Janie Fricke

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Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby 02:26 Tools
She's Single Again 02:45 Tools
It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy 00:00 Tools
Down to My Last Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
Tell Me a Lie 03:36 Tools
He's a Heartache 02:57 Tools
Your Heart's Not in It 00:00 Tools
Always Have, Always Will 00:00 Tools
He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen) 00:00 Tools
You Don't Know Love 00:00 Tools
Do Me With Love 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Being Easy 00:00 Tools
Let's Stop Talkin' About It 03:17 Tools
He's A Heartache (Lookin' For A Place To Happen) 00:00 Tools
I'll Love Away Your Troubles For Awhile 00:00 Tools
Don't Worry About Me Baby 00:00 Tools
I'll Need Someone To Hold Me 00:00 Tools
If the Fall Don't Get You 00:00 Tools
Easy to Please 00:00 Tools
Somebody Else's Fire 00:00 Tools
Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) 00:00 Tools
The First Word in Memory Is Me 03:35 Tools
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby 02:26 Tools
I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry) 02:53 Tools
It Ain’t Easy Being Easy 00:00 Tools
Angels We Have Heard On High 00:00 Tools
But Love Me 00:00 Tools
You Changed My Life In A Moment 00:00 Tools
He's A Heartache (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Homeward Bound 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love with You) 00:00 Tools
I Loved You All The Way 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
Playin' Hard To Get 00:00 Tools
Faithless Love 00:00 Tools
What're You Doing Tonight 00:00 Tools
The First Word In Memory 00:00 Tools
Your Hearts Not In It 00:00 Tools
Ease To Please 00:00 Tools
Ring of Fire 00:00 Tools
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 00:00 Tools
If I were only her Tonight 00:00 Tools
Pride 00:00 Tools
Tears In Heaven 00:00 Tools
Sugar Moon 00:00 Tools
Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
Your Heart’S Not In It 00:00 Tools
Let's Stop Talking About It 00:00 Tools
People Get Ready 00:00 Tools
Take My Hand, Precious Lord 00:00 Tools
Always 00:00 Tools
When A Woman Cries 00:00 Tools
Saddle The Wind 00:00 Tools
If The Fall Don’T Get You 00:00 Tools
Don't Worry Bout Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Let's Try Again 00:00 Tools
Heart 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me, I'm Falling [In Love with you] 00:00 Tools
I Believe 00:00 Tools
Baby It's You 00:00 Tools
Who Cares 00:00 Tools
The Healing hands of Time 00:00 Tools
The Old Rugged Cross 00:00 Tools
If You Could See Me Now 00:00 Tools
Sleeping With Your Memory 00:00 Tools
River Blue 00:00 Tools
Are you satisfied 00:00 Tools
When I Fall In Love 00:00 Tools
Give 'Em My Number 00:00 Tools
My Old Friend The Blues 00:00 Tools
It's a Cheating Situation 00:00 Tools
Ten Thousand Angels 00:00 Tools
Sweet Little Jesus Boy 00:00 Tools
Where's The Fire 00:00 Tools
Don't Touch Me 00:00 Tools
I Need Someone To Hold Me 00:00 Tools
He’s A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen) 00:00 Tools
Teach Me How to Forget 00:00 Tools
How Do You Fall Out Of Love 00:00 Tools
We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends 00:00 Tools
He's Breathing Down My Neck 00:00 Tools
Where does Love Go (When it's gone) 00:00 Tools
Take Me Like A Vacation 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Being Easy (Studio Re-Record) 00:00 Tools
Baby You're Gone 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Being Easy (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
One Way Ticket 00:00 Tools
I'd Take You Back Again 00:00 Tools
GOT MY MOJO WORKING 00:00 Tools
Comin' Apart at the Seams 00:00 Tools
Swing Low Sweet Chariot 00:00 Tools
Pass Me By 00:00 Tools
Cry 00:00 Tools
01 - Down To My Last Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
Love Me 00:00 Tools
Love Is One Of Those Words 00:00 Tools
Enough Of Each Other 00:00 Tools
Take It From The Top 00:00 Tools
I'm not that good at Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Love Lies 00:00 Tools
He's A Heartache (Lookin' For A Place To Happen) (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Sleeping with your money 00:00 Tools
