Oh, remember how excited We used to get when love was young That old moon was our best buddy We couldn't wait for night to come. by An early sign of her career direction may be spied in her recording (under the name Billie Jo Moore) Too Old for Toys, Too Young for Boys.In 1964 she tried her luck in Nashville, where she recorded for United Artists and Capitol. And lay the blanket on the ground. She paid her final visit to the UK earlier this year, touring as before with the veteran Irish country singer Philomena Begley.• Billie Jo Spears, country singer, born 14 January 1937; died 14 December 2011Country singer whose biggest hit was Blanket on the GroundBillie Jo Spears in a ’57 Chevrolet. The Tammy Wynette Blanket On The Ground are brought to you by Lyrics-Keeper. Signing again with United Artists and working with the producer Larry Butler, who also oversaw the 70s success of Dottie West and Jean Shepard, re-established her in the industry.Although songs such as Blanket on the Ground were seen by some as country-pop compromises – in the term of the day "countrypolitan" – Spears was voted most promising female vocalist in 1976 by the conservative Academy of Country Music. A Já Mu Na To Hlavou Kývám One such was the American singer Billie Jo Spears, who has died of cancer aged 74.
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"I have no desire to be a pop artist," she said. Come and look out through the window / The big old moon is shinin' down / Tell me now don't it remind you / Of a blanket on the ground /
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Now you know you still excite me I know you love me like I am Just once more I wish you'd love me On the blanket on the ground. "She made some 30 albums, four of which went gold, the last of which was in 2005. She first broke into the country top 10 in 1969 with Mr Walker It's All Over, the lament of a secretary disenchanted with life in Manhattan and a lascivious boss, set to a musical arrangement that was not accidentally reminiscent of the previous year's most controversial song, Jeannie C Riley's Harper Valley PTA, which Spears herself had covered.She recorded further "issue" songs such as Pittsburgh General, about working as a nurse; Stepchild, about an abuse victim; and Marty Gray, the story of a young girl's unwanted pregnancy, with its deathless opening lines: "Big Jimmy Baker and Marty Gray met at a teenage party; Jimmy took Marty to school next day – both of them were tardy. "Spears was first exposed to European audiences in 1970 on a tour by a Capitol Country Caravan, but over the next few years she experienced problems with her vocal cords and lost her contract. Lyrics to 'Blanket On The Ground' by Philomena Begley.
Encouraged by the songwriter and talent scout Jack Rhodes, she appeared on the Louisiana Hayride show, which attracted the interest of the Abbott label, for which she made some singles.
Her 1978 song of the same name recalled nights spent at drive-in picture shows. An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work. Photograph: Neville Marriner/Daily Mail
blanket on the ground - billie jo spears capo 3rd fret [intro] g [verse 1] g come and look out through the window a that big old moon is shinin' down d tell me now don't it remind you g of a Country singer whose biggest hit was Blanket on the Ground Billie Jo Spears in a ’57 Chevrolet.
Lyrics licensed by LyricFind. Blanket on the Ground by Jean Shepard was written by Roger Bowling and was first released by Billie Jo Spears in 1975. Spears's 1975 recording of Meanwhile, she returned to the theme of passion remembered and rekindled in 1978 with '57 Chevrolet, meticulously recalling nights spent at drive-in picture shows, parking and necking.
British bursts of affection for country music have sometimes exalted artists whose names were fading in their own country. Photograph: Neville Marriner/Daily MailBillie Jo Spears in a ’57 Chevrolet. Her 1978 song of the same name recalled nights spent at drive-in picture shows. We tried to make lyrics as correct as possible, however if you have any corrections for Blanket On The Ground lyrics, please feel free to submit them to us. Her 1978 song of the same name recalled nights spent at drive-in picture shows. Billie Jo Spears - Blanket on the ground. Znowu Jestem Dziś W Podróży It was covered by Tex Robinson & Saltcastle Bullwashers, Jeannie Seely, Inger Lise, Lars Stryg & Royal Strings and other artists. Her reputation as a country sexpot was maintained with her revival, in 1981, of Tammy Wynette's Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad.Spears grew up in a blue-collar family in Beaumont, Texas, and made her first public appearance as a singer at the age of 13. She herself was in no doubt of her country credentials. Tweet
"I couldn't go pop with a mouthful of firecrackers.
Jean Shepard released it on the album I'm a Believer in 1975.