Baby Esther Jones
Little Esther Jones the originator of "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" made famous by the chubby Helen Kane. Names : Esther Jones, Baby Ester, Bay Esther, Lil Esther, Baby Esther Lee Jones, Little Esther, Child Wonder, Miniature Florence Mills, Miniature Josephine Baker, Sepia Dancing Doll. Baby Esther Lee Jones originally billed ( Lil Esther ) was a child entertainer who lived in Chicago, Illinois. Esther was a trained dancer who used to perform at nightclubs in Harlem in the 1920s. In her act Baby Esther would dance, make funny faces, roll her eyes and interpolated words such as " Boo-Boo-Boo ", " Wha-Da-Da "," Doo-Doo-Doo " & " Do-Do-De-Do-Ho-De-Wa-Da-De-Da ," " Boo-Did-Do-Doo ," " Lo-Di-De-Do ," and would finish off her routine with a " De-Do ". Helen Kane first saw Esther perform in 1928, where she had a ring side seat at the Everglades Club on Broadway. According to Lou Bolton, Esther debuted her