Devil With a Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

This was originally recorded by Shorty Long in 1964 as "Devil With The Blue Dress". Long was signed to a Motown label that specialized in Soul recordings and this was his first single on the label. Long wrote the song with Motown producer Mickey Stevenson. Long's version was kind of bluesy and didn't have the typical Motown sound. Unfortunately for Long, it failed to chart. Two years later, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels covered the song as a medley with a cover of Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly." Their version was notably more up-tempo than Long's more blues-influenced rendition. Reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1966, their version of the track was would end up becoming their most well-known and highest charting hit in the United States.