He's Making a Long Story Short 00:00 Tools
Tell Me a Lie (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Why Me Lord? 00:00 Tools
Were You There? 00:00 Tools
Elijah Rock 00:00 Tools
Walkin' A Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
First Word In Memory Is Me 00:00 Tools
One Of Those Things 00:00 Tools
No Ordinary Memory 00:00 Tools
Heart to Heart Talk 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love With You) 00:00 Tools
I'll Walk Before I'll Crawl 00:00 Tools
Crazy Dreams 00:00 Tools
Walking On The Moon 00:00 Tools
Have I Got A Heart 00:00 Tools
Too Hard on my Heart 00:00 Tools
Some Fools Don't Ever Learn 00:00 Tools
Let Me Love You Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Always Have Always Will (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
It's Ain't Easy Bein' Easy 00:00 Tools
Another Man Like That 00:00 Tools
What Are You Doing Here With Me 00:00 Tools
No One's Ever Gonna Love You 00:00 Tools
If I Didn't Care 00:00 Tools
Till I Can't Take It Anymore 00:00 Tools
What A Heart Won't Do 00:00 Tools
Your Hearts Not in It (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Don't Worry About Me Baby (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Who better than an Angel 00:00 Tools
A Place to Fall Apart 00:00 Tools
I Want To Grow Old With You 00:00 Tools
My Eternal Flame 00:00 Tools
I Believe In You 00:00 Tools
I Hurt All Over 00:00 Tools
I Know A Good Love (When I Lose It) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Like Being Lonely 00:00 Tools
Ring Of Fire [Bonus Track] 00:00 Tools
Finishing Touch 00:00 Tools
The First Word in Memory (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Feeling Is Believing 00:00 Tools
Love have mercy 00:00 Tools
Come A Little Bit Closer 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me, I'm Fallin (In Love With You) 00:00 Tools
Going through the motions 00:00 Tools
Midnight Words 00:00 Tools
There's No Future in the Past 00:00 Tools
Down to My Last Broken Heart (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
He's A Heartache (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Love Forever More 00:00 Tools
Talkin' Tough 00:00 Tools
In Between Heartaches 00:00 Tools
I've Had All The Love I Can Stand 00:00 Tools
You Never Corssed My Mind 00:00 Tools
I Hurt 00:00 Tools
Greater Than Love 00:00 Tools
It Won't Be Easy 00:00 Tools
Nobody Ever Loved Me So Good 00:00 Tools
10 - Your Heart's Not In It 00:00 Tools
Don’T Worry About Me Baby 00:00 Tools
First Time Out of the Rain 00:00 Tools
Nothing Left to Say 00:00 Tools
A Little More Love 00:00 Tools
Independence Day 00:00 Tools
Somewhere To Come When It Rains 00:00 Tools
Don't Put It Past My Heart 00:00 Tools
Do Me With Love (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
She's Single Again (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Your Heart's Not In It (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
It Aint Easy Being Easy 00:00 Tools
A Love Like Ours 00:00 Tools
I Can't Help The Way I Don't Feel 00:00 Tools
The Heart 00:00 Tools
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 00:00 Tools
Without Each Other 00:00 Tools
You're The One I Love 00:00 Tools
I'll Need SomeoneTo Hold Me (When I Cry) 00:00 Tools
He's A Heatache (Looking For A Place To Happen) 00:00 Tools
My Heart's Hearin' Footsteps 00:00 Tools
Hes A Heartache Looking For A Place To Happen 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Being Easy (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me I'm Falling 00:00 Tools
What Child Is This 00:00 Tools
I Think I'm Fallin' In Love 00:00 Tools
My World Begins And Ends With You 00:00 Tools
One Piece At A Time 00:00 Tools
I Know A Good Love (When I Lose One) 00:00 Tools
A Cool September 00:00 Tools
Gonna Love Ya (Till The Cows Come Home) 00:00 Tools
04 - You Don't Know Love 00:00 Tools
Fallin' For You 00:00 Tools
Stirrin' Up Feelin's 00:00 Tools
Love Is Worth It All 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
'Til I Can't Take It Anymore 00:00 Tools
07 - Hes A Heartache Looking For A Place To Happen 00:00 Tools
He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Dwell) 00:00 Tools
Let's Stop Talkin' About It (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
