28 Friday, January 27, 1978 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS LOOK FOR YOUR NAME YOU MAY BE A WINNER FIND YOUR NAME IN THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THIS ISSUE AND YOU ARE A WINNER. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY estextoimie4t 78 it "THE GOOD BOOK: Money saving two-for-one passbook This book contains hundreds of coupons for dinners,theatres, sports, special events and hotels. Dann ■ Ra4 in The Best of Everything By JACKIE KALLEN Guest Columnist Watch for the re-emer- gence of Mitch Ryder on the rock scene this year. A dec- ade ago, Mitch and his De- troit Wheels were a hot number. They topped the charts with hits like "Devil With the Blue Dress On" and "Jenny Take a Ride." Some things don't work out so well, however, and Mitch Ryder's career was one of those. He faltered, then dropped out of sight completely. Now, after moving out to Colorado for a few years and doing an odd assortment of jobs to get by, Mitch is back in gear and ready to join Bob Seger as one of the nation's top rock 'n' rollers from the Motor City. He's learned a lot from _ his up-and-down expe- riences. "I have learned through all this that I am human. I'm susceptible to the same failures and successes as anyone else. There was a point in my life when I didn't even think that fail- ure was feasible. Now I know better." There was a time when Mitch Ryder was consid- ered a tough cookie. An arrogant, cocky rebel. No more. The Mitch Ryder of today has grown and ma- tured and is facing the fu- ture with optimism and a healthy outlook. We gave a party for him recently and he was the most congenial, pleasant guest-of-honor a hostess could ask for. He put on a sizzling 90-minute concert after which he circulated and spoke to every single guest. The guests were delighted by both the concert and the chance to get to know Mitch Ryder offstage. Detroit Lions' defensive tackle Doug English confessed that "Jenny Take a Ride" was the very first record he ever bought back in Dallas when he was in junior high school. Mark Fidrych thought that Ryder was "terrific" and WABX's Jerry Lubin kept screaming, "He's still got it ! He's still great!" Let's hope that Mitch Ry- der can again click with the record-buying public. He's trying hard and I hope he Speaking of making it, if you haven't heard of Gino Vannelli yet, you will. The handsome Canadian singer has a cult following that grows with each album. Now, with his fifth A&M release, "A Pauper In Para- dise," the whole country is getting turned on to him. He was at Cobo recently and the audience was ecsta- tic. He's a different kind of singer. Hard to label. Most people consider his music a fusion of jazz, rock and clas- sical. Whatever it is, it's electrifying a lot of people. The fact that Vahnelli is extremely good-looking and wears tighter pants than Tom Jones ever thought of wearing, doesn't hurt with the ladies. They carry on over him the way they did over Elvis and Belafonte. He's selling not only his voice — he's selling sex appeal. He's working on a TV special that will be shown some time this spring. Tune it in and see for yourself why music writers all over the country are predicting such big things for Gino Vannelli. If you're talking about lo- cal talent making good, you can't just limit your conver- sation to Mitch Ryder. You have to say a few words about Tom Powers, whose album, ;`Love and Learn" is selling so well. When Tom first came to this town about seven years ago, he was playing piano with Larry Santos at the Tender Trap. Most people first got turned on to Pow- ers out at the Inn Between or on the east side at-the Struttin' Club. Now, anyone who listens to FM 100 or WABX has been hearing him. He's an- other one who's on the brink , of something potentially big. I love reporting about people who are doing well and are on the road to suc- cess. It's much more satis- fying than writing about people whose careers are falling apart. Besides, you all know who they are. You can tell by the poor record sales and weak attendance , at concerts. But unless you read the industry pub- lications and keep tabs on the whole music scene, you may not always be aware of what's new and corning on strong. (Continued on Page 29) BRING THE PAGE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND PROPER IDENTIFICATION TO: THE JEWISH NEWS, 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865 AND RECEIVE YOUR FREE "ENTERTAINMENT '78" BOOK Having An Affair? 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