Country music: what are we going to do with you? For every Dolly Parton masterpiece, we get a lot of mediocrity and a few songs as bad as Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart.” Of course, one could ...

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 ...

Billy Ray Cyrus‘ “Achy Breaky Heart,” one of the most controversial recordings in Nashville history, launched a five-week run at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs 30 years ago, on May 30, 1992. One week ...

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 ...

I know I am not supposed to like Buck 22 and Billy Ray Cyrus' song "Achy Breaky 2," but guess what, I do. The song is 10 times more campy and foolish than the 1992 Achy Breaky hit that made Cyrus a ...

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 ...

March 13 -- What would you do if you had to choose between almost unimaginable fame and family? What if you had to decide between the lure of country stardom — and your heart? Billy Ray Cyrus was once ...

For any person who dabbled in country music or at least cruised through the country radio stations, they unknowingly heard the artwork of Joe Scaife. Although Billy Ray Cyrus is known for singing the ...

Most recent conversations about Billy Ray Cyrus have to do with his role in the monstrously successful remix of Lil Nas X's trap-country crossover, "Old Town Road." But what the kids listening to that ...

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 ...

Joe Scaife — the man behind two of the most ear-catching country songs of all time — died last weekend at age 68. The Tennessean notes that Scaife was part of making records that sold over 80 million ...