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"Too Many Fish in the Sea" | ||||
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Single by The Marvelettes | ||||
from the album The Marvelettes Greatest Hits | ||||
B-side | "A Need for Love" | |||
Released | October 14, 1964 | |||
Recorded | September 22, 1964 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Label |
Tamla T 54105 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Norman Whitfield Eddie Holland | |||
Producer(s) | Norman Whitfield | |||
The Marvelettes singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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".
Chart (1964-65) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 | 25 |
US Top 50 in R&B Locations (Cash Box) [2] | 5 |