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Chanteur Country US né Joe Logan Diffie, le 28
Décembre 1958 à Tulsa (Oklahoma). Joe Diffie est décédé le 29 Mars 2020 à
Nashville.
Joe Diffie
was regarded by many of his peers as one of the better vocalists in contemporary
country, and lent his traditional sensibilities to humorous, rock-tinged
novelties and plaintive ballads. Diffie was born in Tulsa, OK, in 1958 and grew
up in a musical family, first performing in public at age four with his aunt's
country band. He played in a rock band during high school, and later moved on to
a gospel quartet and, during college, a bluegrass band called the Special
Edition. He worked on his songwriting and singing over the next few years while
working in a foundry, and caught a break when his "Love on the Rocks" was
recorded by Hank Thompson. When
Randy Travis nearly recorded another of
his songs, Diffie was convinced he had a shot in the business, and moved to
Nashville in 1986. He took a job at the Gibson guitar plant while continuing to
write songs, and became an in-demand demo singer as well.
Holly Dunn's 1989 recording of a Diffie
collaboration, "There Goes My Heart Again," proved a major hit, and Diffie found
himself a hot commodity. He signed with Epic and released his debut album, A
Thousand Winding Roads, in 1990. His first single, "Home," went all the way
to number one on the country charts, and "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)"
duplicated that feat; meanwhile, two more singles from the album, "If You Want
Me To" and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)," reached number two.Diffie
became a regular hitmaker over the rest of the '90s, and scored again with his
sophomore LP, 1992's Regular Joe; "Is It Cold in Here" and "Ships That
Don't Come In" both made the Top Five. Known primarily for his ballads at this
point in his career, Diffie switched things up with 1993's Honky Tonk
Attitude, which emphasized his rambunctious, rocking side and sense of humor,
and proved to be his biggest-selling album yet. The title track, "Prop Me Up
Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)," and "John Deere Green" all went Top Five.
Sticking with engaging humor as the selling point of his hugely popular follow-up,
1994's Third Rock From the Sun, Diffie scored two number ones with the
title track and "Pickup Man," plus a Top Fiver in "So Help Me Girl." 1995
brought a holiday album, Mr. Christmas, as well as a proper release in
Life's So Funny, which gave Diffie his fifth number one hit in "Bigger Than
the Beatles." 1997's Twice Upon a Time saw his commercial momentum
slipping a bit, and so Epic issued a Greatest Hits compilation the
following year; its new song, "Texas Sized Heartache," returned Diffie to the
Top Five. 1999's A Night to Remember was the most straight-ahead,
traditional country record Diffie had yet recorded, and it gave him two Top Ten
hits in the title cut and "It's Always Somethin'." He returned to his more
established style for 2001's In Another World, which found him
transferred to Sony's reactivated Monument subsidiary; its title track went Top
Ten early the next year. Tougher Than Nails followed in 2004, then in 2010
Diffie returned to bluegrass for Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album, which was
released by Rounder Records and was greeted by warm reviews.
