The Detroit Wheels

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The Detroit Wheels
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels in 1966.
Background information
Also known as	Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels Billy Lee and the Rivieras
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Rock and roll rhythm and blues blue-eyed soul garage rock
Years active	1964 (1964)–1967 (1967)
Labels	NewVoice Stateside Connoisseur Sundazed Rhino
Past members	See members section.

The Detroit Wheels were an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1964. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964 to 1967.

The band had a number of top twenty hits in the mid-1960s before lead singer Ryder was enticed away by Bob Crewe with offers of a solo career, after which the group quickly dissolved. Two of its former members, Jim McCarty and Johnny "Bee" Badanjek, later reunited to establish the nucleus of a new band called The Rockets, after McCarty found some fame with the hard rock outfit Cactus.