| Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2010 |
| Recorded | 2009–2010 |
| Genre | Rock and roll, garage rock |
| Label | The Wind, Norton, Burger |
| Producer | Rich Tupica, Billy Miller |
Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & the Diablos is tribute album recorded by various artists in celebration of singer Nolan Strong. The album was first released in a vinyl-only edition by The Wind Records and distributed by Norton Records. On January 21, 2013, Burger Records re-issued the compilation on cassette tape.
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The record was compiled in memory of Strong, a Detroit-based R&B singer known for his high tenor voice that influenced a young Smokey Robinson. Strong, who signed to Fortune Records in 1954, was a sensation in R&B music before the creation of Motown Records. He is best known for his hit songs "The Wind" and "Mind Over Matter". He died in 1977 and is buried in Detroit. Because Fortune Records ceased operations in the mid-1980s, Strong's music has remained out of print since then.
The album features 13 songs written by, or associated with Nolan Strong. Performers mostly come from the rock and roll, punk and garage bands style, and include the Dirtbombs, Reigning Sound, Mark Sultan, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Outrageous Cherry, the Hentchmen, Cub Koda, Andre Williams, and Lenny Kaye, among others. [1]