Mal Ryder

Mal Ryder had a lengthy career as a journeyman rock singer in Britain in the 1960s without ever approaching stardom, at least in his native land. He is best known as the lead singer on many of the recordings by the Primitives, a raw British R&B/rock/mod/soul band that made numerous rare recordings in the mid- to late '60s. Ryder was a decent, throaty soul-rock singer and it's usually his voice that's heard as the lead vocal on most of the Primitives' records. However, as it happens, the most famous of the Primitives' singles ? "You Said," an R&B raver with session man Jimmy Page on guitar ? does not, since it was one of the two singles the band recorded prior to Ryder joining in 1965.