How come there has never been any popular singing groups named Detroit?

[illwill]

I always wonder why there has never been a singing group named Detroit? Motown arguably produces the best musical talent in the world and I know carrying the name Detroit is a lot to live up to.

But there have been other groups that took their cities names and backed it up by creating some of the best music EVER made. Example: Boston, Chicago, Alabama, Oak Ridge Boys, The Manhattan's, Ohio Players to name a few.

I know the Spinners were first introduced as the "Detroit Spinners" [[referring to hubcaps) but are there any other hugely popular groups named Detroit that I don't know about?

[rb336]

There is a French duo named Détroit, and there was a post Detroit Wheels Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder

[DetroitPlanner]

We don't have an inferiority complex when it comes to music.

[rb336]

There is a French duo named Détroit, and there was a post Detroit Wheels Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder

killer Gimme Shelter...

[FlyingJ]

Does O.G. LA Punk Dee Dee Troit count? https://www.facebook.com/deedee.troit

[Pam]

killer Gimme Shelter...

This is the one I remember hearing on the radio a lot:

http://youtu.be/Mag6jxiHXXk

[detroittrader]

there was a post Detroit Wheels Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder

I have been looking for a copy of that LP at a Garage or Estate sale for years but no success. I'm patient though. Anyway, you can read a few pages about "Detroit" in this book :

http://www.amazon.com/Grit-Noise-Rev...and+revolution

[black gold man]

[Ed Golick]

The Detroit Emeralds???

[canuck]

There is a French duo named Détroit, and there was a post Detroit Wheels Detroit featuring Mitch Ryder

Détroit is a pretty big act in France. One of the two musicians is Bertrand Cantat, who is a sad character, killed his wife actress Nadine Trintignant in Lithuania in 2003 and only served 4 years in prison.

[Kelton]

Seconding the Detroit Emeralds - they were huge!

Detroit Emeralds - Show Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNZ7P8OWYZI

Detroit Emeralds - You Want It, You Got It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld5DujolSEQ

Detroit City Limits - 98 Cents Plus Tax - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLwwKzXG5Sw I don't know much about this group and the 45 is on the Okeh label so they could have been from Chicago. Anyone know?

Detroit Wheels - Linda Sue Dixon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHhVbR1ZAlc This and three others are on The Complete Motown Singles Volume 8 1968 box.

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - hard to find original single version of Sock It To Me, Baby!, so much more punch than the album versions. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_2mqFeGRk

Detroit Strings - In The Pocket - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZQHKWZN0A

Enjoy!

Kelton

[lafontaine]

Isn't there a local band called the Detroit Cobras? I also have heard a jazz group called Hot Club of Detroit

[EastsideAl]

I know the Spinners were first introduced as the "Detroit Spinners"

They were only called the "Detroit Spinners" in Britain to differentiate them from a British group of the same name. They were always just "The Spinners" here in the U.S.

Somewhat interestingly, The Spinners never had a big hit until they left Detroit and started recording in Philadelphia.

[Gannon]

How synergistically strange, we had this exact discussion at a diner between Bellaire and Petoskey over breakfast Sunday morning, when Chicago popped up on their background audio system...too funny.

Cheers!

[night-timer]

Detroit band names? Well, there was a cross-dresser who called himself Wayne County. Remember him, or ever heard of him? He later changed his [[her?) name to Jayne County.

[EastsideAl]

Detroit band names? Well, there was a cross-dresser who called himself Wayne County. Remember him, or ever heard of him? He later changed his [[her?) name to Jayne County.

Wayne County and the Electric Chairs! Real punk pioneers from the Max's Kansas City days in NYC. Saw them once in NYC many many moons ago. S/he is from Atlanta and NYC though, was originally named Wayne [[Something Else), and I think pretty pulled the name "Wayne County" out of a hat.

[illwill]

I just learned that Oakland, California based band "Tower of Power" was original named "Motown."

But they're not from Detroit of course...