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| album = [[Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound album)|Little Girl]]
| album = [[Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound album)|Little Girl]]
| B-side = You
| B-side = You
| released = {{Start date|1966}}
| released = {{Start date|1966|04}}
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| recorded = {{Start date|1966|01|09}}
| format = [[7-inch single]]
| studio = [[Golden State Recorders|Golden State]], San Francisco
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| recorded = January 9. 1966
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| studio =
| venue =
| venue =
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| genre =
| genre = [[Garage rock]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Harry Sumrall|title=Pioneers of Rock and Roll: 100 Artists Who Changed the Face of Rock|url=https://archive.org/details/pioneersofrockro0000sumr|url-access=registration|date=May 1994|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=9780823076284|page=[https://archive.org/details/pioneersofrockro0000sumr/page/51 51]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://oldies.about.com/od/60spop/tp/The-10-Biggest-Garage-Rock-Hits-Of-All-Time.htm|title= Garage Rock's 10 Biggest Hits of All Time|last= Fontenot|first= Robert|website= About.com|access-date= February 26, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Garage rock]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Harry Sumrall|title=Pioneers of Rock and Roll: 100 Artists Who Changed the Face of Rock|url=https://archive.org/details/pioneersofrockro0000sumr|url-access=registration|date=May 1994|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=9780823076284|page=[https://archive.org/details/pioneersofrockro0000sumr/page/51 51]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://oldies.about.com/od/60spop/tp/The-10-Biggest-Garage-Rock-Hits-Of-All-Time.htm|title= Garage Rock's 10 Biggest Hits of All Time|last= Fontenot|first= Robert|website= About.com|access-date= February 26, 2017}}</ref>
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| length =
* [[pop rock]]<ref name= "RS 2004">{{cite book |chapter= Nuggets|last= Seward|first= Scott|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages = 918-919}}</ref>
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| label = Hush, [[Bell Records|Bell]]
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| length = 2:25
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| label = [[Hush Records (California label)|Hush]], [[Bell Records|Bell]]
| writer = {{Flatlist|
| writer = {{Flatlist|
* Don Baskin
* Don Baskin
* Bob Gonzalez
* Bob Gonzalez
}}
}}
| producer = Garrie Thompson
| producer = [[Garrie Thompson]]
| prev_title = Prepare for Love
| prev_title = Prepare for Love
| prev_year = 1966
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Rumors
| next_title = Rumors
| next_year = 1966
| next_year = 1966
}}
}}"'''Little Girl'''" is a [[popular song]] recorded by the [[California]] group the [[Syndicate of Sound]], and written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez of the band. It reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at #5 on [[Cash Box]] and #8 on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]].
"'''Little Girl'''" is a song recorded by the [[California]] garage rock group the [[Syndicate of Sound]], and written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez of the band. It reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at #5 on ''[[Cash Box]]'' and #8 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.


==Background==
==Background==
After winning a Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" contest in 1965, the Syndicate of Sound recorded a single "Prepare For Love", which was ultimately unsuccessful. Don Baskin and Bob Gonzales then wrote "Little Girl", which was recorded for Hush Records and released in early 1966. After becoming a regional hit around the [[San Jose, California]] area, [[Bell Records]] picked it up for national distribution, where it charted as high as #8 on Billboard. Bell Records then offered them an album contract. Prior to going into the studio, Larry Ray was replaced on lead guitar by Jim Sawyers. The album was recorded in three weeks, after which the band embarked on a nationwide tour supporting among others, [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]], the [[Young Rascals]], and [[The Yardbirds]].
After winning a Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" contest in 1965, the Syndicate of Sound recorded a single "Prepare For Love", which was ultimately unsuccessful.{{cn|date=June 2024}} Don Baskin and Bob Gonzales then wrote "Little Girl", which the band recorded at [[Golden State Recorders]] in San Francisco on January{{nbsp}}9, 1966.{{sfn|Cost|1997}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Skelly |first1=Richard |title=The Syndicate of Sound biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-syndicate-of-sound-mn0000742577#biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=June 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503130751/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-syndicate-of-sound-mn0000742577/biography |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hush Records (California label)|Hush Records]] released the single in April{{nbsp}}1966.{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=556}} After becoming a regional hit around the [[San Jose, California]] area, [[Bell Records]] picked it up for national distribution, the label then offered them an album contract. Prior to going into the studio, Larry Ray was replaced on lead guitar by Jim Sawyers. The album was recorded in three weeks, after which the band embarked on a nationwide tour supporting among others, [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]], [[the Young Rascals]] and [[the Yardbirds]].

