CHRIS CAGLE

'Chris Cagle' (born November 10, 1968 in DeRidder, Louisiana) is a country music singer and songwriter.

Contents

Biography

Career

Personal Life

Legal Battle

Discography

Singles

References

External links

Biography

Chris Cagle was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, but he was raised in Baytown, Texas. After graduating from Ross S. Sterling High School, he attended The University of Texas at Arlington for a short time, but dropped out to pursue a musical career. He moved to Nashville in 1994 and worked a number of odd jobs to support himself while trying to land a recording contract.

Career

After years of waiting, Cagle was signed to a record deal. His first single, 'My Love Goes On And On', became a chart hit. Cagle covered the Lynyrd Skynyrd song 'Don't Ask Me No Questions' for the soundtrack of the first 'Blue Collar Comedy Tour' movie, as well as performing it with the four comedians over the closing credits of the movie.
In 2005, Cagle was initiated by the Missouri Theta chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Northwest Missouri State University before a scheduled concert on campus.
Cagle did an interview for Playgirl Magazine's July 2006 issue.

Personal Life

Cagle married in 2001, but the marriage ended in divorce a short time later. On October 3, 2005 he announced on his web site that he was not the biological father of his then-girlfriend's baby^[1].
In early 2004, Cagle was diagnosed with multiple anomalies on his vocal cords, including: a polyp, a lesion, a cyst, and a granuloma. The diagnosis forced Cagle to cancel nearly 20 appearances that year, including opening for Rascal Flatts' new tour^[2]. Cagle was ordered 60 days of vocal rest, although CMT reported that he did not sing for nearly three months after the diagnosis^[3].
Cagle is rarely seen without a hat, typically a cowboy hat or a baseball cap.

Legal Battle

In August 2006, a Nashville judge ordered Cagle to pay approximately $737,000 to former manager Mark Hybner, whom Cagle had sued in 2004 in an effort to void management and publishing deals he had signed in 1999. Cagle has filed a notice that he intends to appeal the judgment^[4].

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
		US Country	US Hot 100
2000	"My Love Goes On and On"	15	76	''Play It Loud''
	"Laredo"	8	60
2001	"I Breathe In, I Breathe Out"	1	35
2002	"Country By the Grace of God"	33
2003	"Chicks Dig It"	5	53	''Chris Cagle''
	"What a Beautiful Day"	4	41
2004	"I'd Be Lying"	39
2005	"Miss Me Baby"A	12	67	''Anywhere But Here''
2006	"Wal-Mart Parking Lot"	42
	"Anywhere But Here"	52
2007	"What Kinda Gone"B	38

★ ^A"Miss Me Baby" also peaked at #100 on the Pop 100.

★ ^BCurrent single.

References

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External links

★ Chris Cagle official site

★ About.com Profile of Chris Cagle