Billie Jo Spears
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Biography
[Edit]Billie Jo Spears landed a few big country hits during the '70s, thanks to a sultry, bluesy voice that made her a perfect torch balladeer; while she never quite edged her way into stardom in the U.S., she earned a devoted following in Great Britain and toured there frequently. Spears was born in Beaumont, TX, in 1937 and made her professional debut at age 13 in an all-star country concert in Houston; not long after, she recorded the single "Too Old for Toys, Too Young for Boys" as Billie Joe Moore for Abbott Records. After high school, she sang in nightclubs and looked for a record deal, recording some demos with producer Pete Drake. She got a contract with United Artists in 1964 and moved to Nashville, where she worked with producer Kelso Herston. Her initial singles fared poorly, and when Herston moved to Capitol two years later, Spears followed. Success continued to elude her until 1969, when "Mr. Walker, It's All Over" climbed into the country Top Five. She charted several more times through 1972 but was forced to have surgery on her vocal cords twice over the next two years in order to remove nodules and polyps that could have robbed her of her voice entirely.
Spears made a full recovery, however, and returned to United Artists in 1975. She scored her first number one hit with the sensual "Blanket on the Ground" that year, and two of her 1976 singles — "Misty Blue" and "What I've Got in Mind" — reached the Top Five. She had several other minor hits that year and also cut an album of duets with Del Reeves. "If You Want Me" made the Top Ten in 1977, the last time Spears would visit that territory; several more singles reached the Top 20 by decade's end, but songs like "'57 Chevrolet" and "Lonely Hearts Club" were much bigger hits in Britain, and Spears began to devote more of her touring attention to the overseas market. Her last Top 20 single was 1981's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," after which she and United Artists parted ways. Spears recorded sporadically for independent labels, usually based in the U.K. or Ireland, during the '80s and early '90s. She recovered from triple bypass surgery in 1993 and continued to tour, traveling regularly to the U.K. to perform for a still-affectionate fan base.
Title: The Definitive Billie Jo Spears Collection Volume 2 (Rerecorded)
Artist: Billie Jo Spears
Genre: Pop
Title: When Kenny Met Billie
Artist: Kenny Rogers, Billie Jo Spears, The First Edition
Genre: Country
Title: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Artist: Billie Jo Spears
Collections
Title: Happy Birthday 1979
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Baladas Románticas / 100 Baladas Romanticas
Genre: Pop
Title: Baby I'm a Want You & More Loving Memories
Genre: Pop
Title: Star Spangled Country
Genre: Country
Title: Most Essential Country Classics
Genre: Country
Title: Real Country Women Sing
Genre: Country
Title: 20 Country Oldies
Genre: Country
Title: Mega Country, Volume 3
Genre: Country
Title: Country Love Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Lost Country Hits of the 60s
Genre: Country
Title: Music Through Time: 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: This Is Country Music
Genre: Country
Title: Country Hits
Title: Platinum Trax All Time Country Greats
Genre: Country
Title: Country Loving Memories, Vol.1
Genre: Country
Title: American Country Ladies
Genre: Country
Title: The Best Ballads In the West
Genre: Country
Title: Riding the Country Roads
Title: Country and Western, Vol. 4
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Country, Vol. 4: Love Me Tender
Genre: Country
Title: Country Western Classics
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Country, Vol. 2 - From a Jack to a King
Genre: Country
Title: Superstar Session
Genre: Country
Title: Country Kickbacks
Genre: Country
Title: Country and Western, Vol. 2
Genre: Country
Title: Greatest Country Queens
Genre: Country
Title: Lot's of Love - Country
Genre: Country
Title: Life On the Westren Road
Title: First Ladies Of Country
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Country (Games People Play), Vol. 5
Genre: Country
Title: From The Pen Of Hank Williams
Genre: Country
Title: Patches & More Country Classics
Genre: Country
Title: The King's and Queens of Country Music, Volume One
Genre: Country
Title: Country Heartaches
Genre: Country
Title: I Like Car Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Listen to a Country Song (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Country
Title: Lost Country Hits of the 80s
Genre: Country
Title: The Wild Side of Life
Genre: Country
Title: The King's and Queens of Country Music, Volume Two
Genre: Country
Title: A Country Woman In Love
Genre: Country
Title: True American Country Queens
Genre: Country
Title: Country Girl Superstars
Genre: Country
Title: Lost Country Hits of the 70s
Genre: Country
Title: Country Greats - the Platinum Collection
Genre: Country
Title: 25 Country Hits
Genre: Country
Title: The First Ladies of Country - Honky Tonk Angels
Genre: Country
Title: Girls Ride Horses Too
Genre: Country
Title: Country Gals
Genre: Country
Title: Sunday In the Country
Title: Cruisin' - Driving Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: Queens of Country, Volume One
Genre: Country
Title: Country Woman - the Platinum Collection
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Country Hits, Volume 6
Genre: Country
Title: Honky Tonk Angels & Heroes
Genre: Country
Title: From the Pen of Don Gibson
Genre: Country
Title: Stars Of Country
Genre: Country
Title: Strictly Nashville
Genre: Country
Title: Golden Country Hits, Volume 2
Genre: Country
Title: Nashville Dreams, Vol. 2
Title: American Celebration - A Country Salute
Genre: Country
Title: Millennium 1965 - 1969 CD2
Title: Greatest Hits Of The Millenium! 1965 - 1969 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Of Easy Listening - Disc 4
Genre: Country, Pop, Country Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 4)
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Great Records Of The Decade: 70's Hits Country, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Tracks From The Super 70's Vol. 2 (CD2)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk