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(2011/EL TORO) 27 tracks (74:26). Genius Vocal Group material, recorded for Fortune Records... more

Nolan Strong & The Diablos: For Old Time Sake - Complete Early Sides (CD)

(2011/EL TORO) 27 tracks (74:26). Genius Vocal Group material, recorded for Fortune Records 1955-60 with 12 page booklet.

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Strong, Nolan & The Diablos - For Old Time Sake - Complete Early Sides (CD) CD 1
01 Do You Remember What You Did Nolan Strong & The Diablos
02 Daddy Rockin' Strong Nolan Strong & The Diablos
03 I Wanna Know Nolan Strong & The Diablos
04 You Are Nolan Strong & The Diablos
05 The Wind Nolan Strong & The Diablos
06 Baby Be Mine Nolan Strong & The Diablos
07 Adios My Desert Love Nolan Strong & The Diablos
08 Goodbye Matilda Nolan Strong & The Diablos
09 I Am With You Nolan Strong & The Diablos
10 If I Oh I (Could Be With You Tonight) Nolan Strong & The Diablos
11 For Old Times Sake Nolan Strong & The Diablos
12 Route 16 Nolan Strong & The Diablos
13 The Mambo Of Love Nolan Strong & The Diablos
14 Since You're Gone Nolan Strong & The Diablos
15 (I Want)An Old Fashioned Girl Nolan Strong & The Diablos
16 Watcha Gonna Do Nolan Strong & The Diablos
17 You're The Only Girl, Delores Nolan Strong & The Diablos
18 The Way You Dog Me Around Nolan Strong & The Diablos
19 Jump Shake And Move Nolan Strong & The Diablos
20 Hold Me Until Eternity Nolan Strong & The Diablos
21 My Heart Will Always Belong To You Nolan Strong & The Diablos
22 A Teardrop From Heaven Nolan Strong & The Diablos
23 Try Me One More Time Nolan Strong & The Diablos
24 Can't We Talk This Over Nolan Strong & The Diablos
25 Come Home Little Girl Nolan Strong & The Diablos
26 Harriet Nolan Strong & The Diablos
27 (Georgia May Is)Movin' Nolan Strong & The Diablos
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Nolan Strong with The Diablos

Nolan Strong (with The Diablos)

Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)

It had been a long time since Nolan Strong and his Diablos had come up with anything resembling a hit. Their only national R&B chart entry for Jack and Devora Brown's Detroit-based Fortune Records had come seven years prior with the spine-chilling The Way You Dog Me Around (it's on our '55 edition in this series), and they were best-known for their ethereal The Wind, out a year before that (the wondrous ballad graces our 1954 disc). But Nolan kept trying, no doubt buoyed by all the Motor City high tenors that cited him as a primary influence. Take Smokey Robinson, a Clyde McPhatter disciple who heard a lot of Clyde in Strong's tenor.

"He was a Detroiter, and he had that same voice. And when we'd go to see them in person, he'd sing a lot of Clyde McPhatter songs," says Smokey. "I had five idols. They were Clyde McPhatter, Nolan Strong, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson." Heady company, but Nolan's stratospheric pipes support the honor.

Strong was drafted into the Army in late '56, keeping him away from The Diablos for a couple of years. His brother, tenor Jim Strong, took over lead chores in his absence. When Nolan returned, The Diablos got back to business. They traded guitarist Bob 'Chico' Edwards for Walter Hamilton in 1959 and swapped bass singer George Scott for J.W. Johnson the next year.

The Diablos didn't receive co-billing on Nolan's 1962 Fortune single Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine), but they made their presence felt as Nolan unfurled his heavenly pipes on a soulful rocker credited to Devora Brown (so are arranging and production duties). Fortune's mom-and-pop production values hadn't changed since The Diablos first strolled through the doors of the Browns' record shop/recording studio, but that only adds to the record's charm. A fragile cover of The Swallows' 1952 hit ballad Beside You sat on the B-side. Fortune put together a 'Mind Over Matter' album on Nolan that did co-bill The Diablos.

Despite strong airplay in Chicago and Pittsburgh, Mind Over Matter didn't make Nolan a star. Berry Gordy must have thought he could do better at Motown; The Temptations covered the song, their rendition issued as by The Pirates. Fortune kept releasing product on Strong and The Diablos for a couple more years. Perhaps there was a price to be paid for naming a group after Beelzebub; Jim Strong died January 29, 1970, aged only 34, and Nolan followed February 21, 1977 at 43.

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