Types of Money Top Ten: Ive Got $5 and Its Saturday Night (#5)

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Happy Friday, everyone! It’s time to continue the look at my favorite songs that have some type of money mentioned in the title. For your dining and dancing pleasure, I present one of the more peculiar duet combinations around for today’s song. #5: I’ve Got $5 and It’s Saturday Night - George Jones and Gene Pitney Yes, that George Jones. And yes, that Gene Pitney. How the heck did this happen? They were on the same record label. But you know something? It worked. I mean, Pitney wasn’t exactly Led Zeppelin in his music style. And George Jones actually had some (very unsuccessful) rockabilly singles as “Thumper Jones” early in his career. (And if you remember Johnny Preston’s hit “Running Bear,” Jones played guitar on it.) So they covered a Ted Daffan tune that Faron Young had made a hit in the late 50s. And it worked. Quite well. I’ve Got $5 and It’s Saturday Night Written by Ted Daffan Recorded by George Jones and Gene Pitney Released as a single, 1965 Everything will be all right: