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Janie Fricke discography
A signed promotional photograph of Janie Fricke, 1978.
Studio albums24
Live albums1
Compilation albums10
Tribute albums1
Singles44
Music videos7
Other appearances14

The discography of American country music artist Janie Fricke contains 24 studio albums, one live album, ten compilation albums, 44 singles, seven music videos, and 14 other appearances. Fricke was signed to Nashville's Columbia Records as a solo artist in 1977. Later that year, her debut single, "What're You Doing Tonight", reached the top-forty on the country songs chart.[1] The following year her debut studio album, Singer of Songs, was issued. Between 1978 and 1980, Fricke issued three studio albums which resulted in two major hits: "Please Help Me, I'm Fallin" (1978) and "I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" (1979).

With a change in musical direction, Fricke began recording ballads in 1980, strengthening the success of her singles. "Down to My Last Broken Heart" and "I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" were her first pair of top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] An album of the same name was also released that year, which reached the top-thirty on the Top Country Albums chart. With her sixth studio album, Fricke reached the top spot of the Billboard country chart with its second single "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" (1982).[2] This would start a series of number-one country singles during this period.[1][2] It Ain't Easy (1982), her seventh studio record, reached number fifteen on the Top Country Albums list and spawned three number-one hits: "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy", "He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)", and "Tell Me a Lie".

