The Girls were an
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all-female band from
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, United States. They called themselves The Sandoval Sisters and The Moonmaids before ending up as The Girls in 1965, when they signed a
recording contract with
Capitol Records.
[Biography, The Girls website.]
The members were sisters. The group was formed of Rosemary (lead guitar), Diane (rhythm guitar), Sylvia (bass), and Margaret (drums and lead vocals) Sandoval. They released two
singles
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with Capitol including a version of the biker song "Chico's Girl", written by
Barry Mann and
Cynthia Weil. The group toured the Far East, which included performing for the troops in Vietnam.
[
The four girls first recorded as 'The Four Queens' on Teron Records : "A Cinder In My Eye" / "The Boy Next Door" (1964).]
See also
*List of all-women bands
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References
American girl groups
All-female bands
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History of women in California
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