How Johnny Paycheck's 'Take This Job and Shove It' Became a No. 1 Blue-Collar Anthem

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Country Music History, 1977: Johnny Paycheck Released a No. 1 Song That Helped Shape the English Language After a String of Near-Hits

Johnny Paycheck was trying not to get disheartened by a long line of near-hits when he finally released what would become his first and only No. 1 song in the fall of 1977. Paycheck (born Donald ...