Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I whanau a Billy Ray Cyrus i te Akuhata 25, 1961 i Flatwoods, Kentucky, ki a Ron Cyrus, he kaitōrangapū me te kaimahi maitai o mua, me tana wahine, ko Ruth Ann Casto o mua. I tīmata a Cyrus ki te waiata i te whā o ōna tau. I wehe ōna mātua i te tau 1966. He kaikauwhau Pentecostal tōna tupuna. I a ia e tipu ana, i karapotia ia e te puoro bluegrass me te rongopai mai i tona whanau. I whakatangihia e tana papa matau te kita, heoi i ngana a Cyrus maui ki te whakatangi i te kita a tona papa, engari kaore i taea. I haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Georgetown i runga i te karahipi petipeti i mua i te huri ki te puoro. I whakarerea e ia a Georgetown i tana tau tuatahi, i mohio ia e hiahia ana ia ki te noho hei kaiwaiata i muri i tana haere ki te konohete a Neil Diamond, a ka whakatakoto i tetahi whaainga 10-marama ki te tiimata i tetahi umanga. I nga tau 1980, i purei ia i roto i tetahi roopu e kiia ana ko Sly Dog, i mua i te hainatanga i tetahi kirimana rekoata me Mercury Nashville Records. I tapaina a Sly Dog i muri i te kuri kanohi-kotahi a Cyrus.  Pātai: I te tekau tau o te tau ko tana kapa ko Sly Dog?
Ngā tau 1980