Joe Diffie, who died from complications stemming from COVID-19 Sunday, March 29 at age 61, became a staple of country radio in the early 1990s and a force on Billboard's charts throughout the decade and beyond.Diffie tallied 35 entries on the Hot Country Songs survey from 1990 through 2004, with the bulk released on Epic Records.
Of those, 17 hit the top 10, with five rising to No. 1, beginning with his debut single "Home," which led the list dated Nov.
10, 1990."There's a lot of potential in this guy. I love his voice," Rick Stevens, then-program director of KRRV Alexandria, La., mused of Diffie in the Billboard issue dated Aug.
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