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The Detroit Wheels were an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1964. They served as Mitch Ryder 's backup band from 1964 to 1967. The band had a number of top twenty hits in the mid-1960s before lead singer Ryder was enticed away by Bob Crewe with offers of a solo career, after which the group quickly dissolved.
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- Devil with a Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly. Our choice for the number one spot on this top 10 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels songs list is their famous recording “Devil with a Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly.”
- Sock It To Me! This killer song “Sock It To Me!” was the title track from the band’s third album Sock It To Me! The song would become the band’s second biggest hit of their career.
- Jenny Take A Ride. As we close in on the number one spot on our top 10 Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Songs list we take a listen to the classic track Jenny Take A Ride.
- Little Latin Lupe Lu. The song Little Latin Lupe Lu was originally recorded by The Righteous Brothers. It was a song that Bill Medley had written that helped kick start The Righteous Brothers’ career.
Ryder continues to record and tour in the United States and Europe. In 2005, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. [8] In 2009, Mitch Ryder was inducted as a solo artist. [9] On February 14, 2012, Ryder released The Promise, his first US release in almost 30 years. [10]
The name was the first to go (a conflict with The Rivieras who recorded "California Sun"), hence the legendary story of Lee/Levise flipping through the Manhattan phone directory and coming across the name Mitch Ryder. The Rivieras became The Detroit Wheels and album cover photos of the band on top of oil cans or surrounded by discarded tires ...
Although they have been passed over by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mitch Ryder And the Detroit Wheels were among the first artists voted into Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2008, the band’s biggest hit, “Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly” was voted one of Michigan’s Legendary Songs.
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. 04/04/1966. Mother's (AA) Ann Arbor. Michigan. USA. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels. 10/22/1966. Fifth Dimension.
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