Hannah Montana Cast: Presenting Billy Ray Cyrus

One of the Hannah Montana cast, Billy Ray Cyrus plays the on-screen dad (as Robbie Stewart) of Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) who was a musician but has to give up his career to fully take care of his two kids (Miley and Jackson) in the Disney Channel TV series Hannah Montana. Before joining the Hannah Montana cast, Billy Ray Cyrus was already well into showbusiness.

MULTI-PLATINUM ARTIST

Billy Ray Cyrus was born August 25, 1961 and has made a name both in the music industry and in the television business. His hit single “Achy Breaky Heart was number one in the charts and he has seven of his songs in the top-ten Billboard chart. He is a certified multi-platinum record seller.

SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION PERSONALITY

His joining the Hannah Montana cast is far from being his first stint in television. In fact, he stars in his own top-rating television show “Doc,” which tackles the day to day activities of a rural doctor who transferred to the city from being a ranch doctor. He even had his daughter Miley Cyrus star in the same tv series.

ACHY BREAKY HEART

While Billy Ray Cyrus was already famous in the world of country songs, he himself having hailed from Nashville Tennessee, the song “Achy Breaky Heart” must have propelled him to worldwide stardom. And yes, joining the Hannah Montana cast is not his first shot to stardom.

The hit single “Achy Breaky Heart” became number 1 in the U.S. Hot Country Songs; number 4 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100; number 1 in Australian Singles Chart; number 6 in Austrian Singles Chart; number 3 in the U.K. Singles Chart, among others.

This song made mullet hairstyles as the trend in the United States and Canada, and many took interest and learned line dancing. While “Achy Breaky Heart” made Billy Ray Cyrus famous, this same song also became his undoing. The song was so well-loved by people that it was over-played some would be annoyed by it already. Even “Weird Al” Yancovic wrote a parody of this song which was titled “Achy Breaky Song.” This version described Yancovic’s annoyance to the song as he sang that he’d rather have himself tied to a chair and have someone kick him down the stairs than listen again to Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart.”

Before becoming part of the Hannah Montana cast, Billy Ray Cyrus did have his own set of disappointments. Several attempts at getting back on track of success proved so difficult for him as he was so associated with “Achy Breaky Heart.” What makes things worse is that no matter how he tries, he could not come up with a new single that could surpass or even just replicate the success of “Achy Breaky Heart.” This made him join the short list of “one-hit wonders.”

HANNAH MONTANA CAST

This is a funny twist of fate that not a lot of people may know: to join the Hannah Montana cast, Billy Ray has to be auditioned by his daughter Miley, to see if he fits the role of Miley Stewart’s father.