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.: The Outlaw's Prayer :. Sir Ian Paul Date Submitted:  2013-05-18 [Archive Date: 2013-08-16] Genre:  Country Original Artist:  Johnny Paycheck Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  Johnny Paycheck was the stage name of Donald Eugene Lytle (May 31, 1938 February 19, 2003, 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. ________________________________________________________ In 1964, he changed his name legally to Johnny Paycheck, taking the name from Johnny Paychek, a top ranked boxer from Chicago who once fought Joe Louis for the heavyweight title. (The name was often seen as a pun on the name of the popular country singer Johnny Cash.) He first charted under his new name with "A-11" in 1965. His best-selling single from this period was "She's All I Got" which reached No. 2 on the U.S. country singles charts in 1971 and made it onto the Billboard Hot 100. His "Mr. Lovemaker" also reached No. 2 on the U.S. country singles chart in 1973. But with the popularity of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the mid-1970s, Paycheck changed his image to that of outlaw, where he was to have his largest financial success. It was his producer Billy Sherrill who helped revive his career by significantly changing his sound and image. Sherrill was best known for carefully choreographing his records and infusing them with considerable pop feel. The Paycheck records were clearly based on Sherrill's take on the bands backing Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson on records. "Colorado Kool-Aid", "Me and the IRS", "Friend, Lover, Wife", "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets", and "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" were hits for Paycheck during this period. He received an Academy of Country Music Career Achievement award in 1977. Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Sir Ian Paul performs The Outlaw's Prayer on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Sir Ian Paul performs The Outlaw's Prayer on Karaoke Showcase - Johnny Paycheck was the stage name of Donald Eugene Lytle (May 31, 1938 February 19, 2003, 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. ________________________________________________________ In 1964, he changed his name legally to Johnny Paycheck, taking the name from Johnny Paychek, a top ranked boxer from Chicago who once fought Joe Louis for the heavyweight title. (The name was often seen as a pun on the name of the popular country singer Johnny Cash.) He first charted under his new name with "A-11" in 1965. His best-selling single from this period was "She's All I Got" which reached No. 2 on the U.S. country singles charts in 1971 and made it onto the Billboard Hot 100. His "Mr. Lovemaker" also reached No. 2 on the U.S. country singles chart in 1973. But with the popularity of Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the mid-1970s, Paycheck changed his image to that of outlaw, where he was to have his largest financial success. It was his producer Billy Sherrill who helped revive his career by significantly changing his sound and image. Sherrill was best known for carefully choreographing his records and infusing them with considerable pop feel. The Paycheck records were clearly based on Sherrill's take on the bands backing Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson on records. "Colorado Kool-Aid", "Me and the IRS", "Friend, Lover, Wife", "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets", and "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" were hits for Paycheck during this period. He received an Academy of Country Music Career Achievement award in 1977.
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