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Johnny PayCheck

Johnny PayCheck

Actor, Composer

Born May 31, 1938 in Greenfield, Ohio, USA

Died February 18, 2003

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To many of his fans, country music singer Johnny PayCheck was the epitome of the hell-raising outlaw singer. He was known as much for his string of classic country hits as he was for his scrapes with the law. Born Donald Eugene Lytle on May 31, 1938, in Greenfield, Ohio, PayCheck began his career playing in backing bands for George Jones, Ray Price, Porter Wagoner, Faron Young. He also proved himself to be an adept songwriter, writing Tammy Wynette's debut hit, 1966's "Apartment No. 9." PayCheck broke onto the country music charts in 1965 with his first bonafide "A-11." But it wasn't until 1971 that he truly arrived on the scene with "She's All I Got", which peaked at No. 2 that December on Billboard magazine's country singles chart. His follow-up, the raw, soulful "Someone to Give My Love To" from the spring of 1972, also made the top five. Other hits followed, including "Mr. Lovemaker" (1973), "Song and Dance Man" (1974), and 1977's "Slide off Your Satin Sheets" and "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)." But it was his blue-collar anthem, "Take This Job and Shove It", that made Johnny a hero to the working class. "Take This Job and Shove It" was PayCheck's only No. 1 hit on Billboard's country singles chart, spending two weeks there in January 1978; the song also inspired a hit movie of the same name.

Unfortunately, PayCheck was just as well known in the court system, but not as a singer. Among his troubles with the law: He spent time in a military prison in the 1950s for assaulting an officer; and in 1989, was sentenced to prison (he served two years) in connection with a shooting of a man during a barroom quarrel in Ohio.

But to his fans and a legion of younger country singers, Johnny PayCheck will always be known as the epitome of the outlaw country singer who gave the genre some of its best-loved hits and lived life on his own terms.

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Type

Year

Country's Family Reunion TV Series2008Self

Merle Haggard: Live in Concert Documentary1999Self

The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards TV Special1996Self

Paradise Park Poster

Paradise Park Feature Film1992Lamarr

Day of the Survivalist Poster

Day of the Survivalist Feature Film1986Self

Take This Job and Shove It Poster

Take This Job and Shove It Feature Film1981Man with Hamburgers

The 8th Annual American Music Awards Poster

The 8th Annual American Music Awards TV Special1981Self

Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years Poster

Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years TV Special1980Self

Texas TV Series1980Johnny Paycheck

The 21st Annual Grammy Awards Poster

The 21st Annual Grammy Awards TV Special1979Self

The 6th Annual American Music Awards TV Special1979Self

The Dukes of Hazzard Poster

The Dukes of Hazzard TV Series1979Self

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration Poster

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration Feature Film1979Self

12th Annual Country Music Association Awards TV Special1978Self

Hee Haw Honeys Poster

Hee Haw Honeys TV Series1978Self

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws Poster

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws Feature Film1978First Redneck

The Jim Nabors Show Poster

The Jim Nabors Show TV Series1978Self

Nashville 99 Poster

Nashville 99 TV Series1977Willie Gaynes

Sha Na Na Poster

Sha Na Na TV Series1977Self

Nashville on the Road Poster

Nashville on the Road TV Series1975Self

Dinah! TV Series1974Self

Music Country U.S.A. TV Series1974Self

Pop! Goes the Country Poster

Pop! Goes the Country TV Series1974Self

The Midnight Special Poster

The Midnight Special TV Series1972Self

Sing Country TV Series1971Self

That Good Ole Nashville Music Poster

That Good Ole Nashville Music TV Series1970Self - Guest Performer

Hee Haw TV Series1969Self - Special Guest

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Country Vocalist

The Porter Wagoner Show Poster

The Porter Wagoner Show TV Series1961Self - Guest

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Day of the Survivalist Poster

Day of the Survivalist Feature Film1986

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