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Esther Jones, known by her stage name "Baby Esther", was an African-American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s. Her "baby" singing style often included the phrase “Boop-oop-a-doop”. She performed regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Theatrical manager Lou Walton testified during the Fleischer v. Kane trial that Helen Kane saw Baby Esther's cabaret act in 1928 with him and appropriated Jones' style of singing, changing the interpolated words "boo-boo-boo" and "doo-doo-doo" to "boop-boop James Van Der Zee, Esther Jones, Helen Kane, The Real Betty Boop, Baby Esther, The Cotton Club, Baby Singing, Betty Boop Cartoon, Cotton Club

Esther Jones, known by her stage name "Baby Esther", was an African-American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s. Her "baby" singing style often included the phrase “Boop-oop-a-doop”. She performed regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Theatrical manager Lou Walton testified during the Fleischer v. Kane trial that Helen Kane saw Baby Esther's cabaret act in 1928 with him and appropriated Jones' style of singing, changing the interpolated words "boo-boo-boo" and "doo-doo-doo" to…

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