Editing Johnny Paycheck (section)

{{Short description|American country singer (1938–2003)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Johnny Paycheck
| image            = Johnny Paycheck.jpg
| caption          = From left to right: [[Johnny Lee (singer)|Johnny Lee]], Johnny Paycheck, and [[Mickey Gilley]] at Gilley's Nightclub, 1978
| birth_name       = Donald Eugene Lytle
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1938|5|31}}
| birth_place      = [[Greenfield, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2003|2|19|1938|5|31}}
| death_place      = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
*[[Country music|Country]]
*[[outlaw country]]
*[[honky tonk]]}}
| occupation       = Singer, songwriter
| years_active     = 1953–2003
| label            = [[Sony Records|Sony]], Little Darlin', [[Epic Records|Epic]], Certron
| associated_acts  = {{flatlist|
* [[George Jones]]
* [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]]
* [[Willie Nelson]]
* [[Merle Haggard]]
* [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]]
* [[Porter Wagoner]]
* [[Faron Young]]
* [[Marty Robbins]]
* [[Roger Miller]]
* [[David Allan Coe]]
* [[Jesco White]]
}}
| alias            = Donny Young
}}

'''Johnny Paycheck''' (born '''Donald Eugene Lytle'''; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003)<ref>Cooper, Daniel. (1998). ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p.&nbsp;408.</ref> was an American [[country music]] singer and [[Grand Ole Opry]] member notable for recording the [[David Allan Coe]] song "[[Take This Job and Shove It]]". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "[[outlaw country|outlaw movement]]" popularized by artists [[Hank Williams Jr.]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Willie Nelson]], [[Billy Joe Shaver]], and [[Merle Haggard]]. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the [[PBS]] music program ''[[Austin City Limits]]'', though in the ensuing decade, his music career slowed due to drug, including alcohol, and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s, and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000.