Song:Little Girl
Album:Nuggets From Nuggets: Choice Artyfacts from The First Psychedelic Era
Little Girl was one of the bigger hits of early psychedelia. One other song charted so The Syndicate Of Sound wasn't quite a one hit wonder. But Little Girl is the only song you will want so get it on Nuggets. The group was from San Jose, CA and was a combination of two bands called The Pharoahs and The Aristocrats. Members were lead singer and guitarist Don Baskin, bassist Bob Gonzalez, guitarist Larry Ray, keyboardist John Sharkey and drummer John Duckworth. They won a Battle Of The Bands that earned them a single for Del-Fi Records but it went nowhere. Baskin and Gonzalez wrote Little Girl and the got the attention of the small San Francisco label Hush Records. It got enough regional airplay that Bell Records picked it up for national distribution. It reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. They started having problems just as Bell was setting up a national tour and Ray was kicked out of the band and replaced by Jim Sawyers. So despite the tour and major TV and film appearances, The Syndicate Of Sound was never able to follow up on the success of Little Girl. They split up in 1970 after Duckworth was drafted into the military. Don Baskin became a studio musician and later recorded country music. They reformed in 1990 and perform occasionally today. Here's The Syndicate Of Sound performing Little Girl in the 1966 film Where the Action Is.
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