Chanteur Country US né William Ray Cyrus, le 25 août 1961 à
Flatwoods (Kentucky).
Billy Ray
Cyrus will forever be known for the catchy, lightweight single "Achy, Breaky
Heart," which became a line-dancing anthem upon its 1992 release. "Achy, Breaky
Heart" made Cyrus famous, but it also proved to be his undoing. No matter how he
tried, he couldn't escape the song, nor could he replicate the success. Cyrus'
music was never particularly innovative — it owed as much to the country-rock of
the Eagles as it did to the new
traditionalism of George Strait and
the new country of Clint Black and
Garth Brooks — but his musical worth
became irrelevant in the wake of the success of "Achy, Breaky Heart" and its
accompanying album, Some Gave All. The album became a crossover success
after the single became a hit, spending 17 weeks on the top of the album charts.
Part of Cyrus' success was due to his handsome, hunky good looks, and part of it
was due to the catchiness of "Achy, Breaky Heart." However, both his good looks
and the single were soon forgotten, and just two years after Some Gave All
ruled the charts, Cyrus virtually disappeared from both the pop and country
charts. Cyrus spent a decade as part of the long history of one-hit wonders,
only to return to chart success in the wake of his daughter Miley's popular TV
show, Hannah Montana, in 2007.
Enamored of baseball, Cyrus intended to become another Johnny Bench as he grew
up in Flatlands, KY. While attending Georgetown College on a baseball
scholarship, he bought a guitar and decided immediately that athletics wasn't
the proper direction for his life. Instead, he formed a band called Sly Dog with
his brother and gave himself a ten-month deadline for finding a place to play.
One week prior to that cutoff date, the group went to work as the house band for
a club in Ironton, OH, where they remained for two years. When a 1984 fire
destroyed the bar — and Cyrus' equipment — he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his
career. Eventually, he decided to return to Kentucky and commuted regularly from
there to Nashville in search of a record deal. Grand Ole Opry star
Del Reeves got Mercury Records to take
a look, and division head Harold Shedd signed him in the summer of 1990. When
his first album came out in mid-1992, Cyrus — with his good looks, sculpted
body, and the infectious "Achy, Breaky Heart" — became an instant groundbreaking
sensation. Spending five weeks at the top of the country charts, "Achy, Breaky
Heart" made his debut album, Some Gave All, a blockbuster success. By the
time it fell off the charts, it had sold over nine million copies and spent 17
weeks on the top of the pop charts.
Despite his attempts, Cyrus wasn't able to replicate the success of Some Gave
All. He quickly followed the album with It Won't Be the Last in the
summer of 1993. Initially, the album sold well, entering the pop charts at
number three, but it fell far short of expectations by only reaching platinum
status. Storm in the Heartland, delivered in the fall of 1994, managed to
go gold, even though it was ignored by country radio. However, by the time it
finished its chart run, Cyrus had slipped from the public's eye. When he
returned with the harder-edged, introspective Trail of Tears in 1996, his
audience had virtually disappeared — the album only spent four weeks on the
charts and didn't even go gold. Shot Full of Love followed in 1998 and
Southern Rain was issued two years later.
In March 2001, Cyrus hit TV screens in the role of a country doctor moved to
Manhattan in the sitcom Doc. He returned to music world with 2003's
Time Flies and the gospel-inspired Other Side, and in 2006, the same
year Cyrus appeared on the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, a show
starring his real-life daughter Miley, Wanna Be Your Joe came out. While
the album failed to spawn a successful single, it nevertheless went gold —
Cyrus' first album in eight years to do so. Riding on the wave of Hannah
Montana's popularity, Cyrus released his tenth studio album, Home at Last,
in 2007 on the Disney label. The album debuted at number 20 on the U.S.
Billboard charts, both re-establishing Cyrus as a presence in country music and
highlighting the popularity (not to mention influence) of his daughter's show.
