The Kentucky singer whose 1992 line-dance hit defined him, then followed him for decades.
For the full picture, listen to 'Achy Breaky Heart' and then something like 'Hey Elvis.' It's all there in those two songs.
He had his moment in 1992 with 'Achy Breaky Heart,' a song that was everywhere for a while with its twang and that mullet. It made him a star, but it also brought a kind of scrutiny that stuck around, with people talking about his music being too pop for country. Later, he'd show up on Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' remix, a different kind of hit far from the line-dance floors.
He came out of Flatwoods, Kentucky and kept making records anyway after that first hit, putting out albums like 'Some Gave All' and 'Storm in the Heartland' through the '90s. The songs kept coming, things like 'Tulsa Time' and 'Real Gone,' and he worked with other musicians including his daughter Miley Cyrus.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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