Helen Kane
Helen Kane is one of an elite group of performers, the essence of whose entire careers can be captured with a simple, silly, and catchy expression. "Boop-boop-be-doop!" does it for Kane, just like "I can't get no satisfaction" sums up Mick Jagger. It is a pity that these two careers have little else in common; how nice it would be, for example, if a cartoon character based on some aspect of Jagger's personality had become much more famous than Jagger himself. That's just what happened with Betty Boop and Kane, but it was not the singer who actually worked the voice of the flapper-cartoon heroine. The Boop-scoop, so to speak, was provided by a performer named Mae Questal, first-place winner in a contest to imitate the sound of Kane's voice.
Like many performers burdened with one overwhelming association, Kane's career was actually much more diverse. She was involved with show business for much of her life, not only as a singer but also as an actress in the early-'30s Hollywood films, and a costume designer as well. Kane was a Bronx gal whose real name was Helen Schroeder. Some mildly amusing siblings known as the Marx Brothers were the ones who got her started in show business; she was 17 at the time. She began appearing in Broadway musicals in 1927, and a 1928 show entitled Good Boy was the source of the "boop-boop-be-doop," a musical request entitled "I Wanna Be Loved by You," specifically. An aspect of her approach to the song, delivering it in a toddler's voice, in turn became a stylistic trademark of some of the so-called "flapper" tuneage created by singers such as Kane and Annette Hanshaw.
The character of Betty Boop evolved out of all this while Kane was a contract player at the Paramount studio, also the home of animation genius Max Fleischer. It wasn't he who first drew the character, however. The original animator, the pleasant-sounding Grim Natwick, supposedly created Betty Boop by combining attributes of Kane and a French poodle! In a 1950 film biography of "I Want to Be Loved by You" songwriters Kalmar & Ruby, the part of Kane was played by none other than Debbie Reynolds, but it is actually Kane's voice providing the "boop-boop-be-doop."
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The Voice of Betty Boop (Remastered)
Pop - Erschienen bei Master Tape Records am 14.08.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Betty Boop Sings (Remastered) (Helen Kane)
Internationaler Pop - Erschienen bei The Lost Noises Office am 01.01.2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Boop-Boop-A-Doop
Pop - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 03.12.1928
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Flapper Follies- Helen Kane's 1928-1930 Songbook
Jazz - Erschienen bei Groovy Train am 08.09.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Betty Boop Sings! (Remastered)
Original Soundtrack - Erschienen bei RevOla am 18.07.2019
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Helen Kane - The Essential
Pop - Erschienen bei Vintage Jukebox am 15.04.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Want To Be Bad
Pop - Erschienen bei Sweeter Records am 18.12.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Betty Boop Best Of
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.06.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Hug Me! Kiss Me! Love Me!
Pop - Erschienen bei Orange Leisure am 27.02.2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Voice of Betty Boop!
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 07.02.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Vintage Collection - Helen Kane
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Imperial Presents am 01.08.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Wanna Be loved By You
Pop - Erschienen bei Rainbow Media OMP am 11.05.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Birth Of The Blues
Harry Richman, Helen Kane, Eddie Cantor
Blues - Erschienen bei Roots am 01.01.2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Helen Kane (Vintage Charm)
Pop - Erschienen bei Don't stop the music am 22.04.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Button Up Your Overcoat
Pop - Erschienen bei Sweeter Records am 20.06.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Me & The Man In The Moon
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Vantage Music am 28.09.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Me & The Man In The Moon
Pop - Erschienen bei Heaven And Earth Music am 28.09.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Man Is On The Make
Pop - Erschienen bei Black Barn Music am 07.09.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I Wanna Be Loved by You
Pop - Erschienen bei JB Production am 11.08.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo