Mitch Ryder
USA
Born: 26 February 1945
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Rock & Roll, Rock & Roll/Roots, Frat Rock, Detroit Rock, Hard Rock, Soul, R&B/Soul, Blue-Eyed Soul, Album Rock
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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, MI on February 26, 1945, as a teen, Ryder sang with a local black quartet dubbed the Peps 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 ...
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