Country singer Joe Diffie was born December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Joe Diffie (born December 28, 1958, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country musician.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.
From Wikipedia:Joe Logan Diffie (born December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted thirty-five cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five Number One singles: his debut release "Home," "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)," "Third Rock from the Sun," "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting Number One, at four weeks) and "Bigger Than the Beatles." Besides these cuts, he has twelve other Top Ten singles.
Diffie recorded for Epic Records from 1990 to 2000, releasing seven studio albums, a Christmas album and a greatest hits package under the Epic label; he has also released one studio album each through Monument Records and Broken Bow Records, and is expected to release an album for Rounder Records in August 2010. Among his albums, 1993's Honky Tonk Attitude and 1994's Third Rock from the Sun are certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America; 1992's Regular Joe and 1996's Life's So Funny are both certified gold.