Talents : Singer, Songwriter, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Country Rock, Country Pop
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ACHY BREAKY
HEART (1992)
WHER'M I GONNA LIVE (1992)
TRAIL OF
TEARS
(1996)
ROCK THIS PLANET (1998)
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 03/1992 | SP MERCURY 866 522-7 (US) | . |
Achy Breaky Heart
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Wher'm I Gonna Live
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| 06/1992 | SP MERCURY 866 998-7 (US) | . | Could've Been Me / I'm So Miserable |
| 09/1992 | SP MERCURY 864 502-7 (US) | . | Wher'm I Gonna Live / Some Gave All |
| 10/1992 | SP MERCURY 864 778-7 (US) | . | She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Someday Somewhere Somehow |
| 04/1993 | SP MERCURY 862 094-7 (US) | . | Some Gave All / Star Spangled Banner |
| 05/1993 | SP MERCURY 862 448-7 (US) | . | In The Heart Of A Woman / Right Face Wrong Time |
| 09/1993 | SP MERCURY 862 754-7 (US) | . | Somebody New / Only Time Will Tell |
| 1993 | EP MERCURY 864 989-2 (NL) |
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Some Gave All / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ [live] |
| 01/1994 | SP MERCURY 858 137-7 (US) | . | Words By Heart / Throwin' Stones |
| 05/1994 | SP MERCURY 858 746-7 (US) | . | Talk Some / Ain't Your Dog No More |
| 10/1994 | SP MERCURY 856 260-7 (US) | . | Storm In Heartland / I Ain't Even Left |
| 01/1995 | SP MERCURY 856 482-7 (US) | . | Deja Blue / Heart With Your Name On It |
| 08/1995 | SP COLUMBIA 38-77971 (US) | . | Fastest Horse In A One Horse Town / Cadillac Ranch |
| 08/1996 | SP MERCURY 578 304-7 (US) | . |
Trail Of Tears
/ Harper Valley PTA |
| 04/1997 | SP MERCURY 574 638-7 (US) | . | It's All The
Same To Me /
Achy Breaky Heart
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| 08/1997 | SP MERCURY 568 794-7 (US) | . | Time For Letting Go / Cover To Cover |
| 10/1998 | SP MERCURY 566 582-7 (US) | . | Busy Man / Touchy Subject |
| 03/1999 | SP MERCURY 570 796-7 (US) | . | Give My Heart
To You /
Rock This Planet
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| 07/2000 | SP MONUMENT 31-79528 (US) |
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You Won't Be Lonely Now / We The People |
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Albums
| 05/1992 | CD MERCURY 314 510 635-2 (US) |
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SOME GAVE ALL - I Could've Been Me / Achy Breaky Heart / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Wher'm I Gonna Live / These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Someday Somewhere Somehow / Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You / Ain't No Good Goodbye / I'm So Miserable / Some Gave All | ||
| 06/1993 | CD MERCURY 314 514 758-2 (US) |
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IT WON'T BE THE LAST - In The Heart Of A Woman / Talk Some / Somebody New / Only Time Will Tell / Ain't Your Dog No More / Words By Heart / It Won't Be The Last / Throwing Stones / Right Face Wrong Time / Dreaming In Color Living In Black And White / When I'm Gone | ||
| 11/1994 | CD MERCURY 314 526 081-2 (US) |
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STORM IN THE HEARTLAND - Storm In The Heartland / Deja Blue / Redneck Heaven / Casualty Of Love / One Last Thrill / I Ain't Even Left / How Much / Patsy Come Home / Heart With Your Name On It / Only God Could Stop Me Loving You / Roll Me Over / Enough Is Enough / Past / Geronimo | ||
| 08/1996 | CD MERCURY 314 532 829-2 (US) |
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TRAIL OF TEARS - Trail Of Tears / Truth Is I Lied / Tenntucky / Call Me Daddy / Sing Me Back Home / Three Little Words / Harper Valley PTA / I Am Here Now / Need A Little Help / Should I Stay / Crazy Mama | ||
| 06/1997 | CD MERCURY 314 534 837-2 (US) |
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THE BEST OF BILLY RAY CYRUS - COVER TO COVER - It's All The Same To Me / Cover To Cover / Bluegrass State Of Mind / Trail Of Tears / One Last Thrill / Storm In The Heartland / Words By Heart / Somebody New / In The Heart Of A Woman / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Could've Been Me / Achy Breaky Heart | ||
| 11/1998 | CD MERCURY 314 558 347-2 (US) |
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SHOT FULL OF LOVE - How's My World Treatin' You / Under The Hood / Give My Heart To You / Busy Man / Shot Full Of Love / Rock This Planet / Missing You / Touchy Subject / His Shoes / Time For Letting Go / American Dream | ||
| 10/2000 | CD MONUMENT NK-62105 (US) |
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SOUTHERN RAIN - You Won't Be Lonely Now / Southern Rain / All I'm Thinking About Is You / We The People / I Will / Love You Back / Burn Down The Trailer Park / Everywhere I Wanna Be / Crazy Bout You Baby / Without You / Hey Elvis | ||
| 03/2003 | CD UNIVERSAL 088 170 165-2 (US) |
