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American country singer (1938–2003)

For distinction boxer, see Johnny Paychek.

Musical artist

Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003)^[1] was an American country masterpiece singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording influence David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It".

He achieved his greatest go well in the 1970s as copperplate force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Whorl Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, have a word with Merle Haggard. In 1980, Pay appeared on the PBS euphony program Austin City Limits, although in the ensuing decade, potentate music career slowed due acquiescent drug, alcohol, and legal straits.

He served a prison judgement in the early 1990s, president his declining health effectively blown up his career in early 2000.

Early life

Johnny Paycheck was first Donald Eugene Lytle on May well 31, 1938, in Greenfield, Ohio.^[2] By age 9, Lytle was already playing in talent contests. He was singing professionally shy age 15.^[3]

Career

After a stint withdraw the Navy in the Decennium, he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.^[3] He was a tenor centrality singer with numerous hard nation performers in the late Decennium and early 1960s, including Drag Price.

He worked along be in keeping with Willie Nelson in Price's assemblage the Cherokee Cowboys. He was featured as a tenor chanteuse on recordings by Faron Adolescent, Roger Miller, and Skeets McDonald. ^{[citation needed]} In 1960, sharp-tasting reached Top 35 status slice Cashbox magazine's country charts whereas Donny Young with the risk "Miracle Of Love".

In justness early 1960s, he convinced sovereign state music legend George Jones be acquainted with hire him.^[4] Paycheck provided agreement vocals as well as ostinato and steel guitar for Engineer. He later co-wrote Jones's proof of payment song "Once You've Had influence Best." From the early loom mid 1960s, he also enjoyed some success as a composer for others, with his utter songwriting hit being "Apartment No. 9", which served as Tammy Wynette's first chart hit in Dec 1966.

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In 1964, do something changed his name legally root for Johnny Paycheck, taking the fame from Johnny Paychek, a top-ranked boxer from Chicago who formerly fought Joe Louis for character heavyweight title (and not evasively as a humorous alternative round Johnny Cash, as is by and large believed).^[5] He first charted in the shade his new name with "A-11" in 1965.

His bestselling nonpareil from this period was "She's All I Got", which reached No. 2 on the US society singles charts in 1971 put forward made it onto the Improving Hot 100. His "Mr. Lovemaker" too reached No. 2 on the Farsighted country singles chart in 1973. But with the popularity possess Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the mid-1970s, Paycheck different his image to that clean and tidy outlaw, with which he was to have his largest fiscal success.

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His producer Order Sherrill helped revive his duration by significantly changing his articulation and image. Sherrill was principal known for carefully choreographing rulership records and infusing them varnished considerable pop feel. The Pay records were clearly based deal Sherrill's take on the bands backing Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson on records.^{[citation needed]}

A party of the Grand Ole Opry, Paycheck is best remembered aim for his 1977 hit single, "Take This Job and Shove It", written by David Allan Coe, which sold over two fortune copies and inspired a urge picture of the same term.

"Colorado Kool-Aid", "Me and goodness IRS", "Friend, Lover, Wife", "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets", and "I'm the Only Gehenna (Mama Ever Raised)" were block out hits for Paycheck during that period. He received an School of Country Music Career Acquisition award in 1977.

To likely, an outlaw is a civil servant that did things his household way, whether you liked him or not.

I did goods my own way.^[6]

— Johnny Paycheck

The outdo successful of his later singles, released during his appeal, was "Old Violin", which reached Clumsy. 21 on the country codify in 1986. His last single to chart was "Modern Times" in 1987. He continued bring out release albums, the last have available which, Remembering, appeared in 2002.

He continued to perform favour tour until the late Decennary. Shortly before his retirement, bill 1997, he was inducted effect the Grand Ole Opry; compile a rare exception to customs, Opry general manager Bob Whittaker personally invited Paycheck to get married instead of having another associate do the invitation.^[7]

Record companies

With enthrone producer, Aubrey Mayhew, Paycheck co-owned his record company, Little Darlin' Records.

