Big Boy
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The name Big Boy has been applied to:
- Big Boy (restaurant)Big Boy (restaurant)Big Boy is a restaurant chain with its headquarters in Warren, Michigan.Big Boy was started in 1936 by Bob Wian, in partnership with Arnold Peterson in Glendale, California, USA. Marriott Corporation bought the chain in 1967...
, an American restaurant chain - Union Pacific Big BoyUnion Pacific Big BoyBig Boy was the name of the Union Pacific Railroad's 4000-class 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives, built between 1941 and 1944 by American Locomotive Company...
, a class of steam locomotives - Big Boy (artist), Puerto Rican hip hop/reggaeton artist
- nickname of Arthur CrudupArthur CrudupArthur "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs such as "That's All Right" , "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later covered by Elvis Presley and dozens of other artists.-Career:Arthur Crudup...
(1905-1976), American singer and guitarist - Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice, a villain from the comic strip Dick Tracy
- Big Boy (musical), a 1925 Broadway musical with music by James F. Hanley and Joseph MeyerJoseph Meyer (songwriter)Joseph Meyer was an American songwriter who wrote some of the most notable songs of the first half of the twentieth century....
- Big Boy (film) - a 1930 American film
- Big Boy (radio host)Big Boy (radio host)Big Boy is a radio host currently heard on Los Angeles Rhythmic contemporary station KPWR in the mornings from 5 to 10, as well as numerous radio stations across the United States...
, American radio host on Los Angeles Hip hip hop/R&B station KPWR - A night personality on WKQIWKQIWKQI — branded Channel 955 — is a commercial pop/CHR radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by Clear Channel Communications. WKQI transmits its signal with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts from an antenna 430 feet in height located at the intersection of Greenfield Road and 10 Mile...
FM (Channel 955) in Detroit, Michigan - A 1976 hit single by Sparks (band)Sparks (band)Sparks is an American rock and pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1968 by brothers Ron and Russell Mael , initially under the name Halfnelson...
, prominently featured in the 1977 film Rollercoaster - The Strathfieldian name for Patbingsu
- "Big BoyBig Boy (The Jackson 5 song)"Big Boy" was the first single ever released by The Jackson 5, in January 1968, through Steeltown Records. The group produced and played instruments on many of their Steeltown compositions, including "Big Boy"...
", the first single ever released by The Jackson 5The Jackson 5The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
, released on their first label Steeltown RecordsSteeltown RecordsSteeltown Records was a short-lived record label active from 1966 to 1972 and formed by Gordon Keith in Gary, Indiana. It is best known as the label that first signed The Jackson 5 a year before Motown signed the group....
. - Big Boy centerfire rifle from the Henry Repeating ArmsHenry Repeating ArmsHenry Repeating Arms is a firearms manufacturing company, one of the top ten long gun manufacturers in the United States and the leading lever action manufacturer. Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860. The company...
company - Tha Hakdog
See also
- Big BoiBig BoiAntwan André Patton , better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. During the duo's hiatus, he and André...
, American hip hop artist and producer, and member of the duo OutKast - Big Boys (band)Big Boys (band)The Big Boys were a pioneering band who are credited with helping introduce the new style of hardcore punk that became popular in the 1980s.-History:...
, American punk rock band from Austin, Texas. - You're a Big Boy NowYou're a Big Boy NowYou're a Big Boy Now is a 1966 film with Peter Kastner, Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Julie Harris and Karen Black, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on a 1963 novel, also titled You're a Big Boy Now, by David Benedictus....
, a 1966 Oscar-nominated American film