Originally Posted by
midnightman
Tammi was already waiting in the wings. I think Kim left Motown when It Takes Two was released...or finished, I forget which. Tammi was already a Motown artist by a year and she recorded a "solo" version in late '66 before Marvin added his vocals in January '67 [[if my timeline is right, I may be way off; I know they didn't record together on that song at least).
Also, Motown wanted Marvin to record with virtually every other Motown female solo artist that was available. Motown's decision to partner Marvin with Mary was a business decision to not only increase Marvin's female fan base but also to increase his popularity with white fans, who ate Mary Wells' music up [["My Guy" hit #1 around the time they worked on the duet album). After Marvin found a crossover fan base, they did a turnaround to boost Kim's career but she was so frustrated with Motown she left before the song became a charted international hit and Marvin only did one TV performance of the song [[with a PUPPET!).
Brenda MIGHT have been considered since she did sing with Marvin onstage after Tammi's near-fatal collapse [[during a busy 1968 for Marvin).
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