Janie Fricke, also spelled Frickie , is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s. Janie Fricke was one of the most popular female country singers of the '80s, racking a string of hits and proving herself a versatile vocalist with a particular flair for ballads. She won the Country Music Association's "Female Vocalist of the Year" awards in 1982 and 1983. Fricke was born in South Whitley, Ind., in 1947 and learned piano and guitar as a child; her first vocal influences were folk artists like Joan Baez and Judy Collins.... Despite growing up in a musical family and spending much of her childhood singing at home, school, and church, her parents encouraged her to continue her formal education for a "respectable" career. While studying for her bachelor's degree in elementary education at Indiana University, she was a member of the Singing Hoosiers. Responding to an audition posted on the bulletin board at practice, she was thrilled to get a job singing commercial jingles and station breaks.
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| Birthdate: | December 19, 1947 |
| Age: | 64 |
| Also known as: | Janie Fricke, Janie Frickie, Fricke, Janie |