My grandma use to sing that song when she was around because she loved it as I believe it was her childhood song and minutes before she passed away, she was humming with her last bit of breath to this so I tried to put the words I remember, then she passed away R.I.P. Grandma, I love you… Update… thanks for the support and comments, pretty cool community, fun fact, I never heard the actual song until I searched for it after her passing. My only knowledge of it was the version that she sang.
My Grandma said she liked How Are Things in Glocca Morra, so I played it on my phone on her death bed. It was the only thing that got her to respond. She was humming along but was never able to open her eyes or talk. She died the next day.
"When you sass a traffic cop, use diplomacy!" My mother sang this to me and I sang it to my kids and now my grandchild .... and today I sang it to my goats.
She is ADORABLE! Could anybody even IMAGINE a modern woman singing this cute little song? "Take good care of yourself, you belong to me" I have a strange dictionary, under the entry "lovable" there was her picture!
Helen was so beautiful: so seductive! Her rendition of this song is just magical! Your presentation is great! This one is going straight to my favourites. Thank you for sharing.
Mae Questel based her voicing of the Betty Boop character on the work of Helen Kane. Helen did a boop boop a doop version of 'I Wanna Be Loved By You' which would later be covered by Mae in a Betty episode. You simply can't deny that the look and sound of the two women is nearly identical.
This song was first released on Wednesday January 30, 1929. By the time the record hit shelves, Helen had reached the peak of her popularity. I've read that during that time, dolls made in Helen's likeness were flying off the shelves and contests which were held to see which flapper girl could best imitate Helen were held all over the country.
That might be how a historian would put it, but clearly those of us who are moved by Helen Kane know real talent when we see it. Helen was so original about everything else surrounding her persona that one wouldn't need to watch her for long to realize this. Then when you see Betty Boop you realize that without Helen she would have been a totally different character. There are those who are inspired by others and then there are those who blatantly cross the line. You see it or you don't.
For Helen Kane it couldn't have been pleasant seeing her unique vocal tones and facial movements turned into animation. And she received no copyright recognition or payments for all the originality the Fleischer animators took... That's showbiz?
They really screwed her out if those $10, jk. But I'd be flattered to have a world famous cartoon based of me, call me greedy but that seems a lot better of a legend than money.
Speaking of Annette Hanshaw , google for "Nina Paley" dotcom and check out Nina's animated film Sita Sings The Blues, which features songs by Annette Hanshaw .
@AriesG247 You do realize of course, that back before the 50's most stars were taken advantage of terribly by the companies they worked for. It is too bad Helen kane filed a lawsuit.....But being treated like someone's property.....Was no bed of roses either.
Taicleis is you where aware whilst you played the game you would have noticed that tears in time appeared, and the music that emanated from said crack was music from the 80's
@AriesG247 It's not copying if every other girl from the Bronx talked that way in the 20's, think of it as a Proto (Jeniffer lopez Bronx Girl Speak) lol
Nice montage, but I wish you had left out the animation. Now don't get me wrong, I love Betty Boop cartoons, but mixing Boop and Kane is a bit disrespectful. Betty Boop more or less ruined Kane's career. Wow, I'm such a dork! LOL.
Helen Kane isn't the originator of the 'baby singing' style, not even the 'boop boop a doop' signature line. She copied it all from a woman called Esther 'Baby' Jones, when Kane went to see her act years before she started singing the same way. This is why Kane lost the lawsuit against Paramount for Betty Boop - because while there's no use denying that Betty Boop WAS most likely based on her, the defense proved that her singing style and famous line isn't hers at all, but rather Esther Jones' and therefore her claim didn't hold.
Esther Jones wasn't a woman at the time, she was a little girl. And it wasn't a couple years later Helen Kane started doing it, it was a couple weeks later. But what's the point of posting this on one of her songs though? The lady dead and gone.
That's what I got of everything that I read about it. It makes perfect sense to me. Right after the lawsuit was dismissed, a Betty Boop cartoon was made depicting Betty Boop as black. Obviously done to rub it in. Interesting what one can learn on the internet.
in those days it was VERY common to take bits and pieces from similar artists, you can hear similar similar jazz solos, piano solos, clarinet solos, refrains, snare drum intros, it was THE WAY at the time, and not necessarily frowned upon. a "small time" actor, musician would imitate the style of a "working artist" to book gigs and make a name for themselves
Utter nonsense. Helen Kane was performing in this style since 1923 She ALLEGEDLY saw Esther in 1928. So, did Helen Kane know Doc Brown? How does that work?
It's not like Helen Kane is completely original, she got her singing style from Baby Esther. Everyone "borrowed" from everyone else back then. Helen's just the one who made it big, so everyone remembers her.
This song preceded the Depression, though not by much. True Depression-era music was very different, though I like it equally. If you haven't seen the part of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" showing the "Man of Constant Sorrow" studio scene, you should; that's how a lot of Depression-era music was made. This was a professionally produced hit with popular songwriters, made much more like it's done today.
