| Nolan
Strong & The Diablos
The Diablos
featuring Nolan Strong
(members Nolan Strong (lead) (born:
22-January-1934 in
Scottsboro, Alabama - died: 21-February-1977 in Scottsboro, Alabama -
cause ?), Juan Guieterriez (tenor), Willie Hunter (baritone), Quentin
Eubanks (bass) and Bob "Chico" Edwards (guitar) - died 11-March-2001,
cause: ?)) group was formed at
Central
High School,
Detroit in 1950.
Fortune 509 - Adios My Desert Love* / An Old Fashioned Girl -
1954 *a acetate exists of this track covered by
The Matadors (members
William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, Ronnie White, Bobby
Rogers and his brother Emerson Rogers)
Fortune 510 - Adios My Desert Love / An Old Fashioned Girl – 1954
Fortune 511 - The Wind* / Baby Be Mine - 1954 *covered in 1960 by The
Jesters on Winley 242 and in 1961 by
The Calveys featuring Gino Romano
on Comma 445 .
The Diablos featuring Nolan
Strong (members Nolan Strong (lead), Jim Strong (tenor)
(the younger brother of Nolan Strong - born ?-June-1932 in
Scottsboro,
Alabama -
died 29-January-1970 - cause ?), Willie Hunter (baritone), George Scott
(bass) and Bob Edwards (guitar))
Fortune 514 - Route 16 / Hold Me Until Eternity - 1955
Fortune 516 - Do You Remember What You Did / Daddy
Rockin' Strong – 1955
Fortune 518 - The Way You Dog Me Around / Jump, Shake And
Move - 1955
Nolan Strong and The Diablos (members
Nolan Strong, Jim Strong , Willie Hunter, George
Scott and Bob Edwards)
Fortune 519 - You're The Only Girl Dolores / You Are
– 1956
Fortune 522 - Try Me One More Time / A Teardrop From
Heaven - 1956
Nolan
Strong and The Diablos featuring Bob Edwards on
guitar (members Nolan Strong, Jim Strong ,
Willie Hunter, George Scott and Bob Edwards)
Fortune 525 - The Mambo Of Love / Can't We Talk This Over
- 1957 (this 45 was put together from previous recorded
sessions)
Nolan
Strong and The Diablos (members
Fortune
529 - My Heart Will Always Belong To You / For Old Time's
Sake - 1958
The
Diablos (members
Fortune
841 - Come Home, Little Girl / Harriet - 1958 (this 45
was put together from previous recorded sessions)
Nolan
Strong and The Diablos (members
Fortune 541 - Come Home, Little Girl / Harriet - ?
(this 45 was put together from previous recorded
sessions)
Fortune 531 - Goodbye Matilda / I Am With You* - 1959
*cover of a 1951 recording by The Dominoes on Federal
12039. (this was the first release by the group upon
the return of Nolan Strong from his stint in the Army)
Fortune 532 - If I Could Be With You / I Wanna Know
– 1959
Fortune 536 - Since You've Gone / What Are You Gonna Do
– 1960
Fortune 511 - The Wind / Baby Be Mine – 1960
Fortune 511 - The Wind / Baby Be Mine – 1962
Fortune 544 - Blue Moon / I Don't Care – 1962
Nolan
Strong (Diablos backing him)
Fortune 546 - Mind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You
Mine) / Beside You - 1962
Nolan Strong and The Diablos (members
Nolan Strong (lead), Bob Calhoun (tenor), Cy Iverson
(tenor), Willie Hunter (baritone) and J. W.
Johnson -- later member of The Five Monarchs
and The Four Sonics (bass) -- this is the line-up that
became The Velvet Angels on MedievaL while still under
contract to Fortune)
Fortune
553 - I Really Love You / You're My Love – 1963
Fortune 553x - Everything They Said Came True /
You're My Love - 1963
Nolan
Strong
Fortune
556 - You're Every Beat Of My Heart / (Yeah, Baby) It's
Because Of You - 1963
Nolan
Strong and The Diablos
Fortune 532 - If I Oh I / I Wanna Know – 1963
Fortune 556 - (Yeah Baby) It's Because Of You / You're
Every Beat Of My Heart – 1963
Fortune 563 - Real True Love / Village Of Love - 1964
(some copies issued with a picture sleeve)(there was
another Fortune 563 release also in 1964 by
Nathaniel Mayer titled "Village Of Love / I Want A
Woman")
Fortune 564 - Are You Making A Fool Out Of Me / You're My
Happiness - 1964 (backed by Tony Valla & The Alamos)
Fortune 569 - (What Did That Genie Mean) When He Said Ali
Coochie Ca La Moochie Cu Cu Monga Cha La
Chunga / You're Not Good Looking) But You're
Presentable – 1964
The
Velvet Angels (members Nolan Strong, Bob
Calhoun, Cy Iverson, Willie Hunter and J. W.
Johnson)
Medievel 201 - I'm In Love / Let Me Come Back – 1964
Medievel 207 - Baby I Want To Know / Since You've Been
Gone – 1964
Co-Op 201 - I'm In Love / ? - 1965
The
Diablos (members
Fortune 574 - The Way You
Dog Me Around / Jump With Me - 1980 (some copies were
issued in coloured vinyl)
Pyramid 159 - White Christmas / Danny Boy - ?
Discography by Bosko
Asanovic with additions by Dave Rimmer
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