Singer John Rich said in a statement Diffie was "a real true honky tonk hero to every country artist alive today. [2] Also included on the album was the ballad "Goodnight Sweetheart", later a top-10 country hit in 1996 for David Kersh. Among these were "Texas Size Heartache", and its B-side, "Poor Me", which respectively reached numbers four and 43 on the country charts. I would have preferred to have been the other way, you know, but . Country music singer Joe Diffie passed away on March 29, 2020, at the age of 61. Pickup Man, from 1994, was his most successful song, topping the Billboard country chart for four weeks. 4. "Grammy-winning country music legend Joe Diffie passed away today, Sunday, March 29, from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19)," the statement read simply. Doug Virden and Drew Womack, who then recorded on Epic in the band Sons of the Desert, sang backing vocals on it. I never thought I could do it professionally. Learn more about managing a memorial . [30] Diffie followed the song with "I'm in Love with a Capital 'U'" and "That Road Not Taken", which respectively reached country peaks of 21 and 40. Its gonna be a good one with @JoeDiffieOnline, @thesteelwoods t.co/svqg9BMYmW. Diffie, a native of Tulsa, Okla., died just days after announcing he had contracted the coronavirus.