Early in his career, country singer Chris Cagle was waiting tables at a Nashville restaurant when he met legendary songwriter Harlan Howard, who published his first song.
∙ Cagle’s sole chart-topping hit, “I Breathe In, I Breathe Out,” was a last-minute addition to 2000’s Play It Loud when it was rereleased by Capitol Nashville.
∙ Like Play It Loud, Cagle’s self-titled 2003 follow-up went Gold, spinning off a pair of Top 5 Country hits in “What a Beautiful Day” and “Chicks Dig It.”
∙ He’s had four consecutive Top 10 Country Albums, with Chris Cagle and My Life’s Been a Country Song reaching No. 1.
∙ In 2011, Cagle released his comeback album, Back in the Saddle, featuring “Got My Country On,” his first Top 20 hit since 2007’s “What Kinda Gone.”