More Money for You and Me
The Four Preps
1961
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About The Four Preps
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
The Four Preps were a West Coast vocal quartet associated with Capitol Records. A Hollywood High School talent-show appearance led to their recording opportunity in 1956, with Dreamy Eyes among their early releases. Their harmony-led pop repertoire grew to include Twenty Six Miles (Santa Catalina), Big Man and Down by the Station. The group continued recording through the 1960s as its personnel changed.
Artist background sources
AllMusic - The Four Preps biography by Bryan Thomas
Read Bryan Thomas biography for West Coast vocal quartet, Hollywood High School, Capitol and repertoire. Avoid questionable member-name spelling, chronology compression and promotional or confused later-career claims. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
More Money for You and Me by The Four Preps appears at number 98 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1961. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1961 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1961 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.