My grandma use to sing that song when she was around because she loved it as I believe it was her childhood song and minutes before she passed away, she was humming with her last bit of breath to this so I tried to put the words I remember, then she passed away R.I.P. Grandma, I love you…
Update… thanks for the support and comments, pretty cool community, fun fact, I never heard the actual song until I searched for it after her passing. My only knowledge of it was the version that she sang.
Wait... "so I tried to help sing this then she passed away R.I.P. Grandma,".. Maybe you should sing better..
@@kaasbaas9532 you are a terrible person
@@elikopokopo6443 Correct
My Grandma said she liked How Are Things in Glocca Morra, so I played it on my phone on her death bed. It was the only thing that got her to respond. She was humming along but was never able to open her eyes or talk. She died the next day.
@@kaasbaas9532no
Helen Kane's recording of this song is precious. I can't imagine anyone doing it any better. Besides, Betty Boop cartoons are my favorites!
May I suggest either Ruth Etting or Annette Hanshaw? Both are splendid.( My preference is Ruth Etting).
"When you sass a traffic cop, use diplomacy!" My mother sang this to me and I sang it to my kids and now my grandchild .... and today I sang it to my goats.
ADORABLE VIDEO.....GREAT TO SEE WHERE BETTY BOOP WAS INSPIRED BY ....MISS KANE WAS PRECIOUS AS WAS HER VOICE....THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO YOU MADE!
She is ADORABLE! Could anybody even IMAGINE a modern woman singing this cute little song? "Take good care of yourself, you belong to me" I have a strange dictionary, under the entry "lovable" there was her picture!
"you'll get a pain annd ruin your tum-tum" is far too cuuuuute i criii
Helen was so beautiful: so seductive! Her rendition of this song is just magical!
Your presentation is great! This one is going straight to my favourites.
Thank you for sharing.
I love those times! even though i was born in 1952. makes me feel happy...
Heard on Bioshock Infinite! Yeaaaah buddy! Awesome :)
Just stopping by from Downtown Emporia . . .
The voice of Betty Boop was that of Mae Questel - not Helen Kane.
The voice on this recording IS that of Helen Kane
Helen Kane was the inspiration for Betty bop
Mae Questel based her voicing of the Betty Boop character on the work of Helen Kane. Helen did a boop boop a doop version of 'I Wanna Be Loved By You' which would later be covered by Mae in a Betty episode. You simply can't deny that the look and sound of the two women is nearly identical.
I love Helen Kane! Thanks so much for putting this up!
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This song was first released on Wednesday January 30, 1929. By the time the record hit shelves, Helen had reached the peak of her popularity. I've read that during that time, dolls made in Helen's likeness were flying off the shelves and contests which were held to see which flapper girl could best imitate Helen were held all over the country.
amazing song. Thanks for making the video, I had no idea how beautiful she was!
Thank you so much!
What a cutie.and for ever! It is so sweet to hear her voice!
Thank you thank you thank you!
That might be how a historian would put it, but clearly those of us who are moved by Helen Kane know real talent when we see it. Helen was so original about everything else surrounding her persona that one wouldn't need to watch her for long to realize this. Then when you see Betty Boop you realize that without Helen she would have been a totally different character. There are those who are inspired by others and then there are those who blatantly cross the line. You see it or you don't.
Thank you for posting this....It was fun.
Love, love Helen Kane.
A Columbia classic!
She was ripped off ... DEFINITELY the inspiration for BB
For Helen Kane it couldn't have been pleasant seeing her unique vocal tones and facial movements turned into animation. And she received no copyright recognition or payments for all the originality the Fleischer animators took... That's showbiz?
Oh wow. My grandmother use to sing this. But with dirty lyrics Haha
William Debianchi do you remember any of those lyrics?
Very nice video! Entertaining visuals.
ME TOO!! my friends make fun of me cuz I listen to this kind of music all the time. But THIS is real music.
Fantastic! Thanks for this posting.
I can't button up my coat now.
Gee this is really swell, could listen all day
Thanks for this wonderful Treat.
beautiful, just beautiful, Thanks!
Eve Golden, author of "Platinum Girl: The Life and Legend of Jean Harlow" is writing a book about Helen Kane!
Wow, Helen Kane was so pretty. Very wholesome and sweet. I love this woman.
Adorable!!
Booker de Witt and Elizabeth sent me here!
Paulj0557 you are so right. There is only one Betty Boop and she is Helen Kane.
Nothing else like Betty !
Amazing
Bioshock sent me here!
Poor - Berry lol - She was sooo popular and use a lot of Top NO. 1 hits in her cartoons..........Lover Her!
this is great...thank you!
Thanks! Loved it :)
Very sweet. Thanks.
Helen's version of this song is actually the most famous version of said song.
Helen Kane has eyes like headlights
omg wow we're singing this song for our school's winter chorus concert
Haha "flannel underwear" I never noticed that lyric!
