Outlaw Country Music Pioneer & Singer-Songwriter Johnny PayCheck’s Album Someone To Give My Love To Celebrates 53rd Release Anniversary In May

Peaked at #9 on Billboard Top Country Album Chart, #4 & #12 Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart & #2 on Cashbox

PayCheck’s second album with music producer Billy Sherrill on Epic Records

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“…decidedly lacking in Paycheck’s grit but fueled by his considerable charm.”
– Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 01, 2025) — Outlaw country pioneer and singer-songwriter Johnny PayCheck’s album Someone To Give My Love To will celebrate the 53rd anniversary of its release in May, 1972 recorded for Epic Records. It was the second time PayCheck was paired with Country Music Hall of Fame producer Billy Sherrill (George Jones, Tammy Wynette) on an album that would eventually peak at #9 on Billboard Top Country Album Chart. The title track peaked at #4 Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and #2 on the Cashbox Chart. “Love Is A Good Thing” also peaked at #12 on Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart.

Someone To Give My Love To is also highlighted by PayCheck’s country impression on George Harrison & The Beatles’ “Something” and Jerry Jeff Walker’s folk country classic “Mr. Bojangles.” PayCheck takes his own songwriting credit on country ballad “A Heart Don’t Need Eyes” and mid-tempo songs “Your Love Is The Key To It All” and “She’s All I Live For.”

Someone To Give My Love To Track Listing & Songwriters:
A1. “Someone To Give My Love To” (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice)
A2. “Smile, Somebody Loves You” (Tony Austin)
A3. “Something” (George Harrison)
A4. “Your Love Is The Key To It All” (Johnny PayCheck)
A5. “Mr Bojangles” (Jerry Jeff Walker)
B1. “Love Is A Good Thing” (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice)
B2. “A Heart Don’t Need Eyes” (Johnny PayCheck)
B3. “She’s All I Live For”(Johnny PayCheck)
B4. “The Rain Never Falls In Denver” (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice)
B5. “High On The Thought Of You” (George Jones)
B6. “It’s Only A Matter Of Wine” (Frank Dycus, Larry Kingston, Marion F. Dycus)

 

About Johnny PayCheck:
Johnny PayCheck is considered by many within the country music industry and arts to be one of the founders of the outlaw country music movement during the 70’s. That said, his soulful sound and phrasing made him a legend amongst the honky-tonk crowd and his peers. Even to this day new fans are discovering the depth of his musical talent far exceeds “Shove it”. His musical career spanned over 40 years and included a massive catalog of songs and performances. His career was stained by his outrageous behavior at times, to the point that one music executive asserted they would make sure no one ever knew who Johnny PayCheck was in country music after a heated label meeting went off the rails. 

His life after his mistakes proved to be one that showed he had learned some hard lessons and did his best to repair the damage which did earn him a home at the Grand Ole Opry and at Sony Music. A true honky-tonk legend, an outlaw musician, a constant reminder to pick yourself up after being knocked down and a husband and father which few saw outside his true friends and family. Johnny PayCheck was a side man that outshined many of his counterparts at times but could never get out of his own life lessons till it was too late in his life.  

Present day you won’t find much said about Johnny PayCheck in the country music history books or historical documentaries. You won’t find a big exhibit honoring him in Nashville. You must look close to find where his mark was made on country music. His brass placard still hangs backstage at the Opry. You can find autographed pictures still remaining at Tootsies and the Ernest Tubb Record Shop. You can find his “Shove It” guitar at the Country Music Hall of Fame along with a few of his gold records. For the most part though, it is the fans who keep his music and memory alive while an industry still profits from the entertainer they would rather forget.  

His peers would come from backstage and stand in silence just to hear him sing “Old Violin.” Today those same peers will tell you how they loved him and how he was an amazing vocalist and writer. It is an industry that has forgotten, not the fans or the musicians he worked alongside. Some leave him out of the pages of history due to his controversial missteps, others don’t know his history even though his name reappears constantly alongside his peers that were more careful with their careers, but Johnny PayCheck is still a musical force to take notice of even today.

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