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Art Mooney
Art Mooney (right) as a celebrity guest on Strike It Rich
Born
Arthur Joseph Mooney,
February 11, 1911[1]
Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.[2][3]
Died
September 9, 1993 (aged 82)
North Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)
American singer and bandleader
Arthur Joseph Mooney (February 11, 1911 – September 9, 1993) was an American singer and 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 US.[4]
He also made a popular 1948 recording of "Bluebird of Happiness." 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.[5]
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installations. Astronomy, science, and nature have played a significant role in Mooney'sart, and his public sculptures often draw inspiration from the spirit of...
several times by American tenor Jan Peerce, for RCA Victor and also by ArtMooney and His Orchestra. The bluebird is featured in the song "Be Like The Bluebird"...
quartet and went to New York City, where they were hired by bandleader ArtMooney. Playwright Abe Burrows helped the brothers along the way, suggesting...
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he briefly played with Shep Fields, Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, ArtMooney and Benny Goodman. Later in his career, he performed "Sing, Sing, Sing"...
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second with Zuzu Petals, and the third disc was hidden under the star for ArtMooney on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is later revealed that Grendel killed...
from 1945 to 1959 with bandleaders including Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, ArtMooney, Ted Lewis, Richard Maltby, Buddy Morrow, and Les Elgart, except for a...
parties, to help pay her tuition expenses at Juilliard. Orchestra leader ArtMooney changed her name to Jane Morgan by taking the first name of one of his...
"Baby Face". It had previously reached No. 1 for Jan Garber in 1926 and ArtMooney in 1948. The single went to No. 1 on the US Club Play chart, No. 6 AC...
Eartha Kitt 4 November 1953 “Nuttin' for Christmas” Barry Gordon with the ArtMooney Orchestra 6 December 1955 “Blue Suede Shoes” Carl Perkins (Elvis Presley...
comprehensive The John of Gaunt School in 1974). Mooney passed eight O levels and took English, Latin and Art at A level. She applied unsuccessfully to the...
the teenaged Mooney to submit art to Farnsworth Wright, the editor of the pulp magazine for which Kuttner was writing, Weird Tales. Mooney's first professional...
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