David Allan Coe is an American songwriter, outlaw country music singer, and guitarist who achieved popularity in the 1970’s and 1980’s.

As a singer, his biggest hits were “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile”, “The Ride”, “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”, “She Used to Love Me a Lot”, and “Long haired Redneck”. His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes “Would You Lay With Me” and “Take This Job and Shove It”, the latter of which inspired the movie of the same name.