Diffie had a bit of an unexpected revival in early 2013 when his name provided
the chorus of Jason Aldean's
party-hearty hit "1994." Later that year, Diffie set out on the road with fellow
country singers Sammy
Kershaw and Aaron
Tippin on a tour called All in the Same Boat; the trio released an
accompanying album of the same name in May. Joe Diffie died on March 29, 2020
due to complications from the COVID-19 virus. He was 61 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Diffie
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums
Style musical : Traditional Country, Contemporary Country
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 08/1990 | SP EPIC 34-73447 (US) | . | Home / Liquid Heartache |
| 11/1990 | SP EPIC 34-73637 (US) | . | If You Want Me To / Home |
| 03/1991 | SP EPIC 34-73747 (US) | . | If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pocket) / I Ain't Leavin' Till She's Gone |
| 07/1991 | SP EPIC 34-73935 (US) | . | New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame) / Coolest Fool In Town |
| 11/1991 | SP EPIC 34-74123 (US) | . | Is It Cold In Here / Back To Back Heartache |
| 03/1992 | SP EPIC 34-74285 (US) | . | Ships That Don't Come In / Starting Over Blues |
| 07/1992 | SP EPIC 34-74415 (US) | . | Next Thing Smokin' / I Just Don't Know |
| 09/1992 | SP COLUMBIA 38-74485 (US) | . | Joe DIFFIE & Mary Chapin CARPENTER - Not Too Much To Ask / I Am A Town |
| 01/1993 | SP EPIC 34-74796 (US) | . | Startin' Over Blues / Just A Regular Joe |
| 04/1993 | SP EPIC 34-74911 (US) | . | Honky Tonk Attitude / Just A Regular Joe |
| 07/1993 | SP EPIC 34-77071 (US) | . | Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / I Can Walk The Line (If It Ain't Too Straight) |
| 11/1993 | SP EPIC 34-77235 (US) | . | John Deere Green / Somewhere Under The Rainbow |
| 02/1994 | SP EPIC 34-77380 (US) | . | In My Own Backyard / Here Comes That Train |
| 07/1994 | SP EPIC 34-77577 (US) | . | Third Rock From The Sun / From Here On Out |
| 10/1994 | SP EPIC 34-77715 (US) | . | Pickup Man / From Here On Out |
| 01/1995 | SP EPIC 34-77808 (US) | . | So Help Me Girl / Cows Came Home |
| 05/1995 | SP EPIC 34-77902 (US) | . | I'm In Love With A Capital U / Wild Blue Yonder |
| 07/1995 | SP EPIC 34-77978 (US) | . | That Road Not Taken / Cows Came Home |
| 11/1995 | SP EPIC 34-78201 (US) | . | Leroy The Redneck Reindeer / Wrap Me In Your Love |
| 11/1995 | SP EPIC 34-78202 (US) | . | Bigger Than The Beatles / Whole Lotta Gone |
| 02/1996 | SP EPIC 34-78246 (US) | . | C-O-U-N-T-R-Y / Third Rock From The Sun (dance mix) |
| 03/1996 | SP EPIC 34-78268 (US) | . | Down In A Ditch / Third Rock From The Sun (dance mix) |
| 06/1996 | SP EPIC 34-78333 (US) | . | Whole Lotta Gone / Back To The Cave |
| 1996 | SP COLUMBIA 38-78284 (US) | . | White Knuckle Ride (Lynyrd Skynyrd) / Tearing It Up (Joe Diffie) |
| 04/1997 | SP EPIC 34-78521 (US) | . | This Is Your Brain / I Got A Feelin' |
| 07/1997 | SP EPIC 34-78638 (US) | . | Somethin' Like This / This Is Your Brain |
| 08/1998 | SP EPIC 34-79048 (US) | . | Texas Size Heartache / Poor Me |
| 03/1999 | SP EPIC 34-79118 (US) |
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Night To Remember / Texas Sized Heartache |
| 09/1999 | SP EPIC 34-79268 (US) | . | Quittin' Kind / Don't Our Love Look Natural |
Albums
| 09/1990 | LP 12" EPIC FE 46047 (US) |
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A THOUSAND WINDING ROADS - Home / If The Devil Danced / If You Want Me To / New Way / There Goes The Neighborhood / Almost Home / I Ain't Livin' Till She's Gone / Coolest Fool In Town / Liquid Heartache / Stranger In Your Eyes |
| 1991 | CD EPIC EK 47477 (US) |
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REGULAR JOE - Startin' Over Blues / I Just Don't Know / Next Thing Smokin' / Ain't That Bad Enough, Ships That Don't Come / Just A Regular Joe / Is It Cold In Here / Back To Back Heartaches / You Made Me What I Am / Goodnight Sweetheart |
| 1992 | CD EPIC EK 53002 (US) |
