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Johnny Paycheck
American country singer (1938–2003)
For the boxer, see Johnny Paychek.
Johnny Paycheck | |
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From left to right: Johnny Lee, Johnny Paycheck, and Mickey Gilley at Gilley's Nightclub, 1978 | |
| Birth name | Donald Eugene Lytle |
| Also known as | Donny Young |
| Born | (1938-05-31)May 31, 1938 Greenfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 19, 2003(2003-02-19) (aged 64) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1953–2003 |
| Labels | Sony, Little Darlin', Epic, Certron |
Musical artist
Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003)[1] was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits, though in the ensuing decade, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol, and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s, and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000.
Early life
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Take This Job and Shove It (album)
"Georgia in a Jug" redirects here. For the song by Blake Shelton, see The Dreamer (Blake Shelton album).
1977 studio album by Johnny Paycheck
Take This Job and Shove It is the seventeenth album released by country music artist Johnny Paycheck. It was his second album released in 1977 (see 1977 in country music) and is his most commercially successful album, being certified platinum by the RIAA. It contains his most well known song, the David Allan Coe-written title song. It was his only single ever to reach #1 on the Country charts. Two other singles released from this album, "Colorado Kool-Aid" and "Georgia in a Jug", reached #50 and #17, respectively.
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[edit]Two of the album's songs are covers: "The Man From Bowling Green" was first recorded by Tammy Wynette for her 1975 album I Still Believe in Fairy Tales, and then recorded by Jody Miller and Bob Luman in 1976. "Colorado Kool-Aid" was originally recorded by Red Sovine.
"Take This Job and Shove It" would later be recorded by its writer David Allan Coe on his 1978 album Family Album, as well as a multitude of others artists. Gene Watson recorded "From Cotton to Satin" in 2008. "The Spirits of St. Louis" would be recorded in 1979 by Stonewall Jackson on his alb