The Detroit Wheels were an American rock group from Detroit, Michigan. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964–1967, and played on all his most successful records. Their original members were:
- Jim McCarty (lead guitar)
- Joseph Kubert (rhythm guitar)
- Earl Elliot (bass)
- Jim McCallister (bass) replaced Earl Elliot in 1966, pictured on album displayed on this page.
- Johnny "Bee" Badanjek (drums)
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, McCarty and Badanjek, later reunited to establish the nucleus of a new band called The Rockets, after Jim McCarty found some fame with the hard rock outfit Cactus.
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)