The Monitors

This is one of my favourite Motown groups, The Monitors, singing "Going To A Go-Go". The original line up of The Monitors at Motown consisted of Richard Street as lead singer, with Warren Harris, Maurice Fagin, Sandra Fagin, and Hershel Hunter. When we got them reformed for Motorcity, Richard Street was with The Temptations, and Sandra Fagin had passed away, but we succeeded in getting the other three back together. They brought in Smokey Robinson's nephew, Darryl Littlejohn, as lead singer and added a girl singer called Cathy, who was a Detroit policewoman. One of my treasured memories was getting Wanda Rogers of The Marvelettes back to performing live, at the Pontchartrain concert in Detroit, with the Monitors backing her up, all dressed in sharp white tuxedos.

Comments

11 years ago

Anthony Littlejohn

For my dad to be the youngest in this group he made up for it with his talents look like they was gavin a ball making this video

13 years ago

Brandi Wright

I love this song my husbands uncle is Warren Harris (Sunny). He passed away though. RIP. He tells me how he use to watch them practice.

13 years ago

laehjones

Hello my name is Laeh Jones and I am Warren Harris oldest daughter. Thank you so much for posting this video.

14 years ago

George Tyvier

MERCI TROP COOL THE BEST SONG SOUL VIVE LES SIXTIES ETERNEL MOTOWN/STAX /ATLANTIC /REKORDS/CHESS THE BEST SONG MAGIQUE

15 years ago

IanLevine

He's in Detroit. I'm trying to do a new song with him.

16 years ago

billeybop

What an excellent group of sounds. I love these great artist !!!!! Thank You

16 years ago

divinejulia

Nice! I saw Smokey in concert the other night and this was his opening number... it was amazing!

17 years ago

John Nguyen

im only 13 and this is going to my favorite songs list

17 years ago

IanLevine

The very funny, crazy one, with the shades. I miss him. He was just wonderful.

17 years ago

LADEE4U

which one of these guys is Warren Harris I know his children

17 years ago

IanLevine

Oh I just love and adore "Standing Still". I have some footage of them recording it, but the video camera had the sunlight shutter left on, and the footage was so dark and fuzzy it could never be used, sadly.

17 years ago

Discoboy1974

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17 years ago

TomKay

Thanks Ian. Was there ever a video for Standing Still? That should have been a big hit, it reminds me a lot of Frances Nero's Footsteps... This is great too though!