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For|the football player|Chris Cagle (American football)Infobox musical artist| name = Chris Cagle| image = Chris_cagle.jpg| caption = Chris Cagle in October 2010.| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| Born = Birth date and age|1968|11|10cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/cagle_chris/bio.jhtml |title=Chris Cagle biography |accessdate=2008-02-02 |work= Country Music Television | origin = DeRidder, Louisiana , USA | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2008|page=74|isbn=0-89820-177-2| genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1996present| label = Virgin Records Nashville , Capitol Records Nashville , Bigger Picture Music Group | associated_acts = David Kersh | website = http://chriscagle.com Chris Cagle (born November 10, 1968) is an American country music artist. He was first known for writing songs for David Kersh before signing to Virgin Records Nashville in 2000. Cagle made his debut on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts with the single " My Love Goes On and On ", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud (Chris Cagle album)|Play It Loud . The album, which was certified gold in the United States, also produced the Top 10 hit " Laredo (Chris Cagle song)|Laredo " and " I Breathe In, I Breathe Out ", his only number one hit.
Play It Loud was followed in 2002 by Chris Cagle (album)|Chris Cagle , released on Capitol Records Nashville. Also a gold album in the U.S., it produced the Top 5 hits " What a Beautiful Day " and " Chicks Dig It ". Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)|Anywhere but Here , his third album, followed in 2005 and produced the number 12-peaking " Miss Me Baby ". A fourth studio album, titled '' My Life's Been a Country Song , was released in 2008, and its lead-off single, " What Kinda Gone ", peaked at 3 on the country music charts in early 2008. After exiting Capitol in 2008, he signed with Bigger Picture Music Group in 2011.
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 , just outside of Houston, Texas . He stayed there until moving to Baytown, Texas in high school.cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p327079|pure_url=yes |title=Chris Cagle biography |accessdate=2008-02-02 |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |work= Allmusic During his high school years, he took piano lessons before switching to guitar . His senior year he moved to White Settlement, Texas, where he attended Brewer High School before moving back to Baytown,Texas and graduating from Ross S. Sterling High School in 1987. After graduating high school, he attended University of Texas at Arlington for one year. He skipped his finance courses to audit music classes, and performed at night in nearby clubs.cite web |url= http://www.hoodmwr.com/promo_events/rock/ChrisCagleBio.pdf |title=Chris Cagle biography |accessdate=2010-11-07 work=Capitol Nashville 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 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 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 . While working at a restaurant, he was discovered by an agent of the newly-formed Nashville division of Virgin Records , and was signed to a recording deal with the label in 2000.
2000-2002: Play It Loud
Cagle's first album, Play It Loud (Chris Cagle album)|Play It Loud , was issued in mid-2000. Serving as its lead-off single was " My Love Goes On and On ", which reached a peak of number 15 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, while " Laredo (Chris Cagle song)|Laredo ", 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 with " I Breathe In, I Breathe Out " (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. "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" became his only 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 (album)|Chris Cagle , 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 number 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 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 (medicine)|polyp , a lesion , a vocal fold cyst , and a granuloma . The diagnosis forced Cagle to cancel nearly twenty appearances that year, including opening dates for Rascal Flatts .cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1484493/01212004/cagle_chris.jhtml |title=Chris Cagle Cancels Tour Dates: Lingering Vocal Cord Problems Force Announcement on Eve of Rascal Flatts Tour |accessdate=2008-02-02 |last=Gilbert |first=Calvin |date=2004-01-21 |work=Country Music Television He was ordered sixty days of vocal rest , although he did not sing for nearly three months after the diagnosis.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1515118/11282005/cagle_chris.jhtml |title=Chris Cagle: Cured but Still Intense: Singer Bounces Back From Vocal Ailment |accessdate=2008-02-02 |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=2005-11-28 |work=Country Music Television
2005-2006: Anywhere But Here
After his vocal recovery, Cagle began work on his third studio album, Anywhere but Here (Chris Cagle album)|Anywhere but Here , 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 in 2005 both failed to enter the Top 40.
In August 2006, a Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville 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.cite web |url= http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2006/9/19/chris_cagle_loses_court_battle_with_manager |title=Chris Cagle loses court battle with manager |accessdate=2008-02-02 |last=Wood |first=E. Thomas |date=2006-09-19 |work=Nashville Post
2007-2010: ''My Life's Been a Country Song and The Best of Chris Cagle
His eleventh single, " What Kinda Gone ", was released to country radio in late 2007. Peaking at number 3, it was the lead-off single to his fourth studio album '' My Life's Been a Country Song , which was released on February 19, 2008. The second single from the album, "No Love Songs", was released in May; it debuted and peaked at number 53 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard '' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 24, 2008. "Never Ever Gone" did not chart, and Cagle parted ways with Capitol Nashville by year's end. http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1606224/country-rosters-remain-stable-despite-sales-downturn.jhtml Country Rosters Remain Stable Despite Sales Downturn The label released a greatest hits album in 2010 titled The Best of Chris Cagle .
2010-present
In 2010, Cagle signed with the Bigger Picture Music Group . He released a new single, " Got My Country On ", on June 28, 2011. The song is Cagle's first top 20 country hit since "What Kinda Gone".
Personal life
Cagle graduated Ross S. Sterling High school in Baytown, Texas in 1987.
He married school teacher, Elizabeth Filer on September 10, 2001 in Houston, Texas , 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.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/artists/news/1510898/10042005/cagle_chris.jhtml |title=Cagle Not the Biological Father of Girlfriend's Baby |accessdate=2008-02-02 |date=2005-10-04 |work=Country Music Television Chris is a brother of the Missouri Theta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta .
Discography
Infobox artist discography|Artist = Chris Cagle |Image = |Caption = |Studio = 4 |Live = |Compilation = |Singles = 13 |Music videos = 8 |Option = |Option name = Other charted songs |Option color = yellow |2Option = 1 |2Option name = #1 Singles |2Option color = orange
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Recording Industry Association of America|US : Goldcite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Chris%20Cagle& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - November 13, 2010: Chris Cagle certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=November 13, 2010
Chris Cagle
Release date: April 1, 2003
Label: Capitol Records|Capitol Nashville
Formats: CD
US: Gold
Anywhere but Here
Release date: October 4, 2005
Label: Capitol Nashville
Formats: CD, music download
'' My Life's Been a Country Song
Release date: February 19, 2008
Label: Capitol Nashville
Formats: CD, music download
Back in the Saddle
Release date: June 26, 2012
Label: Bigger Picture Music Group
Formats: CD, music download
Compilation albums
Title
Album details
Peak positions
US Country
The Best of Chris Cagle
Release date: February 9, 2010
Label: Capitol Nashville
Formats: CD, music download
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country cite web
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US Pop cite web
CAN cite web
2000
15
76
Play It Loud
2001
8
60
B
2002
33
" What a Beautiful Day "
2003
5
53
2004
39
2005
12
67
100
Anywhere but Here
2006
42
"Anywhere but Here"
2007
3
54
96
69
''My Life's Been a Country Song
2008
53
"Never Ever Gone"
2011
12
88
Back in the Saddle
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
2000
Eric Welch
2001
"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out"
2002
2003
Eric Welch/ Chris Cagle
"Chicks Dig It"
2005
Eric Welch
2006
Sam Erickson
2011
Marcel
Notes
A #ref_A| ^ Play It Loud was re-issued in 2001 on Capitol Nashville with two tracks added. It also peaked at number 3 on Top Heatseekers .cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=chris-cagle-p327079/charts-awards|pure_url=yes|title=allmusic ((( Chris Cagle > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|work= Allmusic |publisher= Nielsen Company |accessdate=November 13, 2010
B #ref_B| ^ "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" is only on later presses of Play It Loud .
C #ref_C| ^ Current single.
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External links
http://www.gotmycountryon.com/ Chris Cagle official site
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