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HONKY TONK ATTITUDE - Honky Tonk Attitude / I'm Not Through Losing You / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox / If I Had Any Pride Left At All / I Can Walk The Line / Somewhere Under The Rainbow / John Deere Green / In My Own Backyard / Here Comes That Train / And That Was The Easy Part / Cold Budweiser And A Sweet Tater |
| 07/1994 | CD EPIC EK 64357 (US) |
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THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN - Third Rock From The Sun / I'm In Love With A Capital U / That Road Not Taken / Pickup Man / So Help Me Girl / Wild Blue Yonder / I'd Like To Have A Problem Like That / Junior's In Love / From Here On Out / Good Brown Gravy / Cows Came Home |
| 09/1995 | CD EPIC EK 67045 (US) |
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MR. CHRISTMAS - Mr Christmas / Christmas Song / Leroy The Redneck Reindeer / Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas / Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow / Wrap Me In Your Love / All Because Of U Baby Boy / Silent Night / Praise And Alleluia To The Saviour / Magazine Angels / O Holy Night |
| 12/1995 | CD EPIC EK 67045 (US) |
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LIFE'S SO FUNNY - Bigger Than The Beatles / Never Mine To Lose / Down In A Ditch / Tears In The Rain / C-O-U-N-T-R-Y / She Loves Me / Back To The Cave / I'm Willing To Try / Whole Lotta Gone / Life's So Funny |
| 04/1997 | CD EPIC EK 67693 (US) |
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TWICE UPON A TIME - This Is Your Brain / Twice Upon A Time / Show Me A Woman / Promised Land / Houston We Have A Problem / Somethin' Like This / I Got A Feelin' / Zero / It's Hard To Be Me / John Doe / One More Earth |
| 06/1998 | CD EPIC EK 91937 (US) |
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GREATEST HITS - Third Rock From The Sun / John Deere Green / Texas Size Heartache / Ships That Don't Come In / Pickup Man / So Help Me Girl / Poor Me / Honky Tonk Attitude / Home / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox / Bigger Than The Beatles / Hurt Me All The Time |
| 06/1999 | CD EPIC EK 69815 (US) |
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Night To Remember / You Can't Go Home / I'm The Only Thing I'll Hold Against You / Quittin' Kind / Better Off Gone / It's Always Somethin' / Are We Even Yet, My Heart's In Over My Head / Not In This Lifetime / Don't Our Love Look Natural |
| 10/2001 | CD MONUMENT 85373 (US) |
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IN ANOTHER WORLD - In Another World / My Give A Damn's Broken / If I Lost Her / Stoned On Her Love / Hollow Deep As Mine / This Pretender / Like A River Dreams Of Rain / Live To Love Another Day / What A Way To Go / Grandpa That I Know |
| 02/2002 | CD EPIC 86171 (US) |
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16 BIGGEST HITS - Home / If You Want Me To / If The Devil Danced /New Way / Is It Cold In Here / Ships That Don't Come In / Honky Tonk Attitude / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox / John Deere Green / Third Rock From The Sun / Pickup Man / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / Texas Size Heartache / Night To Remember / It's Always Somethin' |
| 09/2002 | CD MONUMENT 86854 (US) |
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SUPER HITS - Third Rock From The Sun / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / Home / If The Deviil Danced / Ships That Don't Come In / New Way / If You Want Me To / Pickup Man / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox |
| 2002 | CD SONY A 61269 (US) |
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Rockin' The Roadhouse Down - Mark Chesnutt, Joe Diffie, Tracy Lawrence - Honky Tonk Attitude (Joe Diffie) / If The World Had A Front Porch (Tracy Lawrence) / Bubba Shot The Jukebox (Mark Chesnutt) / Is It Cold In Here (Joe Diffie) / The Holes That He Dug (Tracy Lawrence) / Too Cold At Home (Mark Chesnutt) / John Deere Green (live) (Joe Diffie) / She Loved The Devil Out Of Me (Tracy Lawrence) / It's A Little Too Late (Mark Chesnutt) / Rock The Roadhouse Down (Joe Diffie, Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Lawrence) |
| 04/2003 | CD EPIC 89069 (US) |
