Chris Cagle
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Chris Cagle is an American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist. Signed with Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud
Play It Loud (Chris Cagle album)
-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:...

. The album, which was certified gold in the United States, also produced the Top 10 hit "Laredo" and "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is the title of a song recorded and co-written by country music artist Chris Cagle. It was first recorded by David Kersh on his 1998 album If I Never Stop Loving You; Kersh's version was not released as a single....

", his only Number One hit.

Play It Loud was followed in 2002 by Chris Cagle
Chris Cagle (album)
- Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements...

, released on Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 Nashville. Also a gold album in the U.S., it produced the Top 5 hits "What a Beautiful Day
What a Beautiful Day
"What a Beautiful Day" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single to his self-titled CD...

" and "Chicks Dig It
Chicks Dig It
"Chicks Dig It" is a single co-written and recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was the second single released from his self-titled album. It peaked at #5 on the U.S. country charts and at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Cagle and Charlie Crowe...

". Anywhere but Here
Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)
-Album:-Singles:...

, his third album, followed in 2005 and produced the #12-peaking "Miss Me Baby". A fourth studio album, titled My Life's Been a Country Song
My Life's Been a Country Song
- Personnel :* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar* John Carroll – electric guitar* Perry Coleman – background vocals* Eric Darken – percussion* Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar* Troy Lancaster – electric guitar* B...

, was released in 2008, and its lead-off single, "What Kinda Gone
What Kinda Gone
"What Kinda Gone" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album My Life's Been a Country Song, which was released in early 2008...

", peaked at #3 on the country music charts in early 2008. Overall, his albums have accounted for thirteen singles, of which all but one have charted.

Biography

Cagle was born in DeRidder, Louisiana on November 10, 1968; by the time he was four years old, his family moved to Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent in the last decade. In the time period of 2000–2007, Sugar Land also enjoyed a...

, just outside of Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

. He stayed there until moving to Baytown, Texas
Baytown, Texas
Baytown is a city within Harris County and partially in Chambers County in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, it lies along both State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. As of 2010, Baytown had an population of 71,802...

 in high school. During his high school years, he took piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 lessons before switching to guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

. His senior year he moved to White Settlement, Texas, where he attended and graduated from Brewer High School in 1987. After graduating high school, he attended University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, United States. The campus is situated southwest of downtown Arlington, and is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The university was founded in 1895 and served primarily a military...

 for one year. He skipped his finance courses to audit music classes, and performed at night in nearby clubs. Cagle later dropped out of college. Chris moved to Nashville in 1994 at the behest of entertainment attorney Rod Phelps. Chris told Phelps that he "...had no place to live, no job, and no money". Phelps hired Cagle as a nanny for Phelps' three daughters, Shayna, Ashley and Tiffany, where he remained for several months. While in Nashville, Cagle was waiting tables and tending bar while working to improve himself as a songwriter. One big break came when he met the legendary Harlan Howard, who was so impressed with Chris's songwriting progress that he was became the first to publish one of his songs. Chris then landed a publishing deal and had songs recorded by David Kersh. A woman he met while waiting tables led him to Virgin Records head Scott Hendricks, who signed him to a label deal. He currently lives in Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore is a business, cultural and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 24,283, while a 2007 estimate has the Ardmore micropolitan statistical area totaling 56,694 residents...

 near the Dornick Hills Golf Course, in southern Oklahoma.

Musical career

For the next five years he worked odd jobs throughout Nashville, eventually landing a songwriting deal and co-writing album tracks for David Kersh
David Kersh
David Kersh is an American country music singer who made his debut in 1996. His first album, Goodnight Sweetheart, was released that year, producing four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. A second album, titled If I Never Stop Loving You, was released a year later,...

. While working at a restaurant, he was discovered by an agent of the newly-formed Nashville division of Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

, and was signed to a recording deal with the label in 2000.

2000-2002: Play It Loud

Cagle's first album, Play It Loud
Play It Loud (Chris Cagle album)
-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:...

, was issued in mid-2000. Serving as its lead-off single was "My Love Goes On and On", which reached a peak of #15 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) charts, while "Laredo
Laredo (Chris Cagle song)
"Laredo" is a song written and recorded by country music artist Chris Cagle. It is the second single released from his 2000 debut album Play It Loud. It peaked at #8 on the Hot Country Songs chart.-Content:...

", its follow-up, became his first Top Ten hit in mid-2001. After Virgin closed in 2001, the album was re-issued on Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 with "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is the title of a song recorded and co-written by country music artist Chris Cagle. It was first recorded by David Kersh on his 1998 album If I Never Stop Loving You; Kersh's version was not released as a single....

" (which was also one of the songs that he had written for David Kersh in the late 1990s) added as a bonus track. Its b-side, "Country by the Grace of God," was the fourth and final single from the album. Cagle's rendition became his first Number One hit in early 2002. By the end of the year, Play It Loud had been certified gold in the United States.

