Country Pop Bites: Joe Diffie – November 10

Did you know that on this day in Country Music History in 1990 Joe Diffie realized his first #1 country single with "Home"?

It’s true! Remember that one?

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Here are 5 interesting facts about Joe Diffie.

• Joe Logan Diffie, Jr. was born December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• After graduating, he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Although he initially earned credits toward medical school, he decided against a medical profession after marrying for the first time in 1977, and ultimately dropped out before graduation.
• He first worked in oil fields, and then drove a truck that pumped cement out of oil wells in Alice, Texas, before he moved back to Duncan to work in a foundry.
• Hi son Tyler was born with Down syndrome and nearly died in 1991 following complications from a tonsillectomy.
• From 1992 to the early 2000s, Diffie held a charity concert and golf tournament benefiting First Steps, a nonprofit organization for the education of mentally and physically impaired children.