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It's All in the Game is the thirty-ninth studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by the Strangers, released in 1984 by Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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Album. It’s All In the Game. Merle Haggard. Released May 14, 1984. It’s All In the Game Tracklist. 1. Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room Lyrics. 2. 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)" (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 ...
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Jane Marie Fricke was born in South Whitley, Indiana, United States, to parents Waldemar and Phyllis Fricke. Both her parents had an appreciation for music. Her father taught her to play the guitar, while her mother taught her the piano. Her mother often brought home sheet music that Fricke would play and sing. "All I ever wanted to do was sing," s...
1972–1979: Background singing and early releases at Columbia Records
In 1972, Fricke moved to Los Angeles, California, in hopes of finding work as a background singer for recording studios. She found limited opportunities in California but did win a talent contest. Watching the contest that day was a country music producer who offered Fricke a secretarial job if she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Fricke accepted and moved to Nashville in 1975. While working as a secretary, she auditioned for The Lea Jane Singers, a singing quartet that added background vocals...
1980–1989: Commercial peak
Fricke's uncertainty with her musical direction prompted producer Billy Sherrill to suggest that Fricke choose one style to record. In 1980, she started focusing on ballads and teamed with producer Jim Ed Norman. He produced her next single "Down to My Last Broken Heart". It climbed to the number two spot on the Billboard and RPM country charts. The track was released on her fifth studio record titled I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry (1980), which became her first to chart the Billboar...
1990–present: Move to independent albums
In 1990, Fricke was dropped by Columbia Records. Following her departure, she worked theaters in Branson, Missouri, a city that drew audiences that had an appreciation for veteran country performers. "The records I've had are career records, and that's why I get to keep working. I'm lucky that way, and I hope to work another 10 years this way," she told The Journal Times. In 1992, Fricke signed with the smaller Intersound label. Her projects with Intersound would later be distributed by their...
Fricke's musical style is rooted in the country genre. She also incorporated elements of pop, adult contemporary and country pop. During her career, Fricke shifted between different styles as she worked with different producers. Her early Columbia singles were geared towards classic country, but she shifted towards country pop and adult contemporar...
In the 1980s, Fricke began taking career opportunities outside of music. In 1984, she started designing belts and clothes. Fricke's apparel was featured in several department stores during the decade. In regards to her different ventures she commented, "I am not a goal-setter. I would never do that. I just like to work hard and take it like it come...
Fricke has been married twice. She began dating Johnny Rodriguez's road manager Randy Jackson in the early 1980s. Jackson proposed to Fricke over the telephone through a radio program. In September 1982, she wed Randy Jackson in a small ceremony at her mother's farm in South Whitley, Indiana. Hours after their wedding, Fricke gave a free concert to...
Studio albums 1. Singer of Songs(1978) 2. Love Notes(1979) 3. From the Heart(1979) 4. Nice 'n' Easy (with Johnny Duncan)(1980) 5. I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry(1980) 6. Sleeping with Your Memory(1981) 7. It Ain't Easy(1982) 8. Love Lies(1983) 9. The First Word in Memory(1984) 10. Somebody Else's Fire(1985) 11. Black & White(1986) 12. Afte...
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It's All In the Game - Album by Merle Haggard - Apple Music. Merle Haggard. COUNTRY · 1984. Preview. January 1, 1984 10 Songs, 30 minutes ℗ 1984 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Also available in the iTunes Store. Music Videos. Natural High (Video) Merle Haggard, Janie Fricke. More By Merle Haggard. 20 Greatest Hits. 2002. Big City. 1981.
It's All In The Game. | 15-04-1984. Total duration:30 min. Comments. Listen to It's All In The Game by Merle Haggard on Deezer. Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room, A Place to Fall Apart (with Janie Fricke), It's All In the Game...