With the inclusion of more up-tempo material, Fricke reached the number one spot two more times in 1983 and 1984 with "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" and "Your Heart's Not in It".[1] Fricke also collaborated with Merle Haggard in 1984 on "A Place to Fall Apart", which reached number one on the country songs chart.[2] In 1986, her eleventh studio album Black and White was issued and became her highest-charting record on the Top Country Albums list. Its lead single "Always Have, Always Will" reached the number one spot also and became her final top ten hit. Fricke released three more studio albums for Columbia Records until 1989, all of which did not produce any major hits.[2] Labor of Love (1989) spawned her final-charting Billboard single called "Give 'em My Number", which peaked at number forty-three. While performing in Branson, Missouri during the 1990s, Fricke released two Gospel-inspired studio albums: Crossroads: Hymns of Faith (1992) and Now & Then (1993). With her own recording label, she released Bouncin' Back (2000), her nineteenth studio album. Via her own label she would issue two more studio albums in the 2000s decade[2] She has since released a live album in 2002 and a studio album of Christmas material in 2020.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Cou.
[3] 		CAN
Cou.
[4]
Singer of Songs — —
Love Notes
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — —
From the Heart
  • Released: November 1979
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 10
Nice 'n' Easy
(with Johnny Duncan)
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 — —
I'll Need Someone to Hold
Me When I Cry
  • Released: November 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 28 —
Sleeping with Your Memory
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 42 —
It Ain't Easy
  • Released: September 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 15 —
Love Lies
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 10 —
The First Word in Memory
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 17 —
Somebody Else's Fire
  • Released: June 1985
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 21 —
Black & White
  • Released: July 1986
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 1 —
After Midnight
  • Released: April 1987
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 29 —
Saddle the Wind
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 64 —
Labor of Love
  • Released: July 1989
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 64 —
Great Movie Themes[5][6]
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Stonebird
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Janie Fricke
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Intersound
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Crossroads: Hymns of Faith
  • Released: August 15, 1992
  • Label: Branson
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 — —
Now & Then
(re-recordings)[7]
  • Released: April 15, 1993
  • Label: Branson
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 — —
Bouncin' Back
  • Released: October 10, 2000
  • Label: JMF
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 — —
Tributes to My Heroes[8]
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: JMF
  • Formats: CD
 — —
The Bluegrass Sessions[a]
  • Released: August 17, 2004
  • Label: DM
  • Formats: CD, music download
 — —
Golden Legends: Janie Fricke
(re-recordings)[10][11]
  • Released: February 28, 2006
  • Label: Madacy
  • Formats: CD, music download
 — —
Roses & Lace[12]
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: JMF
  • Formats: CD
 — —
A Cowgirl Country Christmas[13]
  • Released: September 25, 2020
  • Label: Self-Released
  • Formats: CD
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of live albums, showing relevant details
Title Album details
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
  • Released: April 2, 2002
  • Label: Smith
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Album details Peak
chart
positions
US
Country
[3]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: October 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette
 34
The Very Best of Janie
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, cassette, CD
 33
I Love Country[14]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
 —
17 Greatest Hits[15]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD
 —
Celebration
  • Released: October 1987
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 63
Sweet and Sassy[16]
  • Released: December 1, 1995
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
Pure Country[17]
  • Released: August 25, 1998
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
 —
Super Hits[18]
  • Released: March 2, 1999
  • Label: Columbia/Sony
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
Anthology[19]
  • Released: March 16, 1999
  • Label: Renaissance
  • Formats: CD
 —
The Essential Janie Fricke[20]
  • Released: December 28, 2018
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Music download
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Album
US
Coun.
[21][22] 		CAN
Coun.
[23]
"What're You Doing Tonight" 1977 21 14 Singer of Songs
"Baby It's You" 1978 21 19
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love With You)" 12 4
"Playin' Hard to Get" 22 30 Love Notes
"I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile" 1979 14 7
"Let's Try Again" 28 52
"But Love Me" 26 — From the Heart
"Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)" 1980 22 18
"He's Out of My Life" (with Johnny Duncan) 17 20 Nice 'n Easy
"Down to My Last Broken Heart" 2 2 I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry
"Pride" 1981 12 1
"I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)" 4 1
"Do Me with Love" 4 1 Sleeping with Your Memory
"Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" 1982 1 8
"It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" 1 1 It Ain't Easy
"You Don't Know Love" 1983 4 3
"He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to
Happen)" 		1 1
"Tell Me a Lie" 1 1 Love Lies
"Let's Stop Talkin' About It" 1984 1 1
"If the Fall Don't Get You" 8 6
"Your Heart's Not in It" 1 1 The First Word in Memory
"The First Word in Memory Is Me" 7 5
"She's Single Again" 1985 2 2 Somebody Else's Fire
"Somebody Else's Fire" 4 4
"Easy to Please" 1986 5 15
"Always Have, Always Will" 1 1 Black and White
"When a Woman Cries" 20 10
"Are You Satisfied?" 1987 32 25 After Midnight
"Baby You're Gone" 63 45
"Where Does Love Go (When It's Gone)" 1988 54 47 Saddle the Wind
"I'll Walk Before I Crawl" 50 —
"The Heart" 64 —
"Love Is One of Those Words" 1989 56 63 Labor of Love
"Give 'em My Number" 43 54
"You Never Crossed My Mind"[24] 1991 — — Janie Fricke
"I Want to Grow Old with You" — 74
"The Followers"[25] 2020 — — A Cowgirl Country Christmas
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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List of singles, with selected chart positions and other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Cou.
[21] 		CAN
Cou.
[23] 		NZ
[26]
"Come a Little Bit Closer"
(Johnny Duncan with Janie Fricke) 		1977 4 2 — Come a Little Bit Closer
"On My Knees"
(Charlie Rich with Janie Fricke) 		1978 1 2 8 Take Me
"A Place to Fall Apart"
(Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke) 		1984 1 1 — It's All in the Game
"From Time to Time (It Feels Like Love Again)"[b]
(Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers with Janie Fricke) 		1987 21 22 — Partners
"Couldn't See the Gold"
(Tommy Hunter with Janie Fricke) 		1990 — 19 — The Anniversary Sessions
"Dispatch the Angels"
(Moore & Moore with Janie Fricke)[28] 		2021 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Natural High" 1984 not available
"The First Word in Memory Is Me" 1985 not available [29]
"She's Single Again" not available [30]
"Always Have, Always Will" 1986 Larry Boothby [31]
"You Never Crossed My Mind" 1991 Michael Merriman
"I Want to Grow Old with You"
"You Don't Know Love" 2004 Deryck Ragoonanan [32]

Other appearances

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List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"It's a Cheating Situation"[33] 1979 Moe Bandy Cheating Situation
"All I Want to Do in Life"[34] 1984 George Jones Ladies' Choice
"Natural High"[35] Merle Haggard It's All in the Game
"Who Cares"[36] Ray Charles Friendship
"What Child Is This"[37] 1986 none The Nashville Christmas Album
"Angels We Have Heard on High"[38] 1992 none Christmas in Nashville
"Two Good People with a Love Gone Bad"[39] 1993 Vern Gosdin Nickels and Dimes and Love
"Jingle Bells"[40] none Country Christmas
"Christmas Is"[40] Johnny Paycheck
"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"[41] 1995 none The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
"The Foggy Dew"[42] 1999 none Made in America: Folk Favorites
"Pride"[43] 2001 Ralph Emery Ralph Emery and Friends
"Field of Dreams"[44] 2003 Charley Pride Comfort of Her Wings
"A Place to Fall Apart" (live)[45] 2004 Merle Haggard Live at Billy Bob's Texas: 'Ol Country Singer

