At the age of three, she appeared on the Coca Cola TV Show on Channel 9 in Brisbane singing and playing her own ukulele.
In 1962 The Blanch Family were signed to W&G label in Melbourne where they recorded a song written for Jewel "I Wanta Stay on Jumbo" and a duet with her father "On Accounts I Love You".
At the age of eight, Jewel was contracted to EMI and recorded songs on the HMV Label.
In 1978, Blanch recorded for RCA after Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson heard her singing "Will I Ever Be Loved".
In 1979 she won the USA Billboard Magazine's Country Music Award for Number One New Female Singles Artist.