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The Monitors (American band)

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The Monitors were an American vocal group who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s. [1]

32 relations: Ace Records (United Kingdom), Alcoholism, Billboard Hot 100, Conscription in the United States, Detroit, Greetings (This is Uncle Sam), Greetings! We're The Monitors, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Ian Levine, Kent Records, List of vocal groups, Melvin Franklin, Michigan, Motorcity Records, Motown, Norman Whitfield, Northern soul, Otis Williams, Paul Williams (The Temptations), Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Richard Street, Say You (Temptations song), Smokey Robinson, Soul music, The Elgins, The Temptations, The Valadiers, Thelma Records, United States, United States Army, Vietnam War.

Ace Records (United Kingdom)

Ace Records Ltd. was started in 1978.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Conscription in the United States

Conscription in the United States, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the federal government of the United States in five conflicts: the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Cold War (including both the Korean War and the Vietnam War).

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County.

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Greetings (This is Uncle Sam)

"Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)" is a 1961 song recorded by three American R&B music groups, The Valadiers The Monitors, and The Isley Brothers for the Motown label.

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Greetings! We're The Monitors

Greetings! We're The Monitors is the debut album by The Monitors, released in 1968.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Ian Levine

Ian Geoffrey Levine (born 22 June 1953), is a British songwriter, producer, and DJ.

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Kent Records

Kent Records was a Los Angeles-based record label, launched in the late 1950s by the Bihari brothers.

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List of vocal groups

A vocal group is a group of singers who sing and harmonize together with a backup band.

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Melvin Franklin

David Melvin English (October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995) better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, or his nickname "Blue", was an American bass singer.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Motorcity Records

Motorcity Records is a British record label formed by producer Ian Levine in 1989.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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Norman Whitfield

Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.

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Northern soul

Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of black American soul music, especially in the mid-1960s, with a heavy beat and fast tempo.

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Otis Williams

Otis Williams (born Otis Miles Jr.; October 30, 1941) is an American baritoneRibowsky, Mark (2010).

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Paul Williams (The Temptations)

Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer and choreographer.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Richard Street

Richard Allen Street (October 5, 1942 – February 27, 2013) was an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1971 to 1993.

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Say You (Temptations song)

"Say You" is a 1965 soul song, written by Robert Dobyne, Robert Staunton and Charles Jones, and recorded by both The Monitors and The Temptations.

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Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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The Elgins

The Elgins were an American vocal group on the Motown label, active from the late 1950s to 1967.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Valadiers

The Valadiers are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who became notable as the first white artists signed to Motown in the early 1960s.

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Thelma Records

Thelma Records was a record label in Detroit, Michigan from 1962 until 1966.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monitors_(American_band)

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