Syndicate of Sound Little Girl

Nice song, nice people

[@chaiteareads]

My grandfather was a part of this band and i will forever jam to this song

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

is he still living Sienna?

[@donmansell8591]

Which member ?

[@flyingmerkel6]

Funny to think of these kids as grandparents. Stopped and counted on my fingers, I had just turned 5 when the song came out

[@roxannestorm2616]

Ended up being a cover song when The Dead Boys played it.

[@chaiteareads]

@@bonniemoerdyk9809 yes! he is alive and well (:

[@roguewarr4662]

Well sh-t here I am ,2024 at 70 still loving this cool sounding song . Miss those great years

[@bobross6802]

Here I am at 80 !😎

[@roguewarr4662]

@@bobross6802 Cool guy

[@larrybeach2692]

I'm with you old fella, I turn 70 next month and that was one of my favorite songs while hanging out at Edisto Beach

[@Lisbeth22250]

Little Girl is one of my favorite songs of all time. Love the Rick and the drums.

[@125jlm]

A big part of what made this song so good was the sound of the Rickenbacker guitars. Such a distinctive sound. Worked pretty well for the Byrds too.

[@Scriptease123]

Paul McCartney's bass was a Rickenbocker too

[@sexobscura]

@@Scriptease123
Thanks very much for ruining the fact of 125jlm's comment

[@larrysmac]

@@Scriptease123 McCartney only played a Rickenbacker bass on a couple of Abbey Road tracks. Otherwise, he played a Hofner almost exclusively.

[@sdgakatbk]

George played a Rickenbacker at least on some songs. And yes, the Byrds were great!

[@Mynamesalexa]

And Ludwig Drums

[@tp10488]

That precious little window in between the British Invasion and the Summer of Love that produced some of the greatest garage band/punk music in rock & roll history. These guys along with The Standells, The Troggs, ? & The Mysterians led the way.

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@tp10488 I share your observation about that window of music.
I was 11-14 y.o during that "window".
It's my favorite 60s era time peri❤d 🆒.
In '67 I began playing bass in the local "garage band".

[@user-dc6mg2rk8p]

Glad I lived through that era.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

The Seeds ("Pushing To Hard") and The Leaves ("Hey Joe").

[@ronfisher5259]

Jr High and Friday night dances- those were the years to really enjoy music

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@@ronfisher5259 How 'bout a "dance" 🩰 at the Teen Center in Van Nuys CA, featuring the original Iron Butterfly 🦋, circa 1968.

[@meximando]

As a Mexican kid growing up in El Paso, I was very jealous watching these fun loving California music shows with the miles of beaches, palm trees and care free dancing teens. I hated them. Right after high school, I joined the U.S. Air Force and guess where I got stationed. Yep, right here in good 'ol Southern California. That was many years ago and I now live near the beach in Orange County. I love it.

[@Lisbeth22250]

March or Norton?

[@gsnfan]

RIP Don Baskin, lead singer of the Syndicate of Sound, who recorded one of the greatest Garage Band 45s ever.

[@rustymacneil3227]

One of the first songs our band learned to play!! The best!

[@basilmarasco1975]

And executed the best rock n roll laugh ever recorded, there at the end!

[@chiefpontiac1800]

This is too sad. One of my all time favorites. I like Jack Lord on drums......

[@markdavis8958]

Don Baskin was my Grandfather... His daughter Debbie passed away years ago.. I never got to get to know him.. wish things would have been different.. at least I’ll always have this song.. My grandma (the song is about her) she’s the blonde dancing in the back.

[@janebrown1706]

@@markdavis8958 this post makes me feel OLD. My god, I AM old! I recall this song like it was yesterday - such a great one. You have good family memories, kiddo.

[@shevetlevi2821]

I was 12 in 1966. I think that the 5 year slice of time between 1966 to 1971 was possibly one of the most interesting times in rock music. It took us from the end of the innocent songs which included surf music through the British Invasion, through the Summer of Love and beyond into the nest phase. I love how attitude this song has. Brings back such nice times.

[@gymshoe8862]

The hippy era ended one of the nicest, sweetest grooviest times in pop music. The drug/psychedelic wave was corrupt like a lethal virus in music/culture.

[@garycallihan4206]

Yes to Led Zeppelin, Blind Faith, Spirit, Electric Prunes...

