Johnny Paycheck Net Worth At Death

Donald Eugene Lytle, better known as Johnny Paycheck, was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and an American country music performer who was born on May 31, 1938. He is well known for performing David Allan Coe’s song “Take This Job and Shove It.” The birthplace of Johnny Paycheck is Greenfield, Ohio. Lytle first entered talent shows when he was nine years old. At the age of 15, he started singing professionally. In 1964, he officially changed his name to Johnny Paycheck.

Throughout the 1970s, he played a key role in the “outlaw trend” in country music that Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard helped to popularize. Following a stint in the Navy, he relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1950s. He performed tenor harmony in the late 1950s and early 1960s with Ray Price and other strong country musicians.

Johnny Paycheck shared the stage with Price in Willie Nelson’s band, the Cherokee Cowboys. Johnny Paycheck sang tenor on recordings by Faron Young, Roger Miller, and Skeets McDonald.

On February 19, 2003, Johnny Paycheck, 64, passed suddenly from emphysema and asthma.

Johnny Paycheck Net Worth At Death

Paycheck’s estimated net worth at the time of his death was $5 million.

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