Nolan Strong & the Diablos were a Detroit-based R&B and doo-wop vocal group best known for its hit songs The Wind and Mind Over Matter. The group was one of the most popular pre-Motown R&B acts in Detroit during the mid-1950s, through the early 1960s.
Nolan Strong, the lead vocalist, had an ethereally high tenor. Strong's smooth voice, influenced mainly by Clyde McPhatter was, in turn, a primary influence on a young Smokey Robinson.
The group, along with label-mates Andre Williams and Nathaniel...