[@shevetlevi2821]

@@garycallihan4206 For sure Gary. All masters of their craft.

[@rasjjmitchell7977]

🌈 Jah Bless 🌈 I sure do agree! I grew up playing in.garage bands during that time, these songs were our "standards" it was the best era for Rock. The term punk rock was originally coined during this era, a decade before the Ramones or Pistols.
Much better 🎵 music too!

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@shevetlevi2821
8/27/2023 Yes, after '65 things exploded on the rock music scene, many new things, amps, gadgets, boutique amps, & instruments like Alembic, sub genres of music, etc ✅

[@roguewarr4662]

Here it is the year 2020 and this song is still cool as hell.

[@charleslozada5829]

Here it is 2021, it's STILL very cool, great 12 string guitar, band, and singer too. A CLASSIC, I wonder where they are now?

[@stephanieu.]

I agree with you on that

[@rynehall9990]

A true classic never goes out of style

[@agod5608]

Still cool.

[@olvinyldude]

And, 2021 ~!

[@99pang]

The lead guitarist, on the left, is Larry Ray. He was my first guitar teacher and taught me how to play this song! Way over my head at first but I finally got it. He and Sharkey, the guitarist on right, both worked at Guitar Showcase in San Jose - a local institution still going strong! I don't remember his name but the bass player in this video hung out at the store and might have worked there too.

[@billgonzales8978]

thanks

[@sludge8506]

Bob Gonzalez??

[@lorrainedalu9344]

Love the sound of those 12-strings. Made famous by Roger McGuinn of The Byrds and used to perfection here. I wish someone could have frozen time in '65-'66 and just left us there. ...Never get tired of great songs like this.

[@jameshelm2561]

Yes......nothing like a 12 string Rickenbacher

[@blueticecho]

This was a six string Ric on this....

[@fntime]

Do you mean the music or being young? :)
I have over 600 songs from 65-66 on my channel.
I also have almost every year from 50-90's.

[@donnajones1603]

Special switch setting " Rik-O-Sound"

[@cityzen2717]

U r correct.

[@1blastman]

Love the rhythm guitar in this song. One of the best riffs of the 60's.

[@joshuakatzman4560]

One of the all-time great California garage bands from the very first wave in the mid-1960's. This song was their one big hit, and it's one of the best songs from that era. Don Baskin was their charismatic lead singer who continued to lead assorted versions of the band for over fifty years. This black & white video is a timeless document and an early example of California bands who would perform on the ocean to promote their latest hit!

[@thecaptainb1]

They were playing at our local high school school dances. The coolest local band we had at the time.We all loved them!

[@joycerichardson1810]

They were from San Jose, right?

[@DJCrono456]

I love seeing this. I am from Monterey, California and this was filmed on the roof top of one of our restaurants ( Rappa's ) on our wharf.

[@DJCrono456]

I used to walk along the wharf all the time. I miss those days.

[@chrisbacos]

Adam Rivera I was stationed in Monterey at the language school. Loved Monterey.

[@DJCrono456]

The DLI's a pretty good location to be stationed at. I'm currently at Kadena.

[@henryj6976]

Adam Rivera I was stationed at Fort Ord. What an assignment. Never a dull in Monterey. Went to Hogs Breathe Inn. Sat down, everyone stared at me. I guess I had "Not a Local" written all over my face. lol Great party's, food and people were awesome. *sniff*

[@Potawatomi13]

Henry J
I was at Fort Ord in spring/summer 66. So home sick and hated it there but God, the Grassroots and hope for a future love got me through.

[@emilymayer5500]

I haven't heard this song in ages. This was my mother's era of music. She graduated in 1966. Music back then was fun, it was meaningful, it was art. Today? You get lyrics like "haters gonna hate hate hate" or "mmmmm booobooboobo doodoodoodoo", I mean my God my baby brother mumbled that when he was 2! Gimme them Golden Oldies!

[@wratha2757]

WOULD SOMEONE JUST PLEASE TAKE ME BACK TO THIS TIME AND LEAVE ME HERE. i WAS FOURTEEN WHEN I HEARD THIS ON THE RADIO. FORGOT WHAT A GREAT SONG THIS WAS.

[@gayboylaca]

I love this song. The blond girls are so beautiful and the guy look great in their suits (very clean cut) even though they are standing out on the pier. That is the style I like. Respect for rock and roll music. Wow I'm glad I lived through that era!

