Art Mooney

Bandleader Born Arthur Joseph Mooney on Feb. 4, 1911 in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Art Mooney was a big band leader whose biggest hit came in 1948 with his version of "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover."

His final popular hit came in 1955 with "Honey Babe" a song he wrote for the movie "Battle Cry."
His band later was featured in Las Vegas at the Tropicana's $1-million Blue Room and toured in the 1970s as part of the "The American Big Band Cavalcade."

In the 1980s, Mooney headed up the Guy Lombardo Orchestra for a time.

— Scott L. Harris in and Megan Garvey for the Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 1965, and June 26, 2010