Country singer Billie Jo Speers

[busgal]

Country Singer and Vidor resident Billie Jo Spears passes away
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 2:59 PM EST Updated: Dec 14, 2011 3:47 PM EST
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12News HD has learned that Country Singer and Vidor resident Billie Jo
Spears has passed away. Her oldest son Tim Pierce says she died at
her home in Vidor Wednesday morning.

Spears, who had her biggest Country hits in the 1970s, was born in
Beaumont. She has called Vidor her home for the past 10 years.

She had 5 songs reach the top-10 of the Country music charts between
1969 and 1977. Her her biggest hit, and only song to make #1 on the
Country music carts, is "Blanket on the Ground" which she released in
1975.

Arrangements are being handled by R.S. Farmer Funeral Home in
Silsbee. A memorial service will be planned but the date has not yet
been set.

Billie Jo Spears was 73.

[Bill Schenley]

<Note: I saw her at the Palomino Club in Los Angeles many years ago. She
was, I guess, just your average female Country singer, but I really liked
the sound of her voice. I included links to three of her recordings below.
One, "Misty Blue," doesn't come close to her live performance. Live, this
woman *owned* that song.>

Billie Joe Spears Dead at 73

Photo: http://tinyurl.com/d2twfab

FROM: The Boot ~
By Staff

Billie Joe Spears, who rose to the top of the country charts with her 1975
hit, 'Blanket on the Ground,' has died at age 73.

Born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, Spears began performing when she was a
child and had her first radio single out, the humorously titled 'Too Old for
Toys, Too Young for Boys,' when she was just a teenager. After spending much
of her adolescent years singing in clubs, she found a mentor who
jump-started her career, famed songwriter Jack Rhodes ('A Satisfied Mind,'
'Silver Threads and Golden Needles'), who helped Spears find and record
material that would eventually land her a major label record deal.

The singing sensation, praised for her bluesy voice with an impressive
range, moved to Nashville in 1964. After failing to gain any chart success
with her debut efforts, she finally scored her first hit in 1969 with 'Mr.
Walker It's All Over,' which received both country and pop radio airplay.
Other hits that followed included 'What I've Got in Mind,' 'Blanket on the
Ground,' 'Misty Blue,' '57 Chevrolet,' 'If You Want Me' and a cover of Tammy
Wynette's 'Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad,' among several other songs that
catapulted Spears to fame in both the U.S. and U.K.

Spears had two surgeries on her vocal cords in the early '70s, making a full
recovery from both. She also had triple bypass surgery in 1993, but
continued to tour after rebounding once again. The singer passed away
Wednesday (Dec. 14) at her home in Vidor, Texas. The cause of her death has
not yet been made public. [1]

Blanket on the Ground

What I've Got In Mind

Misty Blue

[1] It was previously reported (a few weeks ago) that she had "inoperable
lung cancer."

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Post by Bill Schenley
Billie Joe Spears Dead at 73

First Bee Spears now Billie Jo Spears. Do you think Britney's getting
worried?

[MWB]

Hope you had a good birthday Bill.

Now.... where to hell was I???



Was she the warm up band for the NAMBLA's ????




GO P A T R I O T S

Mark

[David Carson]

Post by busgal
Billie Jo Spears was 73.

The only DOB I can find for her is 14 January 1937, which, if accurate,
would mean she was 74.

David Carson