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

Charted at #1 on Billboard chart in January 1948. This song was written in 1927 and one of the original recordings was by Jean Goldkette and his orchestra, with a vocal by Billy Murray.

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• Art
• Mooney
• i'm
• looking
• over
• four
• leaf
• clover

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[V3NOMXIII]

@LuigiMario112 same here brother

[LuigiMario112]

Bugs Bunny brought me here,

[TheLimePopsicle]

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

[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

[PrankZabba]

"i've overlooked be three"