Forgive me if I'm not posting this in the right part of the forum; since it concerns the Supremes and Marvelettes, I'll try here:

The Marvelettes turned down "Where Did Our Love Go?" for "Too Many Fish in the Sea".

Motown Myth?

We've all heard the story: the Marvelettes turned down WDOLG to record, instead, TMFITS.

Some say this is myth. Some say there's truth to this. This is what I don't understand:

Where Did Our Love Go was recorded by the Supremes in April, 1964 and released in June, 1964.

Too Many Fish wasn't recorded until September, 1964 and released in October, 1964.

IF the Marvelettes indeed turned down WDOLG for TMFITS, why did it take almost 6 months for them to record it?