"Blanket on the Ground" is a song made famous by country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Billie Jo Spears

Billie Jo Spears

Billie Jo Spears is an American country music singer. She reached the top-10 of the Country music charts five times between 1969 and 1977, her biggest hit being "Blanket on the Ground", which, in 1975, became her only number one...

. Originally released in 1975

1975 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1975.-Events:*March 13 — The rocky marriage of George Jones and Tammy Wynette ends in divorce....

, the song became her first and only song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 chart. Further, it crossed over into the Hot 100 pop charts, peaking at #78.

Somewhat rare for a country song, it was a major smash in the UK, hitting #6 there in July 1975.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	78
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2
U.K. Singles Chart	6

Sources

• Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2)), p. 62-63
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.