I Love You All The Way 00:00 Tools
Week-End Friend 00:00 Tools
Blue sky shining 00:00 Tools
It's raining too 00:00 Tools
He Ain't You 00:00 Tools
YOU NEVER CROSSED MY MIND 00:00 Tools
02 - I'll Need Someone To Hold Me When I Cry 00:00 Tools
Don't Make Me A Liar Again 00:00 Tools
He's A Heartache (Re-Recorded / Remastered Version) 00:00 Tools
09 - Let's Stop Talking About It 00:00 Tools
06 - Don't Worry About Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Always Have Always Will (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Thinkin' of a Rendezvous 00:00 Tools
The Last Thing That I Didn't Do 00:00 Tools
It Ain’T Easy Bein’ Easy 00:00 Tools
Last Thing That I Didn't Do 00:00 Tools
The First Word In Memory (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 00:00 Tools
You Don’t Know Love 00:00 Tools
03 - Do Me With Love 00:00 Tools
05 - It Ain't Easy Being Easy 00:00 Tools
Party Shoes 00:00 Tools
I just can't fool my heart 00:00 Tools
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby (Studio Re-Record) 00:00 Tools
If the Fall Don't Get You (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
01 - I Loved You All Of The Way 00:00 Tools
07 - Gonna Love Ya (Till The Cows Come Home) 00:00 Tools
This Ain't Tennessee And He Ain't You 00:00 Tools
Humbling Love 00:00 Tools
02 - We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends 00:00 Tools
Somebody Else's Fire (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
Easy to Please (Re-Recorded Version) 00:00 Tools
She's Single Again - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
Always Have, Always Will (Re-Recorded) 00:00 Tools
Your Heart Is Not In It 00:00 Tools
Stranger 00:00 Tools
What Child Is This? 00:00 Tools
Any Other Stone 00:00 Tools
Every time a teardrop falls 00:00 Tools
Love Letters 00:00 Tools
See-Saw Ride 00:00 Tools
What Do I Do (With All This Love) 00:00 Tools
I'll Love Your Troubles Away For Awhile 00:00 Tools
I'd Like To Know How You Got The Know How 00:00 Tools
He's a Heartache - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
From Time To Time 00:00 Tools
But Love Me (Ralph Emery's Country Legends Homecoming Vol 2 album version) 00:00 Tools
Old Feeling 'Bout A New Love 00:00 Tools
He's a Heartache - Looking for a Place To Happen 00:00 Tools
03 - You Changed My Life In A Moment 00:00 Tools
04 - A Cool September 00:00 Tools
10 - This Ain't Tennessee And He Ain't You 00:00 Tools
01 - But Love me 00:00 Tools
It Ain’t Easy, Being Easy 00:00 Tools
Dont Worry About Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Tell Me a Lie - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
It Ain't Easy Being Easy - Re-Recorded 00:00 Tools
10 - I Think I'm Fallin' In Love 00:00 Tools
Blue Sky Shinin' 00:00 Tools
Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love With You) 00:00 Tools
Your Heart's Not In It (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
He's A Heartache - Looking For A Place To Happen (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Give'em My Number 00:00 Tools
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Janie Fricke (born December 19, 1947 in South Whitley, Indiana) is an American Country Music singer, best remembered for a series of smooth Countrypolitan hits in the early to mid 1980s. Two of her best-known hits are "He's a Heartache" and "Tell Me a Lie". Overall in her career, Fricke scored eight No. 1 Country hits and nine Country Top Ten hits. Childhood & teen years Born in South Whitley, In 1947, she learned piano and guitar as a child; early vocal influences were folk artists like Joan Baez and Judy Collins. [2] Despite growing up in a musical family, spending much of her childhood singing at home, school, and church, it did not occur to her that music might be a profession. Whilst studying for a bachelor's degree in elementary education at Indiana University, she kept active musically but It remained a hobby, not a serious career choice. Then, when she began to earn extra money singing commercial jingles she began to see that music might earn her a living. [3] Career discovery In 1975, Fricke moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she became an in-demand background vocalist. Fricke sang background for