Greetings! We're The Monitors
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Greetings! We're The Monitors is the debut album by The Monitors, released in 1968. It is composed of material that the group recorded from the three year span of 1966 to 1968. Richard Street
Richard Street
Richard Allen Street is an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1993...

, who would later replace Paul Williams
Paul Williams (The Temptations)
Paul Williams was an American baritone singer and choreographer. Williams is noted for being one of the founding members and original lead singer of the Motown group The Temptations...

 in The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...

, is the lead singer of this group. Shortly after the album was released, the Monitors disbanded and didn't get back together again until 1990, when the group released a reunion album entitled Grazing in the Grass.

Track listing

  1. "Bring Back the Love" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon, Brian Holland
    Brian Holland
    Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...

    , Jack Goga)
  2. "Share a Little Love With Me" (Ivy Hunter, Colbert)
  3. "Step By Step (Hand In Hand)" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon)
  4. "The Further You Look' the Less You See" (William Robinson
    Smokey Robinson
    William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

    , Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield
    Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s...

    )
  5. "Since I Lost You Girl" (Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua
    Harvey Fuqua, was an African-American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo-wop group the Moonglows in the 1950s...

    , Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol
    Johnny Bristol , was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

    )
  6. "Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music" (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell
    Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
    Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell are American songwriters who wrote numerous pop and rock songs in the 1960s and 1970s, generally working together and with Bob Crewe...

    )
  7. "Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)" (P Bennet (sic Validiers credit))
  8. "Time Is Passin' By" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon)
  9. "Say You" (Robert Staunton, Robert Dobyne, Charles Jones)
  10. "Number One in Your Heart" (Clyde Wilson, Wilburt Jackson)
  11. "Serve Yourself a Cup of Happiness" (James Dean, William Weatherspoon)
  12. "You Share the Blame" (William Robinson, Ronald White
    Ronald White
    Ronald "Ronnie" White was an African American soul singer and songwriter, notable as a founding member of The Miracles, and the only member to survive all of that group's line-up changes...

    )
  13. "Just To Keep You Satisfied" (Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

    )
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