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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".
The song was first recorded by Paycheck on his album also titled Take This Job and Shove It. The recording hit number one on the country charts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. [1] It was Paycheck's only #1 hit. Its B-side, "Colorado Kool-Aid," spent ten weeks on the same chart and peaked at #50. [1]
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.
Single by George Jones & Johnny Paycheck; from the album Double Trouble; B-side "Kansas City" Released: 1980: Recorded: 1980: Genre: Country: Length: 2: 20: Label: Epic: Songwriter(s) Don Goodman, Rick Schulman: Producer(s) Billy Sherrill: George Jones & Johnny Paycheck singles chronology
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 ...
"She's All I Got" is a song written by Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams Jr. It has been recorded by several artists. The first version, released in 1971 by Freddie North, was a Top 40 U.S. pop hit, and a version by Johnny Paycheck was a number 2 U.S. country hit that same year.
Double Trouble is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Johnny Paycheck. [1] It was released in 1980 on the Epic Records label. The album consists of covers of rock and roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s, with the exception of the opening track, "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)", an original song.