Chris Cagle

Chris Cagle , born November 10, 1968, is a country music singer and songwriter who was born in DeRidder , Louisiana and raised in Baytown , Texas . After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, Texas, he attended The University of Texas at Arlington for a short time but dropped out to pursue a musical career. During his college years he was a brother of the Missouri Theta chapter of Phi Delta Theta. He moved to Nashville in 1994 and worked a number of odd jobs to support himself while trying to land a recording contract. After years of toiling, he was signed with Virgin Records in 2000. Cagle made his debut on the 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 . The album, which was certified gold in the United States, also produced the Top 10 hit Laredo and I Breathe In, I Breathe Out , his first and only Number One hit. Play It Loud was followed in 2002 by Chris Cagle , released on Capitol Records . 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 , his third compilation followed in 2005 and produced the #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.

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