Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos

Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	2010
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Rock and roll, garage rock
Label	The Wind Records, Norton, Burger Records
Producer	Rich Tupica, Billy Miller

Daddy Rockin' Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & the Diablos is a vinyl-only tribute album released by The Wind Records and distributed by Norton Records. On January 21, 2013, Burger Records re-issued the compilation on cassette tape.

It features 13 Nolan Strong covers by various rock and roll, punk and garage bands, including the Dirtbombs, Reigning Sound, Mark Sultan, Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Outrageous Cherry, the Hentchmen, Cub Koda, Andre Williams, and Lenny Kaye, among others. [1]

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 pre-Motown sensation. 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 tribute album received positive reviews from a number of publications, including published reviews from Uncut Magazine and Razorcake. All Music Guide hailed the compilation as one of the "one of the best tribute albums of recent memory." [2]. The Los Angeles Times noted, "each cut is a tender love ballad to an overlooked legend."

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