In her act, "Baby Esther" danced, made funny faces, rolled her eyes, and-most famously-interpolated nonsense phrases such as "Boo-Boo-Boo", "Wha-Da-Da", and "Doo-Doo-Doo". Esther was a trained scat singer, dancer and acrobat who performed regularly at nightclubs in Harlem and all over the United States in the 1920s. She was initially managed by her parents, Gertrude and William Jones. " Baby" Esther Lee Jones, originally billed as Little, Li'l or Lil' Esther, was a child entertainer who lived in Chicago, Illinois.
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Other evidence introduced at the trial included a recording by the Duncan Sisters and testimony from performers such as Bonnie Poe, Margie Hines, and Little Ann Little, who testified that she had been singing in a baby voice and using interpolations such as "bo-de-o-do" for several years.
An early test sound film of Baby Esther's performance was used as evidence. Fleischer trial that Kane saw Baby Esther's cabaret act in 1928, in which Esther used interpolated words such as "boo-boo-boo" and "doo-doo-doo". Theatrical manager Lou Bolton testified during the Kane v. In 1932, when singer Helen Kane sued Fleischer Studios, claiming that they had appropriated her persona for the voice of the cartoon character Betty Boop, the studios defended themselves by arguing that Kane's style of singing-characterized by her baby voice and use of the phrase "boop-boop-a-doop"-was not her own invention. After gaining attention in her hometown of Chicago, she became an international celebrity before leaving the public spotlight as a teenager. 1918, date of death unknown), known by her stage names " Baby Esther", " Little Esther", and other similar variations, was an American singer and child entertainer of the late 1920s, known for interpreting popular songs with a "mixture of seriousness and childish mischief".
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