"Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" is a song written by

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and

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, and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in April 1982 as the second single from the album ''

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''. The song was the first of Fricke's, seven solo number ones on ''

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chart. Fricke had actually sung on several other No. 1 songs in the past, often as an uncredited background vocalist (for example, "Thinking of a Rendezvous" by Johnny Duncan). In addition, she had dueted with

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on their 1978 No. 1 song, "On My Knees." However, this was Fricke's first No. 1 song to feature her solo talents.

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Works cited *"The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ().
Allmusic — "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" by Janie Fricke
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