Real name: William S. Levise, Jr.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1967 - 2019

Mitch Ryder (born February 26, 1945 Hamtramck, Michigan. Is an American rock and roll singer from Detroit, Michigan, who had a string of hit songs in the 1960's fronting his band The Detroit Wheels. The band Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels existed between 1964 and 1967. In 1969 Ryder & Johnny Badanjek and some other musicians established a new band called The Band Detroit aka Detroit, which recorded an eponymous named album in 1971. Ryder's musical endeavors would see less success after the early 1970s. In 2005, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame, and in 2009, Mitch Ryder was inducted as a solo artist.