Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Jean Spears, January 14, 1937, Beaumont, Texas, United States) is an American country music singer. In the 1970s, she landed a few country hits. Her best known hit is the 1975 song "Blanket on the Ground". She is known for bluesy voice.
Although Spears had her biggest country hits in the 1970s, she sounded more earthy and more grounded on records than other singers trying to pass for country music during that time. T...
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Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Jean Spears, January 14, 1937, Beaumont, Texas, United States) is an American country music singer. In the 1970s, she landed a few country hits. Her best known hit is the 1975 song "Blanket on the Ground". She is known for bluesy voice.
Although Spears had her biggest country hits in the 1970s, she sounded more earthy and more grounded on records than other singers trying to pass for country music during that time. This was because during the height of Spears' career in the 1970s, country's sound moved more pop-sounding. This new type of Country was called countrypolitan, and the popular singers of this genre at the time were: Crystal Gayle, Lynn Anderson, Kenny Rogers, Ronnie Milsap, and Mac Davis. However, Spears, unlike so many of her contemporaries did not follow the trends of the day, and proved to Nashville that country music can still have a more earthy sound.
Spears was born in 1937 in Beaumont, Texas. She made her professional debut at only age...
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