Notes

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  1. ^ In 2012, The Bluegrass Sessions was re-released on New Music Deals and re-titled Country Side of Bluegrass.[9]
  2. ^ Although "From Time to Time" was first released on Larry Gatlin's album Partners, it was later included on Janie Fricke's 1987 album After Midnight.[27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Huey, Steve. "Janie Fricke: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Coyne, Kevin John (21 May 2008). "100 Greatest Women of Country -- Janie Fricke (#46)". Country Universe. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Janie Fricke chart history (Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Search results for "Janie Fricke" under Country Albums/CD's". RPM. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  5. ^ Fricke, Janie (1991). "Great Movie Themes (CD Liner Notes)". Stonebird Records. NA.
  6. ^ "Songs of the Silver Screen - Great Movie Themes". Janie Fricke.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. ^ Fricke, Janie (April 15, 1993). "Now & Then (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Branson Entertainment. BRD-9304.
  8. ^ Fricke, Janie (2003). "Tributes to My Heroes (CD Liner Notes)". JFR. JFR-0002.
  9. ^ Fricke, Janie (February 2, 2012). "Country Side of Bluegrass (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". New West Deals. NMDCD-1001.
  10. ^ Fricke, Janie (February 28, 2006). "Golden Legends: Janie Fricke [New stereo recordings by the original artists] (CD Album Information)". Madacy Entertainment. 251894.
  11. ^ "Golden Legends: Janie Fricke (Re-recorded versions) by Janie Fricke". Apple Music. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  12. ^ Fricke, Janie (2008). "Roses & Lace (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". JMF Records. JMF-2008.
  13. ^ "A Cowgirl Country Christmas". Janie Fricke. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  14. ^ Fricke, Janie (1986). "I Love Country (LP Liner Notes and Information)". CBS Records. LC-11.
  15. ^ Fricke, Janie (1986). "17 Greatest Hits (CD, LP and Cassette Liner Notes and Information)". CBS Records. CK-40165/FCT-40165.
  16. ^ Fricke, Janie (December 1, 1995). "Sweet and Sassy (CD/Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Sony Music Entertainment. 22116.
  17. ^ Fricke, Janie (August 25, 1998). "Pure Country (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Sony Music Entertainment. 34187.
  18. ^ Fricke, Janie (March 2, 1999). "Super Hits (CD/Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment. 69785.
  19. ^ Fricke, Janie (March 16, 1999). "Anthology (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Renaissance Recordings. 206.
  20. ^ "The Essential Janie Fricke by Janie Fricke". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  21. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  22. ^ "Janie Fricke chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  23. ^ a b "Search results for "Janie Fricke" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  24. ^ Fricke, Janie (1991). ""You Never Crossed My Mind" (CD Single)". Intersound Records. CDI-9105-A.
  25. ^ Holt, Jo Ann (September 30, 2020). "Janie Fricke Releases A Cowgirl Country Christmas Album". Focus Daily News. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  26. ^ "New Zealand charts portal -- Janie Fricke". Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  27. ^ Frickie, Janie (April 1987). "After Midnight (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Columbia Records. FC-40666.
  28. ^ ""Dispatch the Angels" (feat. Janie Fricke) by Moore & Moore". Apple Music. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  29. ^ "Country". Billboard. January 12, 1985. p. 43. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  30. ^ Morris, Edward (July 27, 1985). "Janie Fricke, Reluctant No More, Keeping Busy". Billboard. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  31. ^ "New Videoclips" (PDF). Billboard. July 12, 1986.
  32. ^ Fricke, Janie (August 17, 2004). "The Bluegrass Sessions (CD/DVD Liner Notes and Album Information)". DM Records. DMR-41375.
  33. ^ "Cjeating Situation: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  34. ^ "Ladies' Choice: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  35. ^ "It's All in the Game: Merle Haggard: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  36. ^ "Friendship: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  37. ^ "Nashville Christmas Album: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  38. ^ "Christmas in Nashville". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  39. ^ "Vern Gosdin -- Nickels and Dimes and Love (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  40. ^ a b "Country Christmas: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  41. ^ "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  42. ^ "Made in America: Folk Favorites". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  43. ^ "Ralph Emery and Friends: Overview". Allmusic.
  44. ^ "Comfort of Her Wings: Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  45. ^ "Live at Billy Bob's Texas: 'Ol Country Singer". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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