Mitch Ryder

The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene, Mitch Ryder is one of the most powerful vocalists to rise to fame in the '60s, a full-bodied rock belter who is also one of the most credible blue-eyed soul men of his generation. He first made a nationwide impression fronting Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, whose fiery R&B attack boasted a gritty passion and incendiary energy matched by few artists on either side of the color line. After exploding onto the charts in 1966 and 1967 with singles like "Jenny Take a Ride" and "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Mi...