other Country singers of the time including Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Tanya Tucker, Conway Twitty, and Eddie Rabbitt. However, it was her work on several tracks by Johnny Duncan that first brought Fricke to national attention. After supplying uncredited background vocals for such Duncan hits as "Jo and the Cowboy," "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous," "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better," and "Stranger," she was finally rewarded with equal billing with Duncan on "Come a Little Bit Closer." Her contribution to Duncan's number one hit "Stranger" in 1977 probably generated much of the interest in that song, When Fricke sang the line, "Shut out the light and lead me....". [4] people began to speculate who the mysterious singer was. As a result, she gained a recording contract of her own with Columbia records, where she remained for over ten years from 1977. Country music career 1977 – 1980: Country beginnings Fricke's 1977 debut single, "What're You Doing Tonight," just missed the Top 20. Collaborations with Charlie Rich (the number one hit "On My Knees") and Duncan (the Top Five "Come a Little Bit Closer") kept Fricke going strong through 1978, but her solo singles over the next couple of years had a hard time taking off. [5] Fricke had two Top 20 hits between 1978 and 1979, "Please Help Me I'm Fallling (In Love With You)", which reached #12 and "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile", which peaked at #14. However, Country radio still failed to regularly play her material, and, because of this, most of her other singles did not chart very high between 1978 and 1981. She was also part of the Louise Mandrell special "Diamonds, Gold and Platinum" in 1983 among other TV specials. During this time, Fricke released three studio albums, starting in 1977 with the excellent Singer of Songs. The album produced her first three singles, "What're Doing Tonight", "Please Help Me I'm Fallin' (In Love With You)", and "Baby's It's You". In 1979 she released her second and third studio albums, Love Notes and From the Heart. Only Love Notes produced one Top 20 hit. None of Fricke's albums at this time had charted yet on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. 1981 – 1989: Breakthrough success In late 1980, Fricke's producer, Billy Sherrill noticed her limited success. He advised her to establish an identity, focusing on one style. Fricke began to record ballads and had a breakout year in 1981, landing two Top Five hits with "Down to My Last Broken Heart" and "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)." [6] 1982-1984 saw her score six number one hits — "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby," "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy," "Tell Me a Lie," "He's a Heartache," Let's Stop Talkin' About It," and "Your Heart's Not in It." [7] All of these #1s were from her 1982 album, It Ain't Easy which became a successful-selling album. On Fricke's #1 hit, "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby", Country music singer, Ricky Skaggs can be heard in the background singing harmony vocals. In 1983, Fricke toured with Country band, Alabama. She then broadened her style to include more up-tempo tracks. [8] In 1982 and 1983, Fricke was awarded "Female Vocalist of the Year" by the Country Music Association. In 1983, she released her next studio album, Love Lies, which peaked at #10 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album spawned a #1 single, "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" and a Top 10, "If the Fall Don't Get You". In 1984, Fricke released her next album, First Word in Memory. The lead single, "Your Heart's Not In It" was a #1 hit in 1984, followed by the title track, which became a Top 10 hit the same year. In the 80s, Fricke also played one of the criminals, Ginny, who hid loot in the dash of a getaway car that was to become the "General Lee" in the Dukes of Hazzard episode "Happy Birthday, General Lee", Episode 131. Fricke landed five more Top Ten hits from 1985-1986, including another # 1 in "Always Have, Always Will" and a # 2 in "She's Single Again." [9] These singles came from her 1985 album, Somebody