The Girls were an American

United States

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 all-female band from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California

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. They called themselves The Sandoval Sisters and The Moonmaids before ending up as The Girls in 1965, when they signed a recording contract

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 with Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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. 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

Barry Mann

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 and Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil

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. The group toured the Far East, which included performing for the troops in Vietnam.

"Chico's Girl" was included on the 2009 compilation album

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, The Shangri-Las & The '60s Girl Group Garage Sound.