Audiences were applauding these developments in the entertainment industry when Lucille Ball was an infant. Two future stars get their starts this year, Al Jolson makes his New York stage debut in La Belle Paree and Cole Porter's football rally song Bulldog! Bulldog! Bow, Wow, Wow becomes a Yale standard. Across the country ragtime dances such as the turkey- trot, walking the dog and kangaroo dip become popular.