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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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CNN.com: Country singer Johnny PayCheck dead at 64
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
Johnny Paycheck Tribute
This site is dedicated to the memory of Johnny PayCheck, one the of the true country music outlaws. Includes photos and tribute album information.
Johnny Paycheck
An appreciation of Paycheck's place in the history of country music, by Kurt Hernon.
Tennessean.com: Paycheck enjoyed reputation as "honky-tonker"
Tribute to PayCheck the day after his death, by Tom Roland. (02/20/03)
Sugar Hill Records: Various Artists: Johnny Paycheck
Announces "Touch My Heart," a tribute album that includes hits from the 1970s, but also songs from Paycheck's periods of darker emotions.
Salon: Sharps and Flats
Review of a PayCheck collection, "The Real Mr. Heartache: The Little Darlin' Years."
Crossing Paths with a Legend
Article about PayCheck's last recording, a collaboration with Daryl Singletary, singing "Old Violin." |
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