[@kixigvak]

Don't forget the skinny ties! Wish I'd kept mine.

[@FlashYes1]

Loved this song as a kid and it still sounds fantastic. A classic track.

[@kingbee1500]

Sneaky good drumming...carries this tune!

[@Tundigirl]

awesome drumming!

[@rustymacneil3227]

One of the first songs I learned to play when the other guitar player in our band said I never make it as a guitar player!! lol Loved this song.

[@rjpage5200]

My step uncle is the guy in the drums CR

[@bruceallen6016]

Agreed.

[@t40onbass]

@@rjpage5200 John Sharkey?

[@richieranno5905]

SO great to hear this again. Such a great song. The lead singer is fantastic ! I don't know why they weren't one of the biggest American rock bands of that time period. I'm going to play this song at my gig tonight & keep it alive

[@marcellapeterson5991]

My dad will be thrilled to hear that his music is still being played! ^_^ - He's the drummer

[@steveonmareisland5268]

@@marcellapeterson5991 He's the main reason I listen to this video.

[@ghostownaproach]

Hey Richie Ranno! Loved Starz and Stories and a while ago heard our local San Diego DJ Jim McGinnis mention you on his Vinyl Resting Place show and he spoke warmly about your mutual friendship and your career and played a Starz track. I think the singer on this song was gigging around San Diego at one time but I think I heard that he passed away. Always loved this song!
Barry Amundsen

[@Universal_Consciousness]

They WERE big! I'm old now and remember this song like it came out yesterday.

[@kevmac1230]

The Dead Boys paid tribute to this on their live album "Night of the living Dead Boys".

[@undergroundwarrior70]

I have not heard this song in decades. And I never knew who was the band singing it until I just happen to click on it here on RUclips. 1964 I was 8 years old, so I do remember a lot of songs during the 1960's.

[@elisaabolafia9542]

One of my faves from this era. Great song🔥🔥🔥 Interesting guitar 🎸🎸🎸

[@snackcakeman]

The fact that someone had the foresight to make this video amazes me. Then looking at the fact that the guitars have no power chords and their aren't any amps is funny. Love the innocence of the sixties, much simpler times.

[@kennethhorne1119]

+Donald King it was a show called"where the action is" thet would send a camera crew..two camera:s a few takes and then bye bye..whole process took less than an hour

[@muspobear]

GREAT TIMES----CEPT FER ALL THE RIOTS AND ALL THAT BS!!!!!!! AND THE CHICKS WERE GIRLS AND HOT!!!!!!!! DAM THEY HOT....!!!!!!!

[@k.s.vids1]

Mellencamp mentioned this song in an interview back in the 90's. You can tell, this is all over R.O.C.K. in the USA.

[@bboucharde]

Donald, As someone who grew up in the late sixties, I always smile when I think of those "simpler times."
1. Massive war (and disaster) in Southeast Asia, resulting in 58,000 American dead, with 250,000 wounded, and about 2 million dead Vietnamese.
2. The largest race riots in US history, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands of arrests. National Guard tanks in downtown areas in some cities.....burning, looting, shooting, and chaos. Some neighborhoods (Detroit, Newark, south-central LA, Camden, South Chicago, etc.) never recovered.
3. The beginning of the cultural meltdown of post-modernism, resulting in the destruction of family units, marriage, traditional values, etc.
4. Riots, sit-ins, demonstrations, and terrorist acts on college campuses across the country, mainly driven by Marxists from SDS, Progress Labor Party, Weathermen, YSA, SWP, etc.
5. The largest anti-war demonstrations in US history, making the recent skirmishes in Berkeley look like a Sunday picnic.
6. The US was in a continual Cold War with the USSR across the world, with proxy wars, terrorism, regime changes, false flags, and assassinations used by both sides, with both nations coming within six hours of World War 3 in the fall of 1962 via the Cuban Missile Crisis.
7. Major US leaders assassinated, including Martin Luther King, JFK, and Bobby Kennedy.
Yeah, those sure were "simpler times!"
BBoucharde

[@docdurdin]

bbouchard.. You must make your life a living hell, like the rest of your miserable crowd. Life is both equal parts good and bad. Like contrast in a beautiful painting. Try to see the forest before you cut down all the trees..

