The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeke Clements | Payday Saturday Night | Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5 |  |
| 2 | The Sons Of The Pioneers | When Payday Rolls Around | Symphonies Of The Sage | |
| 3 | Lefty Frizzell | When Payday Comes Around | 1950-1951 (Warped 5061) | |
| 4 | Faron Young | I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night | The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2) | |
| 5 | Wynn Stewart | Another Day, Another Dollar | Very Best of: 1958 – 1962 | |
| 6 | Dan Hicks | Payday Blues [Album Version] | The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] | |
| 7 | Austin McCoy | Happy Pay Day Part 1 | Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 | |
| 8 | The Fiestas | Dollar Bill (stereo) | Oh So Fine (Ace) | |
| 9 | Hank Penny | Taxes, Taxes | Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions | |
| 10 | Johnny Cash | After Taxes | I Would Like to See You Again | |
| 11 | Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio | I Paid My Income Tax Today | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 | |
| 12 | The Harlem Hamfats | Sales Tax On It | Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 | |
| 13 | Stan Farlow | 1040 Blues | Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) | |
| 14 | Mississippi John Hurt | Payday | The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1 | |
| 15 | Lucious Curtis | Payday | Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage | |
| 16 | Bobby Charles | Nickles, Dimes and Dollars | Timeless | |
| 17 | The Limeliters | A Dollar Down | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 18 | Oscar Brand | A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore | A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3 | |
| 19 | Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats | That Almighty Dollar | Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970 | |
| 20 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Sixteen Tons | Vintage Collections | |
| 21 | Aloe Blacc | I Need A Dollar | I Need A Dollar | |
| 22 | J.J. Cale | Money Talks | The Very Best of J.J. Cale | |
| 23 | Roomful Of Blues | Money Talks | Dressed Up To Get Messed Up | |
| 24 | Dom Flemons | Big Money Blues | Traveling Wildfire | |
| 25 | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | For The Love Of Money | If You Don't Know Me By Now | |
| 26 | The Lovin' Spoonful | Money | Greatest Hits [Buddha] | |
| 27 | Sierra Ferrell | Silver Dollar | Long Time Coming | |
| 28 | Van Morrison | Greenback Dollar | Moving On Skiffle | |
| 29 | The Kingston Trio | Greenback Dollar | Capitol Collector's Series | |
| 30 | Randy Newman | It's Money That Matters | Land of Dreams | |
| 31 | Mel Blanc | Money | Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] | |
| 32 | Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis | The Money Song | Cocktail Hour Disc 1 | |