‘THE ONES’in1967: Kerry Nicholoff (organ), Kevin Nicholoff (bass), Danny Hernandez (vocals; guitar), Mark Boomershine (drums). The group originally hailed from Lansing, Michigan. In hindsight today, the Ones became nothing more than a faint blip on the Motown radar after Berry Gordy signed them over to his Motown stable. The Bob Baldori produced single never charted nationally. “You Haven’t Seen My Love” became just another local (and forgotten) one hit wonder in Detroit during the Motown ’60s era. As noted, the single did chart briefly on the WKNR and CKLW music charts, respectively, December, 1967. Initially written as an instrumental by band organist Kerry Nicholoff, Hernandez later added lyrics to the song. Danny Hernandez passed away in 2000. The other three members of the group, as of 2012, reportedly still live in the Lansing area today. (Click on image for largest PC view)
5 thoughts on “THE ONES: MOTOWN ARTISTS ’67 FLASHBACK MEMORY”
You haven’t seen my love was getting play on an oldies station, WJJL in Niagara Falls as recently as 2019 before the station switched its format and call letters. I could never figure out the artists because the song never hit the Top 100. Today while playing records I wasn’t familiar with, I finally found it. Different because the Ones were actually playing on the song instead of the usual Motown musicians backing the other acts. Don’t know why Motown couldn’t turn this into a hit. Cool song, but it does sound more British Invasion than Motown.
You haven’t seen my love was getting play on an oldies station, WJJL in Niagara Falls as recently as 2019 before the station switched its format and call letters. I could never figure out the artists because the song never hit the Top 100. Today while playing records I wasn’t familiar with, I finally found it. Different because the Ones were actually playing on the song instead of the usual Motown musicians backing the other acts. Don’t know why Motown couldn’t turn this into a hit. Cool song, but it does sound more British Invasion than Motown.
The Nicholoff brothers never stopped playing music together, even if just jamming with friends. Kevin died in December 2023.
It’s a beautiful song . I don’t know why it didn’t make the top 100 on billboard’s chart. I feel it should have been a top 40
It’s still covered by bar bands! Kevin died December 2023.
Kevin Nicholoff died December 23, 2023.