Mitch Ryder
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Biography
[Edit]The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels' blue-eyed R&B attack boasted a gritty passion and incendiary energy matched by few artists on either side of the color line. Born William Levise, Jr. in Hamtramck, Michigan on February 26, 1945, Ryder sang with a local black quartet dubbed the Peps as a teen, but suffered so much racial harassment that he soon left the group to form his own combo, Billy Lee & the Rivieras. While opening for the Dave Clark Five during a 1965 date, the Rivieras came to the notice of producer Bob Crewe, who immediately signed the group and, according to legend, rechristened the singer Mitch Ryder after randomly selecting the name from a phone book. Backed by the peerless Detroit Wheels — originally guitarists James McCarty and Joe Cubert, bassist Earl Elliot, and drummer Johnny "Bee" Badanjek — Ryder reached the Top Ten in early 1966 with "Jenny Take a Ride"; the single, a frenzied combination of Little Richard's "Jenny Jenny" and Chuck Willis' "C.C. Rider," remains one of the quintessential moments in blue-eyed soul, its breathless intensity setting the tone for the remainder of the band's output.
Ryder and the Detroit Wheels returned to the charts weeks later with their reading of "Little Latin Lupe Lu," scoring their biggest hit that autumn with the Top Five smash "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly." "Sock It to Me Baby!" followed in early 1967, but at Crewe's insistence, Ryder soon split from the rest of the band to mount a solo career; the move proved disastrous — outside of the Top 30 entry "What Now My Love," the hits quickly and permanently dried up. In 1969, Ryder teamed with Booker T. & the MG's for an LP titled The Detroit-Memphis Experiment before returning home and reuniting with Badanjek in a new seven-piece lineup known simply as Detroit. The group's lone LP, a self-titled effort issued in 1971, remains a minor classic, yielding a major FM radio hit with its cover of Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll"; however, the years of performing were taking their toll, and as Ryder began suffering more and more from severe throat problems, he retired from music, relocating to the Denver area in 1973. In time he began writing songs with wife Kimberley, also taking up painting and working on a novel.
Ryder resurfaced in 1978 on his own Seeds and Stems label with How I Spent My Vacation, his first new LP in seven years; Naked But Not Dead appeared a year later, and he continued his prolific output in 1981 with two new efforts, Live Talkies and Got Change for a Million? In 1983 ardent fan John Cougar Mellencamp agreed to produce Ryder's major-label comeback, Never Kick a Sleeping Dog, which generated a minor hit with its cover of the Prince classic "When You Were Mine" but otherwise failed to return the singer to mainstream success, at least at home — in Europe, and particularly in Germany, he retained a large fan following, releasing In the China Shop on the German label Line in 1986. After satirizing the Iran-Contra debacle with the 1987 single "Good Golly, Ask Ollie," Ryder issued the full-length Red Blood, White Mink the following year; subsequent efforts include 1990's The Beautiful Toulang Sunset, 1992's La Gash, and 1994's Rite of Passage. He continued touring steadily in the years to follow and also worked on an autobiography. Ryder's first new studio album in nearly 30 years, the Don Was-produced The Promise, appeared in 2012.
Title: Take a Ride
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Take A Ride (US Release)
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Title: Mitch Ryder Live
Artist: Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Best of Mitch Ryder
Artist: Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Breakout!!!
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues Rock, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Devil With a Blue Dress (Re-Recorded Version)
Artist: Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Alternative
Title: Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels Live
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Breakout...!!!
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Devil With a Blue Dress On (Rare Version, Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Artist: Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Alternative
Title: Rhino Hi-Five: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Vol. 2
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: Mystical Music Publishing Presents Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Rock
Title: Devil With A Blue Dress On
Artist: Mitch Ryder, The Detroit Wheels
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Sock It To Me! (US Release)
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Title: Breakout...!!! (US Release)
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Title: Live Reichenbach, Germany, 2009-03-13
Artist: Mitch Ryder, Engerling
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Title: Detroit Breakout! An Ultimate Anthology (CD2)
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Sock It to Me!
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Heavy Metal, Alternative
Title: All The Real Rockers Come From Detroit
Artist: Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Blues Rock, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Detroit Breakout! An Ultimate Anthology (CD1)
Artist: The Detroit Wheels, Mitch Ryder
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
Collections
Title: Good Morning Vietnam - Music & Words Of The '60s
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is Stadium Anthems (Re-Recorded)
Genre: Rock
Title: Land of a Thousand Dances
Genre: Rock
Title: The '60s Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: 1960s Happy Days (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: Happy Days of the 60s (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Rock
Title: Halloween the Monster Mash
Genre: Pop
Title: Road Trip Memories (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Halloween Big Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: A Scary Halloween
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Driving Songs CD 3
Title: Best Of Driving Rock CD 6
Genre: Rock
Title: EUROVISION HISTORY CD 31 1986 - BERGEN
Genre: Pop
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1966
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Oldie Collection CD 6
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: The Weekend Starts Here CD 2
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD3)
Genre: Rock
Title: 101 Hits Rock Legends (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: Hits Of The 60s Collectors Edition
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 60's (CD7)
Genre: Pop
Title: For Northern Soul Collectors: Vol. 1
Genre: Soul
Title: Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits 1966
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Top Of The Pops 1966
Genre: Rock
Title: 60s Top Hits (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: When Rock & Roll Was Young (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Northern Soul The Collection (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1966 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1966 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Jukebox Hits Of 1967 Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock-N-Roll Injection (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Summer Of Love: Gold (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Title: The Twisted Wheel Story
Title: 100 Hits: Driving Rock
Genre: Rock
Title: Beverly Hills, 90210 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Massive Hits! (60s Pop) (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Ever More Rock (CD2)
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s Rock Anthem Classics
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Weekend Soul 2017
Title: Northern Soul Record Box
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Funk
Title: 60's Dance Craze
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop
Title: Blue Eyed Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: UK Top 40 One-Hit Wonders 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Funk, Folk
Title: The Greatest Mod And Northern Soul 4CD (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Easy Listening
Title: Greatest Mod & Northern Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Disco, Pop
Title: THIS Is The 60s (X5 Music Group) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: 100 Greatest Northern Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Guys & Dolls: Rock 'N' Roll Classics
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Northern Soul 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Old Gold
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Pop, Funk, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: 60s Pop
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Acoustic, Classical
Featuring albums
Title: Miami Vice (Original Soundtrack) (CD3)
Artist: Jan Hammer
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack