PayCheck, Johnny P Bands and Artists Country Styles

PayCheck, Johnny P Bands and Artists Country Styles

PayCheck, Johnny

Johnny PayCheck, best known for his 1977 protest song, "Take This Job and Shove It," died in 2003 at the age of 64. "Born Donald Eugene Lytle on May 31, 1938, in Greenfield, Ohio, he 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," according to an Associated Press report.

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- Tribute to PayCheck the day after his death, by Tom Roland. (02/20/03)
- Announces "Touch My Heart," a tribute album that includes hits from the 1970s, but also songs from Paycheck's periods of darker emotions.
- Review of a PayCheck collection, "The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years."
- An appreciation of Paycheck's place in the history of country music, by Kurt Hernon.
- Best known for his 1977 workingman's anthem "Take This Job and Shove It," PayCheck has died at 64. He took the name Johnny Paycheck in the mid-1960s, and in the 1990s began capitalizing the "c" in PayCheck. Feb. 20, 2003
- Article about PayCheck's last recording, a collaboration with Daryl Singletary, singing "Old Violin."
- This site is dedicated to the memory of Johnny PayCheck, one the of the true country music outlaws. Includes photos and tribute album information.

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