Big Apple

Big Apple (English " Big Apple" ) is the nickname of the U.S. city of New York. On the origin of this name, there are several theories:

The name Big Apple first appeared in 1909 in Edward S. Martin's book The Wayfarer in New York. There he wrote that the rest of the United States " likes to think that the Big Apple an unbalanced share of the national sap gets " (more money than other cities).

• In the jazz scene, the term " Big Apple" in the 1930s to the fixed expression for Harlem and New York as a jazz capital of the world. At that time, Jazz musicians used it in the following ambiguous phrase: ". There are many apples on the tree, but only one Big Apple"

• Another legend has it that the famous pianist Peter W. Hendriksen 1924 in a ballad the unique advantages of the New York women described by the term "big apple". Quote: ". Forget the places in New Orleans, forget the bunnies in Texas, there is only one place to be, only New York where the girls show Their big apples" The song was covered in the 70s by Steely Dan.

The term lost its popularity in the 1950s, but is used more often again in the 1970s for a promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, and has since also the nickname used officially in town.

Music

• Johan de Meij 's Symphony No. 2 is called The Big Apple.
• The British jazz trumpeter Nat Gonella in 1937 a number called "The Big Apple" recorded.
• Alice Cooper released " Big Apple Dreamin ' " as the opening song of the album "Muscle of Love" (1973).
• The English pop band Kajagoogoo has published in 1983 a title "Big Apple".
• Big Apple Adventure in 2011 a song " Lifeway VBS " written.