoty Pub

ฉันไม่ได้เอาอะไรมาเลย - Big Apple

04 The Harlem Hot Shots Big Apple MVI_3019.AVI

Big Apple, 2009 Hawkeye Swing Festival

Big Apple Quebra Costela (Com e Sem Álcool)

MC MENOR - PASSINHO DA BIG APPLE - MÚSICA NOVA 2014

Flying to NEW YORK!!! Big Apple Here We come!

Learn the Big Apple Routine - 1st Seq.

GoPro: Wingsuits Over The Big Apple

BBDC10 Big Apple Routine

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers performing the Big Apple (1939)

'Big Apple' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Conservation Area (2011)

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Kinnikuman: Nyû Yôku kiki ippatsu! (1986)

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MC MENOR - DESCE NO LITRO DA BIG APPLE - MÚSICA NOVA 2014

Learn the Big Apple Routine - Full routine with the counts

The Big Apple Routine in Keep Punching

สาวโคโยตี้ Big Apple Coyoty Pub

ฉันไม่ได้เอาอะไรมาเลย - Big Apple

04 The Harlem Hot Shots Big Apple MVI_3019.AVI

Big Apple, 2009 Hawkeye Swing Festival

Big Apple Quebra Costela (Com e Sem Álcool)

MC MENOR - PASSINHO DA BIG APPLE - MÚSICA NOVA 2014

Flying to NEW YORK!!! Big Apple Here We come!

Learn the Big Apple Routine - 1st Seq.

GoPro: Wingsuits Over The Big Apple

BBDC10 Big Apple Routine

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers performing the Big Apple (1939)

The Big Apple Cocktail - Tipsy Bartender

Mc Menor Terro - Louco de Big Apple ♪ { Dj Gege }

Kajagoogoo - Big Apple

Nachdi Jawani Warriors @ Big Apple Bhangra 2014 (Official HD)

BSGNR - Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 2 "The Big Apple", A New York Symphony

The Big Apple Routine - Performed by Holy Lindy Land students

Big Apple promo clip besloten evenementen

Drink Bacardi Big Apple com Schweppes

Stephen A.: "Kobe, Come to the Big Apple"

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Learn the Big Apple - Last Sequence

Xanadu- Sure Shot

Brother D - How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?

General Echo - Rapping Dub Style

T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat

Universal Two 'Dancing Heart' (Golden Flamingo 1981)

The Masterdon Committee - 1982 - Funk Box Party, Part 1

Cold Crush Brothers - The Weekend

Spyder D 'Big Apple Rappin' (Newtroit 1980)

Mr. Q - D.J. Style

The Fly Guy : Fly Guy Rap 1981

Solo Sound 'Get The Party Jumpin' (Express 1981)

JAMAICA GIRLS - Rock The Beat (extended)

Super 3 'When You're Standing On The Top' (Street Beat 1982)

TJ Swann / Peewee Mel / Barry B 'Are You Ready' (Express 1981)

NICE AND NASTY 3 - THE ULTIMATE RAP 1980

Ann Richards - Lullaby Of Broadway

Nat King Cole - Harlem Blues

Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - Park Avenue Escapade

Diahann Carroll - There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York