2003-2004: Chris Cagle

Capitol released Cagle's second album, Chris Cagle
Chris Cagle (album)
- Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements...

, in the middle of 2003. His second consecutive gold album, it produced the Top 5 singles "What a Beautiful Day" and "Chicks Dig It", as well as the #39-peaking "I'd Be Lying".

In 2003, Cagle also performed "Don't Ask Me No Questions" for the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie is a 2003 stand-up comedy film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It stars renowned comedians Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall and fellow Blue Collar comics Ron White and Larry The Cable Guy. The movie is similar in nature to that of The Original Kings of Comedy...

soundtrack, which also plays during the end credits of the film.

In early 2004, Cagle was diagnosed with multiple anomalies on his vocal cords, including a polyp
Polyp (medicine)
A polyp is an abnormal growth of tissue projecting from a mucous membrane. If it is attached to the surface by a narrow elongated stalk, it is said to be pedunculated. If no stalk is present, it is said to be sessile. Polyps are commonly found in the colon, stomach, nose, sinus, urinary bladder...

, a lesion
Lesion
A lesion is any abnormality in the tissue of an organism , usually caused by disease or trauma. Lesion is derived from the Latin word laesio which means injury.- Types :...

, a vocal fold cyst
Vocal fold cyst
Vocal fold cysts are collections of fluid in sac-like formations on the vocal folds.Cysts can deteriorate the quality of human speech production, causing diplophonia, a condition where the vocal cords produce multiple tones at the same time, or dysphonia, an impaired quality of voice typically...

, and a granuloma
Granuloma
Granuloma is a medical term for a tiny collection of immune cells known as macrophages. Granulomas form when the immune system attempts to wall off substances that it perceives as foreign but is unable to eliminate. Such substances include infectious organisms such as bacteria and fungi as well as...

. The diagnosis forced Cagle to cancel nearly twenty appearances that year, including opening dates for Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American country music band that originated in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney...

. He was ordered sixty days of vocal rest
Vocal rest
Vocal rest is the process of resting the vocal folds by not speaking or singing, which typically follows vocal disorders or viral infections which cause hoarseness in the voice, such as the common cold or influenza. The purpose of vocal rest is to hasten recovery time. It is believed that vocal...

, although he did not sing for nearly three months after the diagnosis.

2005-2006: Anywhere But Here

After his vocal recovery, Cagle began work on his third studio album, Anywhere but Here
Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)
-Album:-Singles:...

, which was released in 2005. "Miss Me Baby" served as the album's first single, reaching a peak of #12 on the country music charts. The other two singles — "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" and the title track, which had also been a single for Brice Long
Brice Long
Brice Long is an American country music singer. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later...

 in 2005 — both failed to enter the Top 40.

In August 2006, a Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 judge ordered Cagle to pay approximately $737,000 to former manager Mark Hybner, whom Chris had sued in 2004 in an effort to void management and publishing deals he had signed in 1999.

2007-2010: My Life's Been a Country Song and The Best of Chris Cagle

Chris' eleventh single, a song entitled "What Kinda Gone
What Kinda Gone
"What Kinda Gone" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album My Life's Been a Country Song, which was released in early 2008...

," was released to country radio in late 2007. Peaking at #3 on the country charts, it was the lead-off single to his fourth studio album My Life's Been a Country Song
My Life's Been a Country Song
- Personnel :* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar* John Carroll – electric guitar* Perry Coleman – background vocals* Eric Darken – percussion* Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar* Troy Lancaster – electric guitar* B...

, which was released on February 19, 2008. The second single from the album, "No Love Songs", was released in May 2008, which debuted and peaked at #53 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts for the week of May 24, 2008. "Never Ever Gone" did not chart, and Cagle parted ways with Capitol Nashville shortly afterward. The label released a greatest hits album in 2010 titled The Best of Chris Cagle
The Best of Chris Cagle
The Best of Chris Cagle is the first greatest hits album by country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released on February 9, 2010 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album features Cagle's 5 top ten U.S...

.

2010-present: Back In The Saddle

In 2010, Cagle signed with the Bigger Picture Music Group
Bigger Picture Music Group
Bigger Picture Music Group, formerly Big Picture Music Group, is an independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee founded in 2008. It is distributed by Atlantic Records in the USA. Their main focus is in country music...

, and released a new single, "Got My Country On," on June 28, 2011. It will serve as the lead-off single to his fifth studio album Back In the Saddle.

Personal life

Cagle graduated Ross S. Sterling High school in Baytown, Texas
Baytown, Texas
Baytown is a city within Harris County and partially in Chambers County in the Gulf Coast region of the U.S. state of Texas. Located within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, it lies along both State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. As of 2010, Baytown had an population of 71,802...

 in 1987.
He married school teacher, Elizabeth Filer on September 10, 2001 in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...

