Plenty of other country stars scored big pop crossover hits prior to Garth Brooks ... to the top of the country charts in the middle of 1991. "Rolls" was the last hit pulled from No Fences ...

Joe Diffie released “If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)” as the third single from his debut album A Thousand Winding Roads in 1991. It went to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs ...