Nolan Strong & The Diablos: "Mind Over Matter" - DETROIT CLASSIC! - Fortune Records, 1962

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This is a 1962 Detroit CLASSIC! "Mind Over Matter" by Nolan Strong & the Diablos!
Chuck Chittenden on lead guitar!
The Temptations covered "Mind Over Matter" under the band name "The Pirates," Berry Gordy's idea!


Nolan Strong and the Diablos were the biggest pre-Motown R&B group in the Motor City. The group was also known for the 1954 doo-wop classic, "The Wind" ...
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1934-1977

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Nolan Strong & The Diablos were an R&B and doo-wop vocal group best know for its hit songs "The Wind" and "Mind Over Matter." The group recorded for Fortune Records, a small label in Detroit starting in the the 1950s.

Nolan Strong, the lead vocalist, had an etherially high, strong tenor voice. Strong's smooth tenor, influenced mainly by Clyde McPhatter, in turn, was a primary influence on a young Smokey Robinson.

The Diablos were inducted into the United In Group Harmony Hall of Fame in 2003. In March 2008 the group was inducted into the Doo-Wopp Hall Of Fame Of America.