Today in Labor History January 18, 1978: Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It" hit the top of the Billboard music charts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sQNuUXBNw#ddg-play

#workingclass #LaborHistory #johnnypaycheck #work #music #countrymusic

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Live)

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Today in Labor History January 18, 1978: Johnny Paycheck's "Take This Job and Shove It" hit the top of the Billboard music charts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sQNuUXBNw#ddg-play

#workingclass #LaborHistory #johnnypaycheck #work #music #countrymusic

Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Live)

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"Take This Job and Shove It" is a 1977 #countryMusic song written by #DavidAllanCoe and popularized by #JohnnyPaycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Paycheck on his album also titled #TakeThisJobAndShoveIt. The recording hit number one on the #countryCharts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. It was Paycheck's only #1 hit. Its #Bside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2iGAifSNI
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Audio)

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Take This Job and Shove It

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"Take This Job and Shove It" is a 1977 #countryMusic song written by #DavidAllanCoe and popularized by #JohnnyPaycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Paycheck on his album also titled #TakeThisJobAndShoveIt. The recording hit number one on the #countryCharts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. It was Paycheck's only #1 hit. Its #Bside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIjEauGiRLo
Johnny Paycheck - "Take This Job And Shove It"

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"Take This Job and Shove It" is a 1977 #countryMusic song written by #DavidAllanCoe and popularized by #JohnnyPaycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Paycheck on his album also titled #TakeThisJobAndShoveIt. The recording hit number one on the #countryCharts for two weeks, spending 18 weeks on the charts. It was Paycheck's only #1 hit. Its #Bside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2iGAifSNI
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job And Shove It (Audio)

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This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #WrathMonth. This is what I came up with:

Curtis Mayfield: (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzsmciMNAGU

The Temptations: War (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0K3LJq9KnU

Melrose: Gang War (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQAHCfnMyh0

Johnny Paycheck: (Pardon Me) IΒ΄ve Got Someone to Kill (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJsMaCoqkkg

The Showmen: Country Fool (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QJ3hODAnQ

#music #curtismayfield #temptations #melrose #johnnypaycheck #showmen #soulmusic #country

[Don't Worry] If There Is a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go

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Johnny Paycheck - "Take This Job And Shove It"

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#OnThisDay in 1938, #JohnnyPaycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer ("Take This Job and Shove It"), born in Greenfield, Ohio (d. 2003).
#RIP πŸͺ½πŸ₯€