They really screwed her out if those $10, jk. But I'd be flattered to have a world famous cartoon based of me, call me greedy but that seems a lot better of a legend than money.
@Wildflower173 Those 20's type hats you refer to are called "cloche hats."
lovely!!!
Boop boop a doop
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I knew when I heard it on Bioshock Infinite that the song was from Helen Kane/Betty Boop!
Alber Fink you sly genius plagiarist!
I just discovered this!
The `Bonzo`s` did an `interesting` version as a `B` of their second single "Alley Oop" in Sept 1966.
Speaking of Annette Hanshaw , google for "Nina Paley" dotcom and check out Nina's animated film Sita Sings The Blues, which features songs by Annette Hanshaw .
I uploaded the in-game clip from BioShock Infinite with this song to my channel.
*From said tears in time*
how did she get her voice like that?
i seriously thought it was a three year old lol
Bioshock Infinite
@AriesG247 You do realize of course, that back before the 50's most stars were taken advantage of terribly by the companies they worked for. It is too bad Helen kane filed a lawsuit.....But being treated like someone's property.....Was no bed of roses either.
I heard this on Bioshock infinite on my Switch
My paternal grandmother, born 1903, considered Betty Boop “naughty”, and therefore trashy.
im trying out for a lipsing part for this song todayyyy!
I'm learning this song in school 5th grade
supersonic luck I remember learning this song for choir
Minnie the Moocher!
Bioshock
Taicleis is you where aware whilst you played the game you would have noticed that tears in time appeared, and the music that emanated from said crack was music from the 80's
Does anyone know where I can find sheet music for this song????
God, how many times has this song been covered? I though The Cure did the original but I guess it goes back to the 60's, wow.
um... you mean the 20's? Helen Kane recorded this version in 1929. WELL before the 60's.
Yeah boyo. You best get with the times. The olde timey music.
@AriesG247 It's not copying if every other girl from the Bronx talked that way in the 20's, think of it as a Proto (Jeniffer lopez Bronx Girl Speak) lol
Betty Boop was always voiced by Mae Questel, not Kane.
"make shure you wear your flannel underwear when you climb a tree."
Nice montage, but I wish you had left out the animation. Now don't get me wrong, I love Betty Boop cartoons, but mixing Boop and Kane is a bit disrespectful. Betty Boop more or less ruined Kane's career. Wow, I'm such a dork! LOL.
@kakashidemon321 will do.
Another job killed by the endless march of technology.
I like to look at it like Helen Kane is the o-r-i-g-i-n-a-l cutie pie.
& Betty Boop is just a concoction of all the fakes.
Helen Kane isn't the originator of the 'baby singing' style, not even the 'boop boop a doop' signature line. She copied it all from a woman called Esther 'Baby' Jones, when Kane went to see her act years before she started singing the same way. This is why Kane lost the lawsuit against Paramount for Betty Boop - because while there's no use denying that Betty Boop WAS most likely based on her, the defense proved that her singing style and famous line isn't hers at all, but rather Esther Jones' and therefore her claim didn't hold.
Esther Jones wasn't a woman at the time, she was a little girl. And it wasn't a couple years later Helen Kane started doing it, it was a couple weeks later. But what's the point of posting this on one of her songs though? The lady dead and gone.
That's what I got of everything that I read about it. It makes perfect sense to me. Right after the lawsuit was dismissed, a Betty Boop cartoon was made depicting Betty Boop as black. Obviously done to rub it in. Interesting what one can learn on the internet.
in those days it was VERY common to take bits and pieces from similar artists, you can hear similar similar jazz solos, piano solos, clarinet solos, refrains, snare drum intros, it was THE WAY at the time, and not necessarily frowned upon. a "small time" actor, musician would imitate the style of a "working artist" to book gigs and make a name for themselves
Utter nonsense.
Helen Kane was performing in this style since 1923
She ALLEGEDLY saw Esther in 1928.
So, did Helen Kane know Doc Brown?
How does that work?
She sounds, like, five.
It's not like Helen Kane is completely original, she got her singing style from Baby Esther. Everyone "borrowed" from everyone else back then. Helen's just the one who made it big, so everyone remembers her.
That's been disproven
I hope we have another great depression
Why!?
@@cait_shell.04 better music lol
This song preceded the Depression, though not by much.
True Depression-era music was very different, though I like it equally. If you haven't seen the part of "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" showing the "Man of Constant Sorrow" studio scene, you should; that's how a lot of Depression-era music was made.
This was a professionally produced hit with popular songwriters, made much more like it's done today.
You got your wish. Thank Biden for that.
Woa, this is old as fuck, but Bioshock brought me here
@kakashidemon321 omg lame
there is one person who does it better :),beardyman does it better check out : Beardyman @ UK bboy championships 2006
For W.H.-Take Good Care of Yourself-You Belong to me.xoxo