 But I've got to get my rest Cause money's a man Fats Domino, Blue Monday, 1956 A song about the working man's days of the week Mainly written by producer and bandleader Dave Bartholomew Who was instrumental in getting Fats signed to Imperial Records Before that, Let the Four Winds Blow, 1961 With the famed New Orleans backbeat and straight eights Is played by drummer Earl Palmer