Art Mooney
| Art Mooney | |
|---|---|
 Art Mooney (right) as a celebrity guest on Strike It Rich | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1993 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | American singer |
Art Mooney (1911, Lowell Massachusetts,[1] – 1993, Florida) was an American popular bandleader. His biggest hits were "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" and "Baby Face" in 1948 and "Nuttin' For Christmas," with Barry Gordon, in 1955. His fourth million selling song "Honey Babe" (1955) was used in the motion picture, "Battle Cry," having reached the Top 10 in the United States.[2]
He also made a very popular 1948 recording of "Bluebird of Happiness", but it could not compete with Jan Peerce's best-selling 1945 version.
Mooney's name, as well as his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was prominently featured in the 1990 motion picture The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
He died at age 82 in Florida in 1993.[1]
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US | ||
| 1948 | "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" | 1 |
| "Baby Face" | 3 | |
| "Bluebird of Happiness" | 5 | |
| 1949 | "Beautiful Eyes" | 18 |
| "Doo Dee Doo On an Old Kazoo" | 21 | |
| "Again" | 7 | |
| "Merry-Go-Round Waltz" | 29 | |
| "Twenty-Four Hours of Sunshine" | 13 | |
| "Hop-Scotch Polka (Scotch Hot)" | 16 | |
| "Toot, Too, Tootsie (Good-Bye)" | 19 | |
| "I Never See Maggie Alone" | 21 | |
| 1950 | "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake" | 28 |
| "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I" | 23 | |
| 1955 | "Honey-Babe" | 6 |
| "Nuttin' For Christmas" | 1 | |
| 1956 | "Daydreams" | 73 |
| "Giant" | 77 | |
| 1958 | "March from the River Kwai & Colonel Bogey" | 88 |
| 1959 | "Smile" | 107 |
| 1960 | "Banjo Boy" | 100 |
| "I Ain't Down Yet" | 108 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/artmooney.html
- ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.