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Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels had their first big hit in 1965 with "Jenny Take a Ride", [1] which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the R&B chart – the first time a self-contained rock group had achieved the latter distinction. [3]
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels performing in 1966. In December 1966, producer Bob Crewe's vision for Mitch as a blue-eyed soul singer backed by a horn band (a la Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex, etc.) was put into motion.
Late in 1966, the "Devil With A Blue Dress On" & "Good Golly Miss Molly" medleys exploded over the airwaves and indelibly stamped the high energy Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels sound on anyone within an earshot as they hit #4 on the charts.
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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.
While they were building a name for themselves in the Big Apple, Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels’ released their first single on Crewe’s New Voice label. “I Need Help” did not capture the excitement of Mitch and the band on stage, however, and it sunk without a trace.
Rock and Soul band from Detroit, Michigan, USA, formed in 1964. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964 to 1967, when Ryder was enticed away by Bob Crewe with offers of a solo career, after which The Detroit Wheels recorded a handful of singles, then quickly dissolved.
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels burst onto the national scene in 1965 with their hit single, “Jenny Take a Ride!” They followed it up with several other hits, including “Devil with a Blue Dress On,” “Sock It to Me, Baby!,” and “Too Many Fish in the Sea.”
