Helen Kane (August 4, 1904, - September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer; her signature song was I Wanna Be Loved By You. I Wanna Be Loved By You - The song was first performed in late 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. This version was recorded right when Kanes popularity started to reach its peak, and became her signature song.\r<br>I Wanna Be Loved by You is a song written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical Good Boy. It was chosen as one of the Songs of the Century in a survey made by the RIAA in which 200 people responded (out of 1300 asked). One of Marilyn Monroes most famous musical performances is her singing it in Billy Wilders classic farce Some Like It Hot.
