Billie Jo Spears

Billie Jo Spears was a country singer from Beaumont, Texas, who started performing professionally as a teenager in the early 1950s. She built a career in traditional country music over several decades, scoring a number one hit with 'Blanket on the Ground' in the mid-1970s. She recorded steadily through the following years and remained a familiar name in classic country circles until her death in 2011.