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 ...
| Full Name | Johnny Paycheck |
| Net Worth | $500,000 |
| Date Of Birth | May 31, 1938 |
| Died | February 19, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Greenfield, Ohio, USA |
| Height | 1.65 m |
| Profession | Sailor, Songwriter, Singer-songwriter, Take This Job an' Shove It, I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised, The Outlaw's Prayer |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Sharon PayCheck |
| Children | Jonathan PayCheck |
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| Awards | Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year, Academy of Country Music Awards Career Achievement Award, Take This Job an' Shove It, I'm the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised, The Outlaw's Prayer |
| Nominations | Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Vocal Duo of the Year, American Music Award for Favorite Country Single, Take This Job an'... |
| TV Shows | That Gold Old Nashville Music |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
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| 1 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 415-417. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
| 2 | "Take This Job and Shove It" was his only No. 1 hit (2 weeks in 1978), and was the inspiration for a hit movie of the same name. The song is among the few pre-1990 songs still played at modern country radio stations, usually at 5 p.m. Fridays to signal the end of the work week. |
| 3 | Adopted the Johnny PayCheck stage name in 1962. |
| 4 | Two of his early hits, "She's All I Got" (1971) and "Someone to Give My Love To" (1972) were re-made in the 1990s by country singer Tracy Byrd. Byrd's verson of "Someone to Give My Love To" was his debut single in 1993, while "She's All I Got" made the top 10 in 1996. |
| 5 | Shot a man in 1985 with a .22-caliber pistol, grazing his head. After three years of appeals, he was sent to a medium-security prison in 1989, but not before becoming a born-again Christian and quitting alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. |
| 6 | He began playing the guitar by age 6 and singing professionally by age 15. |
| 7 | He and another ex-convict, country star Merle Haggard, performed at the Chillicothe Correctional Institute in Ohio while PayCheck was imprisoned there. |
| 8 | He was sued by the IRS in 1982 for $103,000 in back taxes. |
| 9 | He served in the Navy in the mid-1950s and was later court-martialed and imprisoned for two years, for hitting a naval officer. |
| 10 | He filed for bankruptcy in 1990. |
| 11 | Took the name Johnny Paycheck in the mid-1960s about a decade after moving to Nashville to build a country music career. He began capitalizing the "c" in PayCheck in the mid-1990s. |
| 12 | In 2002, a PayCheck compilation album, "The Soul & The Edge: The Best of Johnny PayCheck," was released. |
| 13 | His biggest hit was the workingman's anthem, "Take This Job and Shove It," which inspired a movie by that name, and a title album that sold 2 million copies. |
| 14 | He was a bass player for Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Faron Young and George Jones. |
| 15 | He recorded for Decca and Mercury Records as Donny Young |
| 16 | He recorded 70 albums and had more than two dozen hit singles in his career. |
| 17 | Recorded his first tracks under the name Donny Young. |
| 18 | Wrote Tammy Wynette's first country hit, "Apartment No. 9" (1966). |
| 19 | Country singer Tracy Byrd re-recorded the Paycheck songs, "Someone to Give My Love To" and "(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got"; Byrd made both hits all over again. |
| 20 | Is famous for his working man's anthem, "Take This Job and Shove It, a No. 1 hit on Billboard magazine's country singles chart in 1978. Other well-known hits include "(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got" (1971), "Someone to Give My Love To" (1972); and "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets" and "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" (both 1977). |
| 21 | Country singer and songwriter. |
| 22 | He served two years in prison for felonious assault 1989-1991. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Fúsi | 2015 | performer: "Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey" - as Johnny Paycheck |
| The Marty Stuart Show | 2011-2014 | TV Series writer - 2 episodes |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2013 | Video Game performer: "It Won't Be Long And I'll Be Hating You" |
| Bringing Up Bobby | 2011 | performer: "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" |
| Extract | 2009 | performer: "She's All I Got" 1971 - as Johnny Paycheck |
| My Name Is Earl | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
| Double Take | 2001 | writer: "Apartment No. 9" |
| Dolly | 1988 | TV Series writer - 1 episode |
| Hells Angels Forever | 1983 | Documentary performer: "Angel of the Highway", "Too Bent to Boogie", "Ride on Sonny" - as Johnny Paycheck |
| Take This Job and Shove It | 1981 | performer: "Fifteen Beers", "Take This Job and Shove It" |
| Drive-In | 1976 | performer: "Love Is a Good Thing" - as Johnny Paycheck |
| Pop! Goes the Country | 1974 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1973 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Merle Haggard: Live in Concert | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The 31st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Himself |
| Day of the Survivalist | 1986 | Himself |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 8th Annual American Music Awards | 1981 | TV Special | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
| Sha Na Na | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Country Vocalist |
| The 21st Annual Grammy Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 6th Annual American Music Awards | 1979 | TV Special | Himself |
| Hee Haw Honeys | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| 12th Annual Country Music Association Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Jim Nabors Show | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| Nashville on the Road | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Hee Haw | 1972-1976 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest / Himself |
| Pop! Goes the Country | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Porter Wagoner Show | 1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| That Good Ole Nashville Music | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Performer |
