The Monitors
Sandra Fagin, John Maurice Fagin, Warren Harris and Richard Street formed the Monitors in the early '60s, having each performed with Detroit-based vocal groups since the late '50s. In 1965, they were signed to Motown's VIP subsidiary, for whom they issued six singles and an album over the next four years. Their doo-wop-influenced style was epitomized by the 1966 R&B hit Say You, and their cover of the Valadiers’ Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) later that year—the most successful recording of a sly piece of social comment that was taped by several artists on the Motown roster. The Monitors were unable to establish themselves among the label's frontline artists, however, and they dissolved in 1969. Richard Street replaced Eddie Kendricks in the Temptations in 1971. In 1990 the band reformed with original members Harris and Fagin, Hershell Hunter (who joined the group in 1968), Darrell Littlejohn (who recorded for Motown as half of Keith & Darrell) and Harris's daughter Leah. They recorded with Ian Levine's Motor City label releasing GRAZING IN THE GRASS.