Mike & The Modifiers

Mike & the Modifiers had the distinction of being the first white act signed to Motown Records. Mike was Mike Valvano, a Detroit native born in 1943 who had an innate love of music and was a jack-of-all-trades contributor to Motown, including providing foot stomps on the early singles of the Supremes. The group, all neighborhood kids with the same interests, came together at the end of the '50s, and featured Mike Ondercin on lead guitar, Ronnie Greb on rhythm guitar, and Rick Greb on drums. Although Valvano was the most musically sophisticated and committed member of the quart...