Singer Billie Jo Spears, whose performance of “Blanket on the Ground” went No. 1 on the country charts in 1975, died of cancer on Wednesday, Dec. 14, in Vidor, Texas. She was 73. No cause of death was ...

Ask anyone what they called Billie Jo Spears, a country singer and Vidor resident, and they'll tell you "BJ." Spears, who started singing and recording music at the age of 13 and hit No. 1 on U.S. and ...

VIDOR, Texas (AP) — Singer Billie Jo Spears, whose performance of "Blanket on the Ground" went No. 1 on the country charts in 1975, has died at age 73. A funeral home spokesman confirmed her death ...

Billie Jo Spears, who had a Number One country hit in 1975 with "Blanket on the Ground," died Wednesday in her native Texas after a battle with cancer. She was 74. The singer, whose popularity in the ...

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 ...

In December 2011, Billie Jo Spears died at her home in Vidor, Texas at the age of 74. Spears was best known for her No. 1 hit 'Blanket on the Ground,' but also for 'Mr. Walker, It's All Over' in 1969.

Country singer Billie Jo Spears, best known for her 1975 hit Blanket on the Ground, has died at the age of 74. The singer, who had 25 Top 40 country hits between 1969 and 1984, died at her home in ...

VIDOR, TexasVIDOR, Texas — Singer Billie Jo Spears, whose performance of “Blanket on the Ground” went No. 1 on the country charts in 1975, has died at age 73. A funeral home spokesman confirmed her ...