[56] In 2008, Diffie compiled and released a live album,[57] and he signed to Rounder Records later in that year. Country superstar Chris Young also paid homage to Diffie in his recent hit, Raised On Country. Diffie, an Oklahoma Music Hall of Famer, celebrated a pinnacle career milestone of more than 25 years as a member of the historic Grand Ole Opry and began hosting a radio show on KXBL, a country station in his native Tulsa prior to his death. [3] Starting with A Night to Remember, Diffie returned to a more ballad-oriented sound; Mike Kraski, then the senior vice president of sales for Sony Music Nashville, thought that the albums before it had over-emphasized his novelty releases. [61], In late 2012, Jason Aldean recorded the song "1994", co-written by Thomas Rhett, Luke Laird, and Barry Dean. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Joe Diffies widow, Tara Terpening Diffie, pleaded on Instagram for people to stop sharing the misinformation about her husband. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the New Hope Baptist Church, located at West 200 S. 42nd Street, Duncan, Oklahoma. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208520033/joe-diffie. "It sounded younger and punchier, and the songs were probably catchier. Just two days before his death, Diffie became the first country music star to reveal publicly that he had . Two days later, on March 29, he died in Nashville at the age of 61 from complications of the disease. Details t.co/dfiE0hsONt Vroom! [3] The first three singles from the album all reached the top 10 on the country singles charts: the title track (which Diffie co-wrote) and the Dennis Linde composition "John Deere Green" both peaked at number five, with the number-three "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" in between. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Between then and 2004, Diffie charted 35 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting number-one song, at four weeks) and "Bigger Than the Beatles". He says a tunesmith who went on the road with him the other day to co-write a couple of songs told him a prospect finally had turned up.