Janie Fricke Celebrates 35th Anniversary Of Three #1 hits Including "Let's Stop Talkin' About It," "Your Hearts Not In It" and "A Place To Fall Apart" With Merle Haggard

Janie Fricke Will present at 53rd Annual CMA Awards along with Vince Gill, Pam Tillis, Craig Morgan, Midland, Trisha Yearwood and more Janie Fricke continues to tour and is now booking dates for 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Janie Fricke is celebrating the 35th anniversary of three #1 hits including "Let's Stop Talking About It," Your Heart's Not In It" and "A Place To Fall Apart" with Merle Haggard. Throughout the course of 1984, "Let's Stop Talking About It," written by Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy and Rory Bourke was released in January, "Your Heart's Not In It," written by Tom Shapiro, Michael Garvin and Bucky Jones was released in August and "A Place To Fall Apart," Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Freddy Powers was released in October. All three of these songs spent a week at the top of Billboard's Hot Country Chart, adding to her total of 28 Top 40 hits. "I have great memories performing these songs and still sing many in my shows" says Janie Fricke. "It was an important decade in country music and I am proud to have been a part of it." Janie Fricke along with Bobby Bones, Blanco Brown, Hannah Brown, Deana Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Jim Gaffifan, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Craig Morgan, Jennifer Nettles, Madelaine Petsch, Midland, J.B. Smoove, Pam Tillis, Morgan Wallen and Trisha Yearwood is set to present at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, November 13, hosted by Carrie Underwood and special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. "I’m thrilled beyond words to be invited to present an Award this year at the CMA’s. As the show is watched my millions of viewers, I can once again connect to the industry on a special night of entertainment," said Fricke. "It reaches out to the many generations throughout time, and touches all with great music and memories. I am so proud to have won CMA Female Vocalist two years in a row, and thrilled that one is on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, along with the costume I wore while performing for President Reagan, at Camp David. These memories are priceless and hard to believe! Blessings from above!" Real Gone Music recently released 'It Ain't Easy: The Complete Hits', available now. This is a 41-track, 2 CD compilation that spans from 1977 to 1989 and includes not just her solo smashes such as "What're You Doing Tonight," "It Ain't Easy Being Easy," "He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen)," and "Tell Me A Lie," but also her chart-topping duets with Charlie Rich (“On My Knees”), Merle Haggard (“A Place to Fall Apart”), Larry Gatlin ("From Time To Time") and Johnny Duncan ("Come A Little Bit Closer"). As an added bonus, Janie penned the liner notes, which are accompanied by previously unseen photos and she autographed 100 booklets for fans who order 'It Ain't Easy: The Complete Hits' through Real Gone Music. Raised on a farm in Indiana, Janie Fricke began singing in church, and later turned that talent into a career which began as one of the marketing industry's most successful jingle singers. Long before her success as a country artist, millions of people became familiar with Fricke’s voice through ads for United Airlines, Coca-Cola, 7-Up, McDonald's and Red Lobster. She soon became a session singer where she was singing background in the studio with some of the biggest country stars of the late 70’s and early 80’s, including Loretta Lynn, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell, and Mel Tillis. After a string of duets with such greats as Merle Haggard and Moe Bandy, Fricke landed a solo recording contract in the early 80's and scored several hit singles, including "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby," "He's a Heartache" and "You're Heart's Not In It." She won CMA's coveted "Female Vocalist of the Year” in 1983 and '84 and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. She has been credited with over 1,600 album projects and scored 36 hit singles. In recent years, Sony Music Entertainment made four of Fricke’s classic albums available to fans on Spotify, Apple Music and other digital platforms via the Legacy Digital Vault campaign, including The First Word In Memory, The Very Best of Janie Fricke, Black & White and Saddle in the Wind! The collection of albums features the 18-time chart-topper's biggest hits, including "It Ain't Easy Being Easy," "Tell Me a Lie," "She’s Single Again” and more. Legacy Recordings also released The Essential JANIE FRICKE to all digital service providers earlier this year. In addition, Fricke put a bluegrass spin with some fresh interpretations to many of her beloved tunes with the release of Country Side of Bluegrass. The 13-track collection was produced by Bil VornDick, whose credits also include Alison Krauss, Bela Fleck, and Marty Robbins, and features some of the finest pickers in the industry. Janie Fricke 'It Ain't Easy: The Complete Hits' Track Listing Disc 1: 1. What're You Doing Tonight 2. Come A Little Bit Closer (with Johnny Duncan) 3. Stranger (with Johnny Duncan) 4. Baby It's You 5. Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love With You) 6. On My Knees (with Charlie Rich) 7. Playing Hard To Get 8. Love Your Troubles Away For A While 9. Let's Try Again 10. But Love Me 11. Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through) 12. He's Out Of My Life (with Johnny Duncan) 13. Down To My Last Broken Heart 14. Pride 15. I'll Need Someone To Hold Me (When I Cry) 16. Do Me With Love 17. Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby 18. It Ain't Easy Being Easy 19. You Don't Know Love 20. He's A Heartache (Looking For A Place To Happen) 21. Tell Me A Lie Disc 2: 1. Let's Stop Talkin' About It 2. If The Fall Don't Get You 3. Your Heart's Not In It 4. A Place To Fall Apart (with Merle Haggard) 5. The First Word In Memory Is Me 6. Who Cares (with Ray Charles) 7. All I Want To Do In Life (with George Jones) 8. She's Single Again 9. Somebody Else's Fire 10. Easy To Please 11. Always Have, Always Will 12. When A Woman Cries 13. Are You Satisfied 14. From Time To Time (It Feels like Love Again (with Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers) 15. Baby You're Gone 16. Where Does Love Go (When It's Gone) 17. I'll Walk Before I'll Crawl 18. Heart 19. Give 'Em My Number 20. Love Is One Of Those Words Janie Fricke On Tour: NOV 16 - Orange Blossom Opry / Weirsdale, Fla. FEB 20 - Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts / Victoria, Texas FEB 21 - New Brauntex Theater / New Braunfels, Texas FEB 22 - Dosey Doe Big Barn / The Woodlands, Texas JUN 21 - Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater / Branson, Mo. JUL 10 - Blue Gate Theatre / Shipshewana, Ind. DEC 04 - The New Granbury Live / Granbury, Texas (Christmas Show) For Janie Fricke's most up-to-date tour schedule, visit: janiefricke.com About Janie Fricke: A two-time CMA & ACM Female Vocalist of the Year, Fricke has hit the #1 spot on the Country charts an astounding 18 times. She was named Billboard Magazine Top Female Vocalist, was the First Female Voice on the Moon, and was named the UK's Country Music Round Up's Most Popular International Female Solo Act. Her music has reached Gold and Platinum sales status worldwide, and the talented and personable Indiana native has recorded numerous jingles for Coca-Cola, Pizza Hut and United Airlines. Janie has released 25 albums and 36 hit singles, and she remains one of the most-beloved entertainers in the Country field. For more information, go to www.janiefricke.com. # # #

