Fricke, Janie

JANIE FRICKE

  • From Nashville (grew up in Indiana).
  • One of the top “pop-country” artists of the 1980’s.
  • 1982, won the CMA award for Female Vocalist of the Year.
  • 1983, won the Academy of Country Music Award for Top Female Vocalist.
  • 2004, recorded a bluegrass album of her country hits “The Bluegrass Sessions.” It was re-released in 2011 as Country Side of Bluegrass (New Music Deals).