==Chart history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1966)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=824}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
|}


==Other recordings==
==Other recordings==
[[The Residents]] as part of their ''[[Third Reich 'n Roll]]'' album of 1976.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19970327123957/http://www.residents.com/albums/classic/reich.html</ref>
*[[The Residents]] as part of their ''[[Third Reich 'n Roll]]'' album of 1976.<ref>The Third Reich 'N' Roll ''(1976)'' - [https://web.archive.org/web/19970327123957/http://www.residents.com/albums/classic/reich.html (web.archive.org), The Third Reich 'N' Roll 1.Swastikas On Parade (17:30)]</ref>
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*British group [[The Banned]] had a UK hit with it in 1977, reaching #36 in December.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 11</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book

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British group [[The Banned]] had a UK hit with it in 1977, reaching #36 in December.<ref name="Strong">Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 11</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| last= Roberts
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| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 42}}</ref>
| page= 42}}</ref>
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*[[Dead Boys|The Dead Boys]] on their first album ''[[Young, Loud and Snotty]]'', released in 1977.<ref>[[AllMusic]] - [http://www.allmusic.com/album/young-loud-and-snotty-mw0000613814 Dead Boys, ''Young Loud and Snotty'', AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett]</ref>

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*Australian group [[Divinyls]] released their own version of the song titled "[[Hey Little Boy]]" in 1988. It went to #23 on the Australian charts.<ref name="australian-charts1">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Divinyls&titel=Hey+Little+Boy&cat=s |title=Divinyls - Hey Little Boy |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-31}}</ref>
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[[Dead Boys|The Dead Boys]] on their first album ''[[Young, Loud and Snotty]]'', released in 1977.<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/young-loud-and-snotty-mw0000613814</ref>
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*[[R.E.M.]] played the song in their very early shows.

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Australian group [[Divinyls]] released their own version of the song titled "[[Hey Little Boy]]" in 1988. It went to #23 on the Australian charts.<ref name="australian-charts1">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Divinyls&titel=Hey+Little+Boy&cat=s |title=Divinyls - Hey Little Boy |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2017-01-31}}</ref>

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[[R.E.M.]] played the song in their very early shows.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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== See also ==
== See also ==

* [[List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States]]
* [[List of 1960s one-hit wonders in the United States]]


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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== Sources ==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite AV media notes |last=Cost |first=Jud |title=Little Girl |title-link=Little Girl (Syndicate of Sound album) |others=Syndicate of Sound |date=1997 |type=Liner notes |publisher=[[Sundazed Music|Sundazed]] |id=SC 6120}}
* {{cite book |last1=Savage |first1=Jon |author1-link=Jon Savage |title=1966: The Year the Decade Exploded |date=2015 |publisher=[[Faber & Faber]] |location=London |isbn=978-0-571-27762-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/1966yeardecadeex0000sava/ |url-access=registration |via=the [[Internet Archive]]}}
{{Refend}}


== External links ==
* [http://www.syndicateofsoundband.com/ Syndicate of Sound website]
* [http://www.syndicateofsoundband.com/ Syndicate of Sound website]


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[[Category:Jangle pop songs]]
[[Category:Jangle pop songs]]



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Latest revision as of 13:35, 30 June 2024

"Little Girl"
Single by Syndicate of Sound
from the album Little Girl
B-side"You"
ReleasedApril 1966 (1966-04)
RecordedJanuary 9, 1966 (1966-01-09)
StudioGolden State, San Francisco
Genre
Length2:25
LabelHush, Bell
Songwriter(s)
  • Don Baskin
  • Bob Gonzalez
Producer(s)Garrie Thompson
Syndicate of Sound singles chronology
"Prepare for Love"
(1966) 		"Little Girl"
(1966) 		"Rumors"
(1966)

"Little Girl" is a song recorded by the California garage rock group the Syndicate of Sound, and written by Don Baskin and Bob Gonzalez of the band. It reached the US national pop charts in June 1966, peaking at #5 on Cash Box and #8 on Billboard.

Background

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After winning a Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" contest in 1965, the Syndicate of Sound recorded a single "Prepare For Love", which was ultimately unsuccessful.[citation needed] Don Baskin and Bob Gonzales then wrote "Little Girl", which the band recorded at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco on January 9, 1966.[4][5] Hush Records released the single in April 1966.[6] After becoming a regional hit around the San Jose, California area, Bell Records picked it up for national distribution, the label then offered them an album contract. Prior to going into the studio, Larry Ray was replaced on lead guitar by Jim Sawyers. The album was recorded in three weeks, after which the band embarked on a nationwide tour supporting among others, Paul Revere & the Raiders, the Young Rascals and the Yardbirds.

Chart history

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Chart (1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 8

Other recordings

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Personnel

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Harry Sumrall (May 1994). Pioneers of Rock and Roll: 100 Artists Who Changed the Face of Rock. Billboard Books. p. 51. ISBN 9780823076284.
  2. ^ Fontenot, Robert. "Garage Rock's 10 Biggest Hits of All Time". About.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Seward, Scott (2004). "Nuggets". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 918–919. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ Cost 1997.
  5. ^ Skelly, Richard. "The Syndicate of Sound biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Savage 2015, p. 556.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 824.
  8. ^ The Third Reich 'N' Roll (1976) - (web.archive.org), The Third Reich 'N' Roll 1.Swastikas On Parade (17:30)
  9. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 11
  10. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 42. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. ^ AllMusic - Dead Boys, Young Loud and Snotty, AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett
  12. ^ Steffen Hung. "Divinyls - Hey Little Boy". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.

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