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In 1964, he changed his name legally to Johnny Paycheck, taking the name from Johnny Paychek, a top-ranked boxer from Chicago who once fought Joe Louis for the heavyweight title (and not directly as a humorous alternative to Johnny Cash, as is commonly believed). [5] He first charted under his new name with "A-11" in 1965.
Johnny Paycheck's last gospel recording before he died was a duet with a young unknown Christian artist named Robert Hampton in 1992, titled "I Love My Jesus" written by Terry Parkerson. The recording was for radio airplay only, never for sale to the public.
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For a Minute There Johnny Paycheck: 16 47 Forbidden Angel Mel Street 12 21 Forgive and Forget: Eddie Rabbitt: 10 17 Freda Comes, Freda Goes Bobby G. Rice: 10 7 From Barroom to Bedrooms David Wills: 16 8 From Woman to Woman Tommy Overstreet: 12 45 Funny How Time Slips Away Narvel Felts: 8 41 Great Expectations Buck Owens 10 21 He Took Me for a ...
The song was among his first recordings after Paycheck had been imprisoned for aggravated assault at a bar in Hillsboro, Ohio. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Kurt Wolff, in Country Music: The Rough Guide , describes "Old Violin" as a song in which Paycheck "faces old age with genuine trepidation". [ 4 ]
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 ...
John J. Pacek (June 11, 1914 – December 3, 1988), better known by the ring name Johnny Paychek, was an American boxer. Though considered a journeyman, he did face Joe Louis in 1940 for the lineal heavyweight title. Louis beat him by a second-round knockout, in what turned out to be Paychek's only world championship try as a professional boxer.
Meanwhile, Johnny Paycheck had first reached the country top ten with 1966's "The Lovin' Machine". After some personal challenges, he also signed to Epic and reached the top ten again with songs like "Someone to Give My Love To". [3] Together, they recorded as a duet pairing with the song "Let's All Go Down to the River".