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| Baby Esther Jones Starting Booping In 1925[1] |
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There was a "Boop" or two, then a "Doo-Doo-Doo," finally "Wah-Da-Da-Da!" Everybody especially the court stenographer was confused. The stenographer's knowledge of spelling did not transcend the dictionary. The assortment of noises came during the attempts of the defense to show that the art of "Booping" was not original with Helen Kane. Testifying for the defense, Lou Bolton, theatrical manager, said that one of his stage proteges, Baby Esther Jones, a negro woman, had interpolated songs with syllables similar to Miss Kane as long ago as 1925. In April 1928, Bolton continued, Miss Kane and her manager attended a performance of Miss Jones whose stage name was Baby Esther in a New York night club. Just a few weeks later, he testified, Miss Kane began to "Boop" at a theatre here.