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MILLENIUM COLLECTION - Achy Breaky Heart / Some Gave All / Could've Been Me / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Wher'm I Gonna Live / In The Heart Of A Woman / Somebody New / Words By Heart / It's All The Same To Me / Busy Man | ||
| 06/2003 | CD MADACY MGL2-4114 (US) |
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TIME FLIES - What Else Is There / Bread Alone / Way It Is / She Don't Love Me (She Don't Hate Me) / Time Flies / I Luv Ya / I Still Believe / Without You / Hard To Leave / Nobody / Tell Me / Close To Gone / Stand Still / Back To Memphis / Some Gave All | ||
| 10/2003 | CD WORD 886274(US) |
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THE OTHER SIDE - Face Of God / Wouldn't You Do This For Me / Always Sixteen / I Need You Now / Love Has No Walls / Tip Of My Heart / Did I Forget To Pray / Holding On To A Dream / I Love You This Much / Other Side / Amazing Grace | ||
| 06/2004 | CD MERCURY B0002498-02 (US) |
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THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION - Achy Breaky Heart / Some Gave All / Could've Been Me / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Wher'm I Gonna Live? / In The Heart Of A Woman / Somebody New / Words By Heart / Talk Some / Storm In The Heartland / Deja Blue / The Fastest Horse In A One Horse Town / Trail Of Tears / Truth Is I Lied / Three Little Words / Harper Valley P.T.A. / It's All The Same To Me / Time For Letting Go / Busy Man / Give My Heart To You / You Won't Be Lonely Now | ||
| 08/2004 | CD POLYGRAM INT. 544438 (UK) |
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ACHY BREAKY HEART - Achy Breaky Heart / Trail Of Tears / Harper Valley PTA / In The Heart Of A Woman / Busy Man / Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You / Déjà Blue / Storm In The Heartland / Give My Heart To You / It's All The Same To Me / Three Little Words / His Shoes / Truth Is I Lied / It Won't Be The Last / Only God Can Stop Me From Loving You / Someday, Somewhere, Somehow / These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Some Gave Al | ||
| 02/2005 | 2 CD MADACY 251556 (US) |
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COLLECTION :
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| 07/2006 | CD NEW DOOR 000699702 (US) |
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WANNA BE YOUR JOE - Wanna Be Your Joe / I Want My Mullet Back / The Man (Tribute To Dale EARNHARDT) / I Wouldn't Be Me / What About Us / Country Music Has The Blues (featuring George JONES, Loretta LYNN) / The Freebird Fell / I Wonder / Lonely Wins / How've Ya Been / Ole What's Her Name / Hey Daddy / Stand (featuring Miley CYRUS) / Bonus Track : A Pain In The Gas | ||
| 07/2007 | CD DISNEY B0001057-02 (US) |
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HOME AT LAST - Ready, Set, Don't Go / The Beginning / The Buffalo / Flying By / Brown Eyed Girl / Don't Give Up On Me / You've Got A Friend / You Can't Lose Me / I Can't Live Without Your Love / My Everything / Put A Little Love In Your Heart / Over The Rainbow / Stand | ||
| 01/2008 | CD MERCURY B 0010690-02 (US) |
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LOVE SONGS - She's Not Cryin' Anymore / In The Heart Of A Woman / I Am Here Now / Never Thought I'd Fall In Love With You / Only God Could Stop Me Loving You / Missing You / Three Little Words / A Heart With Your Name On It / Somebody New / Give My Heart To You / It Won't Be The Last / How Much | ||
| 04/2009 | CD WALT DISNEY / LYRIC STREET B0002344-02 (US) |
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BACK TO TENNESSEE - Back To Tennessee / Thrillbilly / He's Mine / Somebody Said A Prayer / A Good Day / I Could Be The One / Like Nothing Else / Country As Country Can Be / Love Is The Lesson / Give It To Somebody / Real Gone / Butterfly Fly Away | ||
| 10/2009 | CD UNIVERSAL 21708 (US) |
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BEST OF BILLY RAY CYRUS - Achy Breaky Heart / Busy Man / She's Not Crying Anymore / Could've Been Me / In The Heart Of A Woman / Somebody New / Words By Heart | ||
| 03/2011 | CD MERCURY 15250 (US) |
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ICON - Achy Breaky Heart / She's Not Cryin' Anymore / Wher'm I Gonna Live / In The Heart Of A Woman / Three Little Words / Could've Been Me / Storm In The Heartland / Somebody New / Harper Valley P.T.A. / Words By Heart / Truth Is I Lied / Some Gave All | ||
| 06/2011 | CD WALT DISNEY D0006626-02(US) |
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I'M AMERICAN - Runway Lights / We Fought Hard / Keep The Light On / Stripes And Stars / I'm American / Old Army Hat / Nineteen / Some Gave All | ||
| 10/2012 | CD ALLEGRO CORPORATION / BLUE CADILLAC MUSIC BCM 50022 (US) |
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CHANGE MY MIND - Change My Mind / Once Again / Hillbilly Heart / Tomorrow Became Yesterday / Good As Gone / Forgotto Forget / That’s What Daddys Do / Hope Is Just Ahead / I'm So Miserable / Stomp |
© Rocky Productions 29/11/2012
