| LC control no. | n 91084367 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spears, Billie Jo |
| Variant(s) | Spears, Billie Jo, 1937-2011 Spears, Billy Joe, 1937- Spears, Billie Joe Spears, Billy Jo Moore, Billie Jo, 1938-2011 |
| Other standard no. | 0000 0000 5512 9718 124149105997168490234 Q443751 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Nashville (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1938-01-14 |
| Death date | 2011-12-14 |
| Place of birth | Beaumont (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Vidor (Tex.) |
| Field of activity | Country music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers |
| Special note | Not same as: Moore, Billie J. (n 80055075), women's college basketball coach. |
| Found in | Her Mr. Walker, it's all over [SR] 1969: label (Billie Jo Spears) Guardian WWW site, Dec. 16, 2011 (Billie Jo Spears; b. Jan. 14, 1937; d. Dec. 14, 2011; country singer whose biggest hit was Blanket on the ground) New York times, 17 Dec. 2011: in an obituary on page D7 (Billie Jo Spears; born Billie Jean Spears on Jan. 14, 1938 in Beaumont, Tex., died Wednesday [Dec. 14, 2011] in Vidor, Tex., aged 73; a singer of country songs with strong women as their protagonists; began singing in nightclubs at 13; recorded her first single, "Too old for toys, too young for boys" in 1953 as Billie Jo Moore; moved to Nashville in 1964; Ms. Spears rose to prominence in the late 1960s with a string of up-tempo, socially conscious songs; placed 26 singles in the country Top 40 from 1968 to 1984) OCLC database, 18 March 2024 (access points: Spears, Billie Jo, Spears, Billie Jo, 1937-2011, Spears, Billy Joe, 1937- Spears, Billy Joe, Spears, Billy Jo, Spears, Billie J.) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
