Janie Fricke discography
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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).
| Janie Fricke discography | |
|---|---|
A signed promotional photograph of Janie Fricke, 1978. | |
| Studio albums | 24 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 10 |
| Tribute albums | 1 |
| Singles | 44 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| Other appearances | 14 |
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
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Cou. [3] |
CAN Cou. [4] | ||
| Singer of Songs | — | — | |
| Love Notes |
|
— | — |
| From the Heart |
|
— | 10 |
| Nice 'n' Easy (with Johnny Duncan) |
|
— | — |
| I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry |
|
28 | — |
| Sleeping with Your Memory |
|
42 | — |
| It Ain't Easy |
|
15 | — |
| Love Lies |
|
10 | — |
| The First Word in Memory |
|
17 | — |
| Somebody Else's Fire |
|
21 | — |
| Black & White |
|
1 | — |
| After Midnight |
|
29 | — |
| Saddle the Wind |
|
64 | — |
| Labor of Love |
|
64 | — |
| Great Movie Themes[5][6] |
|
— | — |
| Janie Fricke |
|
— | — |
| Crossroads: Hymns of Faith |
|
— | — |
| Now & Then (re-recordings)[7] |
|
— | — |
| Bouncin' Back |
|
— | — |
| Tributes to My Heroes[8] |
|
— | — |
| The Bluegrass Sessions[a] |
|
— | — |
| Golden Legends: Janie Fricke (re-recordings)[10][11] |
|
— | — |
| Roses & Lace[12] |
|
— | — |
| A Cowgirl Country Christmas[13] |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
|
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] | ||
| Greatest Hits |
|
34 |
| The Very Best of Janie |
|
33 |
| I Love Country[14] |
|
— |
| 17 Greatest Hits[15] |
|
— |
| Celebration |
|
63 |
| Sweet and Sassy[16] |
|
— |
| Pure Country[17] |
|
— |
| Super Hits[18] |
|
— |
| Anthology[19] |
|
— |
| The Essential Janie Fricke[20] |
|
— |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
As lead artist
| 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. | ||||
As a featured artist
| 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 | — | — | — | N/a |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Music videos
| 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
| 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 |