Johnny Paycheck

Country, Musical Artist

1938 – 2003

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Who was Johnny Paycheck?

Donald Eugene Lytle, better known by the stage name Johnny Paycheck, was a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a major force in country music's "Outlaw Movement" popularized by artists such as David Allan Coe, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career suffered from his problems with drugs, alcohol, and legal difficulties. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s but his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000.

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Born
May 31, 1938
Greenfield
Also known as
  • Johnny PayCheck
  • Johnny
  • Donald Eugene Lytle
  • Paycheck, Johnny
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Ohio
Died
Feb 19, 2003
Nashville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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