Art Mooney - I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover (1948)

[gmicheletti1]

I totally agree with profum. Our society is declining. Music is no longer musical.But a hopeful sign is the number of young people who are discovering these beautiful old songs and relating to them.

[mkl62]

To all you pro wrestling fans out there (like myself): This was the #1 song in the USA when John Minton came into the world (February 19, 1948). Minton would become famous as Big John Studd.

[sdromeo]

I'm looking over a tree leaf clover that I overlooked bethree.

[topologyrob]

Retro was big in the late 40s - people were nostalgic for the 20s (another one like this is "Baby Face" from the same year). Since then (and probably before) people have made bucketloads from making references to 20-30-year-old music.

[LuigiMario112]

Bugs Bunny brought me here,

[V3NOMXIII]

@LuigiMario112 same here brother

[PrankZabba]

"i've overlooked be three"

[GarrusN7]

Ha this son was in several Looney toon shorts I believe.

[cool45010]

I have an old Krantz 78 of this that my Grandmother gave me a couple of years ago along with some others. This recording sounds alot like it; let me guess, performed by the Uptown String Band?

[VinDcator]

I started listening to this great conductor, when I was only four-years-old. Can you believe it? 63 now. How about his other, like "Big Brass Band..."

[ruthiebelle1]

Thanks for reminding me of Rayburn & Finch, who made me laugh every morning in those days. My frinds & I loved 4-Leaf Clover the winter of '47-48, and walked along upper Broadway singing it on our way to the Drive. Same time as Heartaches and Cruising Down the River. Such happy times and happy songs. Thanks, Lime Popsicle, for posting this. (Also known as "Chaim looking over a ..." and "I'm Looking Over a Dog Named Rover...")

[TheLimePopsicle]

@ruthiebelle1 You're welcome, thanks for sharing your memories!

[VinDcator]

Not 70 yet (*only* 63!) but vividly remember listening to this a young child, over and over again. Thanks for this GREAT POST!!!

[GermanShepherd1983]

I love this song. Too bad they don't produce anything this good today.

[OldDogNewTrick]

Another 70 year old who fondly remembers hearing this as a young child.

Coming from a battery powered radio with vacumn tubes.

[profhum]

If you like this, you have to try SAILING BY, which accompanied an ocean weather report, and that kids in England listened to as they fell asleep. It's an oddly calming Mantovani type song, and I'm amazed we never discovered it in the US. If 4 Leaf Clover was the Fifties Morning Song, Sailing By is a bedtime song perfect for your kids now. Or grandkids! Good luck, all.

[wayla711MJ829]

I'm 15 and I like music from the '40s. There must be something wrong with me. lol

[happygael]

this is great. i remember it from my childhood.

[chg657]

"I'm looking over my Dead Dog Rover..." Grin...Oh, 1948, where have you gone ? Come back, PLEASE...

[georgepickett]

This was the opening song played on WCSS 1490 AM in Amsterdam New York on April 8th 1948 when they signed on the air! Nice tune!  Better times too!

[profhum]

In New York City during the Fifties the Rayburn and Finch morning comedy dj show that my parents woke up with played this song every day, It seemed so square to me then, but it's sweet to hear it now. Thank you. I'm shocked to see that it was number 1 on the hit parade in January 1948. Compare a number 1 song now, Kesha's Tik Tok. When you think of what tough times returned GIs were enduring, cheerfully, compared to the ease now, producing only Kesha. That's cultural "progress?" "freedom"?

[TheLimePopsicle]

@profhum Musically, and in many other ways, our culture has actually experienced a regression since the '50's and mid-60's, declining much faster after the end of the 1980's. Kesha is a perfect example of how low we have come. Music today consists of little more than electronic noises, robotic "singing" manipulated by automatic tuners and computers, talking or yelling. The "advances" in electronics have destroyed the music industry as well as an acceptance of weak melodies, voices and lyrics.

[Norg1]

thats why a few days ago ive been looking for good music the cream of the crop from the 30's 40's 50's but i need help i just started maybe u can send me a list of your favs if u got any ???

[TheLimePopsicle]

@Norg1 Look up the channel, "catspjamas1" here on Youtube and subscribe to it. It's my new channel. I'm currently posting records from the 1920's, but I will also cover the '30's and '40's when I get to them. :)

[bellatrixthechicken]

@TheLimePopsicle

the lyrics written by some bands are far more complex than "i'm looking over a four leaf clover", not to mention vastly more complex melody.

Arcade Fire for example.

Not all of today's music is kesha

[TheLimePopsicle]

@bellatrixthechicken More complex doesn't mean better. Sometimes the more simple melodies are the most memorable. It really depends on the song.

[topologyrob]

@TheLimePopsicle except that there's more good music being made now than ever - it's just rarely at the top of the charts (though sometimes it is, as with Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs"). There has never been a richer time for music, not even when Beethoven and Haydn were composing.

[strew8]

I can remember singing this along with my brothers when we were working the field on our farm in the forties. My brothers are all gone now, this sure brings back great memories. Thanks

[wayla711MJ829]

@strew8 wow..how old are you?

[strew8]

@wayla711MJ829 I'm seventy and still going strong. These songs bring back a lot of good memories.

[SydTanic]

I was singing this song the other day and my friends looked at me like I was crazy. I can't believe none of them know this song.

[kl59]

How can anyone not sing along? Fantastic.

[Torchsongs1]

Thanks Lime Popcycle and Pat who sent this to me.

So perfect for St.Patricks Day. XOXOXOXOXO

[TheLimePopsicle]

You're welcome!