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Written by: William Stevenson, Shorty Long/John Marascalco and Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
Produced by: Bob Crewe
Released: Sept. '66 on New Voice
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No. 4

One of the original Detroit garage rockers, Ryder revved up a pair of Little Richard songs into a hit medley. The next time Little Richard played Detroit, he saw Ryder in the front row. "He got his break in the business with two of my songs," Richard recalled. "I got him up to take a bow."

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