 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 band leader 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, as played by drummer Earl Palmer.