One for the Money (song)

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"One for the Money"
Single by T.G. Sheppard
from the album One for the Money
B-side "Come to Me"
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1987
Genre Country
Length4:17
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Buck Moore, Mentor Williams
Producer(s) Rick Hall
T.G. Sheppard singles chronology
"You're My First Lady"
(1987)
"One for the Money"
(1987)
"Don't Say It with Diamonds"
(1988)

"One for the Money" is a song written by Buck Moore and Mentor Williams, and recorded by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. It was released in September 1987 as the first single and title track from the album One for the Money. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] It was Sheppard's last Top 10 hit.

Mentor Ralph Williams was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973.

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Chart performance

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 313.
  2. "T.G. Sheppard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.