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"Too Many Fish in the Sea"
Netherlands sleeve
Single by The Marvelettes
from the album The Marvelettes Greatest Hits
B-side"A Need for Love"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1964
RecordedSeptember 22, 1964
GenreSoul
LabelTamla
T 54105
Songwriter(s)Norman Whitfield
Eddie Holland
Producer(s)Norman Whitfield
The Marvelettes singles chronology
"You're My Remedy"
(1964) 		"Too Many Fish in the Sea"
(1964) 		"I'll Keep Holding On"
(1965)

"Too Many Fish in the Sea" is a 1964 hit song recorded by Motown singing group The Marvelettes. It was the group's first top 40 pop hit in almost a year, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] and was one of the first hit singles written by Norman Whitfield; Eddie Holland also had a hand in the writing. "Too Many Fish..." was also Whitfield's first produced single.

Background

This record is the only one where group members Georgeanna Tillman and Katherine Anderson had a lead on the A-side. This is also the final A-side appearance for Tillman, who would leave the group, due to her illnesses, in very early 1965, before they recorded their next single, "I'll Keep Holding On". This would also be the last single in which Gladys Horton would lead on the A-side, as Wanda Young Rogers (who also led on this and the two previous singles) would be the group's sole lead on A-sides, relegating Horton to B-side leads. Norman Whitfield would later use similar vocal techniques with The Temptations on hit songs such as "I Can't Get Next To You" and "Cloud Nine".

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1964-65) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 25
US Top 50 in R&B Locations (Cash Box)[2] 5

Later versions and usage

References

  1. ^ Allmusic
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 379.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 733.


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