Janie Fricke went from singing advertising jingles for Holiday Inn country cover bands to being one of the biggest female country stars of the late 1970s and early 1980s. When one of her demos made it to famed Nashville producer Billy Sherrill, she was taken under his wing and eventually signed to Epic Records in Nashville.
Sherrill started by pairing her with the likes of Charlie Rich and Johnny Duncan, where she saw her first initial success performing duets with already established male artists. Yearning to…entire summary
Janie Fricke - lead vocals
Terry Baker - drums
Tony Wiggins - bass, vocals
Robert Dohegan - lead guitar
Bill Warren - rhythm guitar, vocals
K.D. Borshae - keyboards
Benny Wilson - harmonica, vocals
Janie Fricke went from singing advertising jingles for Holiday Inn country cover bands to being one of the biggest female country stars of the late 1970s and early 1980s. When one of her demos made it to famed Nashville producer Billy Sherrill, she was taken under his wing and eventually signed to Epic Records in Nashville.
Sherrill started by pairing her with the likes of Charlie Rich and Johnny Duncan, where she saw her first initial success performing duets with already established male artists. Yearning to build a career of her own, she was finally given a shot to cut a solo album. The first two singles failed to climb into the Country Music Top 40, so Sherrill decided to switch gears, and moved her in a direction that focused primarily on country ballads.
That must have done the trick; soon songs like "I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry)," "Do Me With Love," "Your Heart's Not In It," "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place to Happen)" and "It Ain't Easy Being Easy" all broke the Country Music Top 20 and easily established Fricke as a solid performer of country music. A loyal, devoted fan base soon followed.
By the time this recording was made for the Silver Eagle Cross Country radio series in December of 1984, Fricke had already enjoyed her biggest run of hits, but remained a Big Country draw. Because the show was so close to Christmas, she performs her rendition of the Mel Torme holiday classic, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire", which brings a real home-like feeling to the whole performance.
Other Highlights include "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance," "If The Fall Don't Get You," "Your Heart Is Not In It" and "He's A Heartache."
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