Billy Ray Cyrus released "Achy Breaky Heart" was sweeping the nation in the spring of 1992, and though the song was about how the singer's titular ticker was in danger of bursting, it was the song ...

This "Story Behind the Song" interview was conducted in the same building the song was made in, 27 years ago. "Achy Breaky Heart" was written by Don Von Tress and ultimately recorded by Billy Ray ...

Country singers say the darndest things. Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart” was his signature hit, but Cyrus didn’t see it that way. In fact, he seemed to take more pride in a song he wrote about ...

The world of country music is friendlier to covers than other genres. For example, Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart” was a cover. Here’s what the song’s writer thought when Cyrus redid his song.

“Where were you 25 years ago?” asks Billy Ray Cyrus, leaning in intently. The country singer, actor and dad to famous pop stars is seated in a room in the Nashville home and studio of the late Cowboy ...

It feels appropriate that a lineage exists between legendary Nashville record producer Cecil Scaife and his son Joe that is as long as the commercial history of country music. Joe Scaife, an ...

Three decades after Billy Ray Cyrus's signature song first soared atop the charts, we revisit the megahit's rocky start before it launched the singer's career, a line dance craze and countless covers ...