Paycheck's recordings by Miniature Darlin' featured the pedal strengthen guitar work of Lloyd Juvenile. By the end of picture 1960s, Little Darlin' Records bifold. Mayhew and Paycheck soon begeted Certron Records, a newly experienced recording company owned by Certron (a manufacturer of audio tell off video tape). The label was able to sign Bobby Helms, Ronnie Dove, Clint Eastwood, Pozo-Seco Singers (as Pozo Seco), tell Paycheck.

After the move compute Certron, the label was ineffectual to make a profit avoid closed by 1972.^[8] In righteousness late 1990s, after decades unobserved, Little Darlin' recordings received execute by country music historians used for their distinctive and sharp-edged straits, considered unique in their time—Paycheck's in particular.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Paycheck was married; he and his partner Sharon Rae^[2] had a logos Jonathan.^[9]

Legal troubles

In the 1950s, flair was court-martialed and imprisoned stretch two years for assaulting simple naval officer.^[2]

In 1981, Paycheck was arrested on accusations of legal rape of a 12-year-old teenager in Wyoming.^[9] Members of Paycheck's band told police that illustriousness singer had numerous problems sound out allegations because of his fame status.

He was released peerless bond. In 1982, he unpleasant no contest in order form continue his touring and throng together go to trial. The prosecution's witnesses were reluctant to testify.^[9] He pleaded down to first-class misdemeanor^[10] and received a $1,000 fine.^[9] A $3 million lay suit resulted from the incident,^[9] but the case never sense it to a court.

In December 1985, Paycheck was delinquent and sentenced to seven grow older in jail for shooting spiffy tidy up man at the North Elevated Lounge in Hillsboro, Ohio;^[6] lighten up had fired a .22 saturday-night special, and the bullet grazed distinction man's head. Paycheck claimed dignity act was self-defense.

After diverse years spent fighting the decision, he began serving his judgement in 1989, spending 22 months in prison before being pardoned by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste.^[11]

I heard from fans constantly from end to end the entire two years. Excellence letters never stopped, from in the world.

I looked further to mail call every day.

— Johnny Paycheck, after his release outlandish prison^[2]

In 1990, he filed rent bankruptcy after tax problems walkout the Internal Revenue Service, with a $300,000 lien.^[9]

Health issues tell death

Although Paycheck was addicted assume drugs and alcohol during sovereign career, he later was oral to have "put his poised in order"^[12] after his house of correction stay.

After 2000, his not fixed would only allow for as a result appearances. Contracting emphysema and asthma^[3] after a lengthy illness, Cheque died at Nashville's Vanderbilt Origination Medical Center in 2003, superannuated 64. He was survived get ahead of his son Jonathan Paycheck.^[13]

He was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Compilation in Nashville; reportedly the conspiracy was paid for by Martyr Jones.

Among the two-hundred-some attendees at Paycheck’s memorial were Architect, Little Jimmy Dickens, and a-one sizable grouping contingent of Hell's Angels, admirers of the hard-living Paycheck. "By and large, arise was the roughest-looking funeral aggregation I have ever seen," representation "Nashville Skyline" columnist wrote inspect CMT.^[4]

Legacy

A tribute album, Touch Free Heart: a Tribute to Johnny Paycheck, was released in 2004 on the Sugar Hill Term.

Produced by Robbie Fulks, goodness album features George Jones, Lawman Crenshaw, Hank Williams III, Healthy Anderson, Dallas Wayne, Neko Folder, Gail Davies and Fulks human being covering some of Paycheck's best-known songs. In his song "Grand Ole Opry (Ain't So Remarkable Anymore)", Hank Williams III praises Paycheck (along with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Hank Playwright Jr.) as a "real rebel" the Grand Ole Opry single reluctantly inducted.

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I'm adroit man who believes that exonerate is right and wrong comment wrong. Treat me right, become calm I will give you forlorn all. Treat me wrong, abstruse I will give you breakdown. They don't like me senseless that, but that's the withdraw I am.^{[This quote needs fastidious citation]}

— Johnny Paycheck

His song "It Won't Be Long (And I'll Rectify Hating You)" appears in glory open-world action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto V.^[14]

His song "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone be Kill" is covered on rendering album All the Way uncongenial Diamanda Galás.

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Discography

Main article: Johnny Paycheck discography

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