A Capitol Fourth Celebrates 35 Years As America's National Independence Day Celebration Live From The U.S. Capitol! - 

 

Led by Pop Superstar Barry Manilow, All-Star Cast Joins PBS' A CAPITOL FOURTH Featuring Performances by Alabama, Nicole Scherzinger, Hunter Hayes, Meghan Linsey, KC and the Sunshine Band, Lang Lang, Ronan Tynan, Robert Davi and the National Symphony Orchestra - 

Celebrating 35 spectacular years on air, A CAPITOL FOURTH will kick off the country's 239th birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza that puts viewers front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the nation.  Music legend Barry Manilow will headline the gala anniversary celebration, opening and closing the concert broadcast with a special patriotic medley.  Broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, the star spangled party will also feature performances by: the most successful country music group of all time, Alabama; Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, with over 70 million album sales, Nicole Scherzinger; five-time Grammy nominee, CMA Award winner and multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes; vocal powerhouse Meghan Linsey (THE VOICE); Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling band, fronted by the Founder of the Dance Revolution, KC and the Sunshine Band; world renowned piano virtuoso Lang Lang; and inspirational classical cross-over global star and Irish tenor Ronan Tynan; with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly.  In celebration of American icon Frank Sinatra's 100th birthday, the award-winning star of film, television and the concert stage Robert Davi will pay tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes.  The 35th annual broadcast of A CAPITOL FOURTH airs on PBS Saturday, July 4, 2015 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, as well as to our troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network.  The program can also be heard live in stereo over NPR member stations nationwide.  

The top-rated, award-winning extravaganza features twenty cameras positioned around the city, including the U.S. Capitol, the White House and the Washington Monument. Capping off the show will be a rousing rendition of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" complete with live cannon fire provided by the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery, an audience favorite and A CAPITOL FOURTH tradition. 
Also participating in the event will be the Choral Arts Society of Washington, Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music, the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band, Members of the Armed Forces carrying the State and Territorial Flags and the Armed Forces Color Guard provided by the Military District of Washington, D.C. 
The program is a co-production of Jerry Colbert of Capital Concerts and WETA, Washington, D.C.  Executive producers Jerry Colbert and Michael Colbert have assembled an award-winning production team that features the top Hollywood talent behind some of television's most prestigious entertainment awards shows.  This includes: Emmy award-winning producer Walter C. Miller, whose credits include the GRAMMY AWARDS and COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS; award-winning director Paul Miller whose credits include THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE; and veteran television writer Jon Macks whose credits include the TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, the ACADEMY AWARDS and the EMMY AWARDS.
About Capital ConcertsCapital Concerts is the production force behind two of television's longest-running and highest-rated live programs commemorating America's most important holidays. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, the nation's tribute to our men and women in uniform, and A CAPITOL FOURTH, our country's biggest birthday party, have become American traditions that have consistently ranked among the highest rated programs on PBS over the past decade. The holiday specials have been honored with over 70 awards including the New York Film Festival Award, the Telly Award, the Golden Cine Award, the Videographer Award, the National Education Association Award, the Aurora Award, the Christopher Award, the Communicator's Award, the AXIEM Award, the Omni Award and the Writer's Guild of America Award.
UnderwritersA CAPITOL FOURTH is made possible by grants from The Boeing Company, the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, PBS and public television stations nationwide.  Air travel is provided by American Airlines.