Joe Diffie

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Joe Diffie (born December 28, 1958, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country musician.(photo [1]) He was raised in Velma, Oklahoma. He worked in a foundry while playing local nightclubs in Oklahoma and moved to Nashville in 1986 to work for Gibson Guitar Corporation. His first album arrived in 1990 when country music was thriving commercially and creatively. His first single, a sensitive traditional country ballad, Home, reached No. 1, although Diffie quickly counted on novelty hits to sustain his career. For instance, his other No. 1 hits are Pickup Man, Bigger Than the Beatles, Third Rock From the Sun and If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets). Toward the end of the 1990s, Diffie lost his chart momentum and left Epic Records following his 2001 album, In Another World. Since then, he's toured with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence on the Rockin' Roadhouse tour.

[edit] Discography

  • A Thousand Winding Roads (1990)
  • Regular Joe (1992)
  • Honky Tonk Attitude (1993)
  • Third Rock From The Sun (1994)
  • Life's So Funny (1995)
  • Mr. Christmas (1995)
  • Country (1996)
  • Twice Upon A Time (1997)
  • Greatest Hits (1998)
  • A Night To Remember (1999)
  • In Another World (2001)
  • Tougher Than Nails (2004)
  • God's Country: George Jones and Friends (2006) [Sings "White Ligtning" only]

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
US Hot 100 US Hot Country
1990 "Home" #- #1 A Thousand Winding Roads
1990 "If You Want Me To" #- #2 A Thousand Winding Roads
1991 "If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" #- #1 A Thousand Winding Roads
1991 "Is It Cold In Here #- #5 Regular Joe
1991 "New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame)" #- #2 A Thousand Winding Roads
1992 "Next Thing Smokin'" #- #16 Regular Joe
1992 "Ships That Don't Come In" #- #5 Regular Joe
1992 "Startin' Over Blues" #- #41 Regular Joe
1993 "Honky Tonk Attitude" #- #5 Honky Tonk Attitude
1993 "John Deere Green" #69 #5 Honky Tonk Attitude
1993 "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" #- #3 Honky Tonk Attitude
1994 "In My Own Backyard" #- #19 Honky Tonk Attitude
1994 "Pickup Man" #60 #1 Third Rock From The Sun
1994 "Third Rock From The Sun" #84 #1 Third Rock From The Sun
1995 "Bigger Than The Beatles" #- #1 Life's So Funny
1995 "I'm In Love With A Capital U" #- #21 Third Rock From The Sun
1995 "Leroy The Redneck Reindeer" #- #33 Mr. Christmas
1995 "So Help Me Girl" #84 #2 Third Rock From The Sun
1995 "That Road Not Taken" #- #40 Third Rock From The Sun
1996 "Whole Lotta Gone" #- #23 Life's So Funny
1997 "Somethin' Like This" #- #40 Twice Upon A Time
1997 "This Is Your Brain" #- #23 Twice Upon A Time
1998 "Poor Me" #- #43 Greatest Hits
1998 "Texas Size Heartache" #- #4 Greatest Hits
1999 "A Night To Remember" #38 #4 A Night To Remember
1999 "The Quittin' Kind" #- #21 A Night To Remember
2000 "It's Always Somethin'" #57 #5 A Night To Remember
2001 "In Another World" #66 #10 In Another World
2002 "This Pretender" #- #50 In Another World
2004 "If I Could Only Bring You Back" #- #50 In Another World
2004 "Tougher Than Nails" #- #19 Tougher Than Nails