, but the marriage ended in divorce in 2003. On October 3, 2005, he announced on his web site that he was not the biological father of his then-girlfriend's baby. Chris is a brother of the Missouri Theta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta , also known as Phi Delt, is an international fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad. The fraternity has about 169 active chapters and colonies in over 43 U.S...

.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
Certifications
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...


(sales threshold)
US Country
US
Play It Loud
Play It Loud (Chris Cagle album)
-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:...

[A]
  • Release date: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Virgin Records Nashville
    Virgin Records
    Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

  • Formats: CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

    , cassette
    Compact Cassette
    The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

19 164
  • US
    Recording Industry Association of America
    The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

    : Gold
  • Chris Cagle
    Chris Cagle (album)
    - Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements...

  • Release date: April 1, 2003
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
    Capitol Records
    Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

  • Formats: CD
  • 1 15
  • US: Gold
  • Anywhere but Here
    Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)
    -Album:-Singles:...

  • Release date: October 4, 2005
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

  • 4 24
    My Life's Been a Country Song
    My Life's Been a Country Song
    - Personnel :* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar* John Carroll – electric guitar* Perry Coleman – background vocals* Eric Darken – percussion* Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar* Troy Lancaster – electric guitar* B...

  • Release date: February 19, 2008
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
  • Formats: CD, music download
  • 1 8
    Back In the Saddle
  • To be released
  • Label: Bigger Picture Music Group
    Bigger Picture Music Group
    Bigger Picture Music Group, formerly Big Picture Music Group, is an independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee founded in 2008. It is distributed by Atlantic Records in the USA. Their main focus is in country music...

  • Formats: CD, music download
  • To be released

    Compilation albums

    Title Album details Peak positions
    US Country
    The Best of Chris Cagle
    The Best of Chris Cagle
    The Best of Chris Cagle is the first greatest hits album by country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released on February 9, 2010 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album features Cagle's 5 top ten U.S...

    • Release date: February 9, 2010
    • Label: Capitol Nashville
    • Formats: CD, music download
    34

    Singles

    Year Single Peak chart positions Album
    US Country
    Hot Country Songs
    Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...


    US
    Billboard Hot 100
    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...


    US
    Pop
    Pop 100
    The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...


    CAN
    Canadian Hot 100
    The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...


    2000 "My Love Goes On and On
    My Love Goes On and On
    "My Love Goes On and On" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Chris Cagle. It his debut single released from his 2000 debut album Play It Loud...

    "
    15 76 Play It Loud
    2001 "Laredo
    Laredo (Chris Cagle song)
    "Laredo" is a song written and recorded by country music artist Chris Cagle. It is the second single released from his 2000 debut album Play It Loud. It peaked at #8 on the Hot Country Songs chart.-Content:...

    "
    8 60
    "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
    I Breathe In, I Breathe Out
    "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is the title of a song recorded and co-written by country music artist Chris Cagle. It was first recorded by David Kersh on his 1998 album If I Never Stop Loving You; Kersh's version was not released as a single....

    "[B]
    1 35
    2002 "Country by the Grace of God" 33
    "What a Beautiful Day
    What a Beautiful Day
    "What a Beautiful Day" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chris Cagle. It was released in November 2002 as the lead single to his self-titled CD...

    "
    4 41 Chris Cagle
    2003 "Chicks Dig It
    Chicks Dig It
    "Chicks Dig It" is a single co-written and recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was the second single released from his self-titled album. It peaked at #5 on the U.S. country charts and at #53 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was written by Cagle and Charlie Crowe...

    "
    5 53
    2004 "I'd Be Lying" 39
    2005 "Miss Me Baby
    Miss Me Baby
    "Miss Me Baby" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Chris Cagle. It is the first single released from his 2005 album Anywhere but Here. It peaked at number 12 on the Hot Country Songs chart....

    "
    12 67 100 Anywhere but Here
    2006 "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" 42
    "Anywhere but Here" 52
    2007 "What Kinda Gone
    What Kinda Gone
    "What Kinda Gone" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Chris Cagle. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from his album My Life's Been a Country Song, which was released in early 2008...

    "
    3 54 96 69 My Life's Been a Country Song
    2008 "No Love Songs" 53
    "Never Ever Gone"
    2011 "Got My Country On"[C] 36 Back in the Saddle
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Music videos

    Year Video Director
    2000 "My Love Goes On and On" Eric Welch
    2001 "Laredo"
    "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out"
    2002 "Country by the Grace of God"
    2003 "What a Beautiful Day" Eric Welch/Chris Cagle
    "Chicks Dig It" Peter Zavadil
    Peter Zavadil
    Peter Zavadil is a music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.-Music videos directed:109 music videos are currently listed here.-References:...

    2005 "Miss Me Baby" Eric Welch
    2006 "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" Sam Erickson
    2011 "Got My Country On" Marcel
    Marcel (singer)
    Marcel Francois Chagnon is an American country music singer and songwriter known by the singular name Marcel. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he released his debut album You, Me, and the Windshield that year and charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts with the single "Country...


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