Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1996 Billy Ray Cyrus performed the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois?

It’s true! Bill Clinton was nominated for re-election.

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Billy Ray Cyrus.

  • William Ray Cyrus was born on August 25th, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky.
  • He began singing as a kid with his dad's Crownsmen gospel quartet.
  • He attended Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship, but quit to form a bar band called Sly Dog.
  • In 1995, he became the first recipient of the Bob Hope Congressional Medal of Honor Society Entertainer's Award for his support of Vietnam veterans.
  • He became serious about acting in 2001 and was cast as Gene the Pool Man in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.

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