Else's Fire, which peaked at #21 on the Top Country Albums chart. Also in 1985, Fricke was featured in Merle Haggard's single, "A Place to Fall Apart" which became a #1 hit that year. The single was based on a letter Haggard wrote to ex-wife, Leona Williams, with whom he had duetted with in the 1970s. In 1986, Fricke released her next album, Black and White. The album included her last #1 hit, "Always Have, Always Will", as well as her last Top 20 hit, "When a Woman Cries", which peaked at #20 in 1986. Annoyed by mispronunciations of her name, she changed the spelling to "Frickie" in 1986, but a few years later, reverted to the original spelling. As Neo-traditional Country music artists like Patty Loveless and Randy Travis became popular in 1987, the more pop influenced style Fricke had been recording since the early part of the decade lost favor with Country radio and Fricke's success began to decline. She recorded a Top 25 hit with Larry Gatlin called "From Time to Time (It Sure Feels Like Love Again)", released on Gatlin's 1987 Partners album. Fricke's 1987 album, After Midnight released one Top 40 Country hit, "Are You Satisfied", which peaked at #32. The other singles from the album did not reach the Top 40. Fricke's 1988 album Saddle in the Wind album peaked at #64 on the Top Country Albums chart. After 1989's Labor of Love album, Fricke and Columbia records parted company. Her last charted single was also released in 1989. "Give 'Em My Number" peaked at #43 on the Billboard Country Chart. 1990 – present: Current music career She recorded two albums for the small Branson label in 1992 and 1993, and issued the gospel record Hymns of Faith on Intersound in 1996. [10] Fricke's album Bouncin' Back was released in 2000 under her own label, JMF Records. She decided to sell her album exclusively on the Internet. Fricke continues to tour extensively but sets aside time to spend with her family on her ranch near Lancaster, Tx. [11] In 2004, Fricke released a Bluegrass album on DM records, The Bluegrass Sessions. The tracks were re-workings of Fricke's previously-recorded Country hits, recorded Bluegrass style. Fricke continues to be actively involved in the music industry. In 2005, she attended the Country Music Association Awards. Fricke was the Firefighters' Marshal for Winchester, Virginia's "80th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival" in May, 2007. Philanthropic efforts In 1985, Fricke established the "Janie Fricke Scholarship" at Indiana University to benefit gifted students in the School of Music. Scholarships are open to active members of the Singing Hoosiers vocal ensemble who demonstrate financial need. [12] Fricke has also participated in the "Country Music Hall of Fame Fundraising Campaign". Other artists who also support the project include, Big & Rich, Kenny Chesney, Kate Campbell, Amy Grant, James Otto and Gretchen Wilson. Awards Year - Award Program - Award 1979 - Music City News Country - Most Promising Female Artist of the Year 1982 - Country Music Association - Female Vocalist of the Year 1983 - Country Music Association - Female Vocalist of the Year 1983 - Academy of Country Music - Top Female Vocalist 1984 - Music City News Country - Female Artist of the Year 1984 - Music City News Country - Female Artist of the Year Discography Main article: Janie Fricke discography References ^ Janie Fricke at All Music Guide ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide; retrieved March 29, 2008 ^ Janie Fricke biography at Musician Guide.com; also retrieved March 29, 2008 ^ Janie Fricke biography at Musician Guide.com ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide.com ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide.com ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide.com ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide ^ Janie Fricke biography at All Music Guide; retrieved March 29, 2008. ^ Janie Fricke biography at Musician Guide.com ^ Janie Fricke biography at Musician Guide.com External links Janie Fricke Official Website CMT.com: Janie Fricke Dukes of Hazzard Episode Guide Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janie_Fricke" Read more on Last.fm. 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