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  • Aug 25, 1961
    Billy Ray Cyrus is born in Flatwoods, Kentucky. The novelty hit "Achy Breaky Heart" brings him instant fame in 1992. He turns to acting in the TV series "Doc," "Hannah Montana" and "Still The King," and returns to the pop charts in 2019 by collaborating with Little Nas X on "Old Town Road"
    Nov 25, 1978
    Billy Ray Cyrus plays tight end as his high-school football team, the Russell Red Devils, wins the Kentucky state championship, beating the Woodford County Yellowjackets, 17-7, in Richmond
    Apr 10, 1983
    Billy Ray Cyrus and his band, Sly Dog, give their first public performance in Bellafonte, Kentucky, to celebrate the birthday of manager Ken Cravens' wife
    Aug 17, 1983
    Billy Ray Cyrus has his first club gig, at the Sand Bar in Ironton, Ohio
    Aug 15, 1984
    Billy Ray Cyrus' band loses almost all its instruments and equipment when a fire is set at Changes, a club in Ironton, Ohio, where they are scheduled to perform
    Sep 20, 1984
    An unknown Billy Ray Cyrus opens for George Jones in front of 15,000 people at an outdoor concert in Ashland, Kentucky
    Apr 13, 1988
    Billy Ray Cyrus performs at The Ragtime Lounge in Huntington, West Virginia, for the first time. His group, The Players, becomes the house band
    Apr 16, 1988
    Billy Ray Cyrus and his band, The Players, open for pop singer Richard Marx at the Huntington Civic Center in West Virginia in a last-minute gig
    Sep 16, 1988
    Unsigned Billy Ray Cyrus and his band, The Players, open for rock band REO Speedwagon at the Huntington Civic Center in West Virginia
    May 28, 1989
    Billy Ray Cyrus tries to give Charlie Daniels a demo of "Some Gave All" when he opens for the CDB in Beckley, West Virginia. Daniels turns him down

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