Jukebox Charlie (song)

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"Jukebox Charlie"
Single by Johnny Paycheck
from the album Jukebox Charlie
B-side "Something In Your World"
ReleasedApril 8, 1967 (1967-04-08)
Genre Country
Length2:25
Label Little Darlin' Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Aubrey Mayhew
Johnny Paycheck singles chronology
"Motel Time Again"
(1966)
"Jukebox Charlie"
(1967)
"The Cave"
(1967)

"Jukebox Charlie" is a song by American country music singer Johnny Paycheck. It was released on April 8, 1967, as a single from his fourth studio album Jukebox Charlie . The song was co-written by Paycheck and Aubrey Mayhew and produced by Mayhew. [1]

The song received praise for the pedal steel guitar from Lloyd Green. [2]

Charley Crockett covered the song on his 2022 album Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley as "Jukebox Charley". [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Jukebox Charlie"
Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 15

References

  1. "Outlaw Country Music Pioneer Johnny PayCheck's Album Jukebox Charlie (And Other Songs That Make The Jukebox Play) Celebrates 58th Release Anniversary In July". JWA Media. July 1, 2025. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  2. Freeders, Al (September 3, 1967). ""Jukebox Charlie," Johnny Paycheck (Little Darlin')". Dayton Daily News . Dayton, Ohio. p. 22. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  3. "Charley Crockett Covers Jerry Reed, Tom T. Hall on New Album 'Jukebox Charley'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944–1993 Billboard. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 278. ISBN   978-0-898-20100-0 . Retrieved August 14, 2025.