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 Thats My Weakness Now, when she interpolated the scat lyrics boop-boop-be-doop. The rather odd gamble paid off, and four days later, Helen Kanes name went up in lights. Overnight, the world changed for Helen. Kanes agent Harry Besney got her $5,500 a week in Oscar Hammersteins 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.