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THE ESSENTIAL - Home / If You Want Me To / If The Devil Danced / Is It Cold In Here / Not Too Much To Ask / Ships That Don't Come In / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox / Honky Tonk Attitude / John Deere Green / Pickup Man / Third Rock From The Sun / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / This Is Your Brain |
| 06/2004 | CD BROKEN BOW 7508 (US) |
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TOUGHER THAN NAILS - Tougher Than Nails / Nothing But The Radio / Good News, Bad News / Am I / Movin Train / If I Could Only Bring You Back / What Would Waylon Do / Something I Do For Me / Daddy's Home / This Time Last Year / My Redneck Of The Woods |
| 10/2009 | CD AIS 1922050 (US) |
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THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION - Home / If You Want Me To / If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) / New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame) / Is It Cold In Here / Ships That Don't Come In / Next Thing Smokin' / Honky Tonk Attitude / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / John Deere Green / In My Own Backyard / Third Rock From The Sun / Pickup Man / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / C-O-U-N-T-R-Y / Texas-Sized Heartache / A Night To Remember / It's Always Somethin' / In Another World / Long Gone Loner |
| 11/2009 | CD SMITH MUSIC GROUP 5051-2 (US) |
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LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS - Third Rock From The Sun / Next Thing Smokin' / C-O-U-N-T-R-Y / If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) / So Help Me Girl / Pickup Man / A Night To Remember / It's Always Something / Behind Closed Doors / The More You Drink, The Better I Look / Is It Cold In Here / My Give A Damn's Busted / Ships That Don't Come In / Good Brown Gravy / Willin' / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / John Deere Green / Honky Tonk Attitude / Folsom Prison |
| 10/2010 | CD ROUNDER 0649 (US) |
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THE BLUEGRASS ALBUM - HOMECOMING - Somehow Tonight / Lonesome And Dry As A Bone / Tall Cornstalk / Fit For A King / Route 5 Box 109 / Rainin' On Her Rubber Dolly / I Know How It Feels / Tennessee Tea / Free And Easy / Stormy Weather Once Again / 'Til Death / Hard To Handle |
| 10/2011 | CD EPIC / LEGACY 94367 (US) |
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PLAYLIST - THE VERY BEST OF JOE DIFFIE - Home / If You Want Me To / If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) / Is It Cold In Here / Not Too Much To Ask (Joe DIFFIE feat. Mary Chapin CARPENTER) / Ships That Don't Come In / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / Honky Tonk Attitude / John Deere Green / Pickup Man / Third Rock From The Sun / So Help Me Girl / Bigger Than The Beatles / This Is Your Brain |
| 01/2013 | CD SPV YELLOW LABEL 260902 (US) |
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HONKY TONK ATTITUDE / THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN - Honky Tonk Attitude / I'm Not Through Losin' You / Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / If I Had Any Pride Left At All / I Can Walk The Line (If It Ain't Too Straight) / Somewhere Under The Rainbow / John Deere Green / In My Own Backyard / Here Comes That Train / And That Was The Easy Part / Cold Budweiser And A Sweet Tater / Third Rock From The Sun / I'm In Love With A Capital "U" (special extended Play mix) / That Road Not Taken / Pickup Man / So Help Me Girl / Wild Blue Yonder / I'd Like To Have A Problem Like That / Junior's In Love / From Here On Out / Good Brown Gravy / The Cows Came Home |
| 05/2013 | CD BIG HIT BHR 00131 (US) |
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ALL IN THE SAME BOAT - JOE DIFFIE / SAMMY KERSHAW / AARON TIPPIN - All In The Same Boat / Kiss This / Heart Of Gold / She Don't Know She's Beautiful / The Way You Look Tonight / On And On / The Route I Took / I'm Hangin' On / Misery Loves Country / I Love To Work / He Believed / Old Friends |
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