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Helen Kane (August 4, 1903 - September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her “boop-boop-a-doop” trademark and her signature song, “I Wanna Be Loved By You”. Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane as the model for his studio’s most famous creation, Betty Boop.
Helen Kane’s first performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square proved to be her defining moment and career’s launching point. Kane was singing the popular song “That’s My Weakness Now,” when she interpolated the scat lyrics “boop-boop-be-doop.” The rather odd gamble paid off, and four days later, Helen Kane’s name went up in lights. Overnight, the world changed for Helen. Kane’s agent Harry Besney got her $5,500 a week in Oscar Hammerstein’s show “Good Boy” (where she introduced her hit, “I Want to Be Loved By You”). From there it was back to the Palace, but this time as a headliner for $5000 a week.
In mid-1929, Paramount Pictures signed Helen to make a series of musicals. Her first of three 1929 films was “Nothing But the Truth”, a comedy starring Richard Dix. From there Kane went into a college musical, “Sweetie”, which starred Nancy Carroll and Stanley Smith. “Paramount on Parade”, “Dangerous Nan McGrew”, and “Heads Up!” were her last films.
In 1932, she filed an unsuccessful $250,000 suit against Paramount and Max Fleischer, charging unfair competition and wrongful appropriation in the Betty Boop cartoons.
Helen Kane’s first performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square proved to be her defining moment and career’s launching point. Kane was singing the popular song “That’s My Weakness Now,” when she interpolated the scat lyrics “boop-boop-be-doop.” The rather odd gamble paid off, and four days later, Helen Kane’s name went up in lights. Overnight, the world changed for Helen. Kane’s agent Harry Besney got her $5,500 a week in Oscar Hammerstein’s show “Good Boy” (where she introduced her hit, “I Want to Be Loved By You”). From there it was back to the Palace, but this time as a headliner for $5000 a week.
In mid-1929, Paramount Pictures signed Helen to make a series of musicals. Her first of three 1929 films was “Nothing But the Truth”, a comedy starring Richard Dix. From there Kane went into a college musical, “Sweetie”, which starred Nancy Carroll and Stanley Smith. “Paramount on Parade”, “Dangerous Nan McGrew”, and “Heads Up!” were her last films.
In 1932, she filed an unsuccessful $250,000 suit against Paramount and Max Fleischer, charging unfair competition and wrongful appropriation in the Betty Boop cartoons.
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Dangerous Nan McGrew
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That's My Weakness Now
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I Want to Be Bad
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He's So Unusual
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Me and the Man in the Moon
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That's Why I'm Happy
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Button Up Your Overcoat
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Get Out and Get Under the Moon
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I'd Do Anything for You
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My Man Is on the Make
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Aba Daba Honeymoon
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Ain'tcha?
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Do Something
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I Owe You
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hatemissile wrote:
space ed
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Niekas_Niekur wrote:
Totally strange alien-bird voice girl from 30s. And I really like her.
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Venusheart wrote:
He likes to boop oop a doop , but i never cared to Boop oop a doop, But he likes to Boop oop a doop and thats My Weakness now! Love helen kanes style without it betty boop would have never been created
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Uncle_Monty wrote:
CUDDLECORE
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Prayermad wrote:
put a boop-boop a DONK in it
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funkypunkymunky wrote:
she's so adorable! =]
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maulofsound wrote:
suddenly the fact that her voice reminds me of betty boop makes total sense.
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awffle wrote:
The fact that House of 1000 Corpses is her *top album* is depressing. Don't more people know who she is already??
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PappaWheelie wrote:
I'd stop playing my ukulele and lay my raccoon coat down over a puddle for her.
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Alex_Stone91 wrote:
sooooo cute *O*
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bigsexyshaq wrote:
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xCUDDLECOREx wrote:
i love helen kane. shes so cute!
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