[@bendale972]

After 35 years I finally found this song!!!! It's been in my mind for like 8 years already. Now my 60s play list complete!!!😃😃😃

[@elisaabolafia9542]

Yes ❗🎵 I stumbled on this video a few weeks ago. Always loved the song. Great memories when RADIO was spitting out non stop hits like this. What a musical ERA😊

[@paulpapetti2087]

awesome song ...listened to it as a kid in the 60s!

[@WilliamBarryRoberts]

me neither!

[@joemoniz4167]

1966......Great year!

[@bradbrown6665]

Ahhh the memories, 1965-'66. I bought the album and still have it today.

[@shelleyganz9095]

Absolutely Stunning!! Greatest Of All..."Little Girl"!!!

[@williampreston9919]

As a kid who had a set of drums in the basement, in Chicago, in the late 60's, early 70's, this song was one of my favorites along with TalkTalk by Music Machine and Psychotic reaction by Count Five.

[@kennichols336]

Odd you say that, I was exactly in the same boat!!!

[@solarwave]

Thanks for the reminder of Talk Talk!

[@steviea427]

You can FLOAT on this riff!! It is so mellow and so cool at the same time.

[@bertspierings7922]

Great sound, great drummer

[@texasnewt]

👍John Duckworth: a talented, upcoming drummer, who was drafted, after band won Battle of the Bands. He was in my platoon, during Army Basic Training in October 1966, Fort Lewis, Washington. A real bummer to be drafted then😒👎

[@sonsofmorning1955]

This song has one of the COOLEST guitar riffs. Comes off like a simple pop song but it really does have that something special that makes it a keeper. Incidentally, I loved this song before I heard these guys do it. I was introduced to it by- believe it or not- an excellent live track recorded at CBGBs by the Dead Boys and included on their first Sire album. Really great stuff!

[@charlesameyer1]

I knew the Dead Boys long before I heard the S of S version. I think the S of S singer is actually snottier than Stiv Bators,and that alone makes their version better than the Dead Boys.’

[@joebittman5039]

Snot was cool back then…it was everywhere and made me what I am today

[@sajimiller]

@@charlesameyer1 Yeah, but ya gotta love that Cheetah Chrome guitar. Now if the Dead Boys second album was half as good as the first.....

[@dondiesel1100]

Loves this 60s music, it cool, hip and positive ❤

[@nanlisa]

I'm reliving my 60's childhood here in 2014. I was in grade school when this song first came out.

[@donaldmorrow3096]

This is one of most deliciously sinister songs rock music has ever produced. This is how you ditch a cheating girlfriend, with equal parts venom and panache. The record is absolutely timeless, losing none of its power and relevance even now. (P.S. Thanks for letting us see the band themselves have a blast with this song, Great video.)

[@basilmarasco1975]

That's quite a perceptive assessment of this song's message! And probably absolutely correct, as well!

[@jennimadden1061]

@@basilmarasco1975 It's pop punk before its time!

[@stevemellini1135]

this took me back today as if i had a time machine. it just came to me in a daydream when waking up today amidst all of this covvid 19 and political garbage. it lifted me and placed me back to a cooler lovely yes simpler time that was ecstatic comparably to now. great sounding music... steve m. babylon new York

[@shelleyganz9095]

I Just cant get enough of this Amazingly Super Garage Punk Masterpiece...Soo GREAT!!

[@MikeBlitzMag]

One of the most perfect records ever made. And far from their only triumph. The Syndicate Of Sound went on to record a number of great singles for Bell, Capitol and Buddah Records.

[@1952Babygirl]

I'm still in love with this band !!!

[@michaelsena4484]

wish I had a time machine

[@KnightHawk111]

You do! It's called RUclips ;-)

[@Mrjohnelevator]

it was a great song when i was 16!!
I was it forgotten, thanx

[@1m2r3s]

Another slice of the 60s...Great little garage band song...Love the surf style guitar.

[@hoss73ford]

This was one of those mega hits that came & went quickly. It peaked at #8 and its top 40 run was just 8 weeks. But that's how it was in the 60s when the Beatles came along. Rise fast on the charts and then suddenly drop off it. That changed around 1968-69.

[@brianew]

Back then a song was considered an 'oldie' after about a year.

[@missingchopstick6398]

I remember that this song came out when The Association had their first song. One group faded away, the other had a dozen hits

[@bobscott7440]

A year? More like after a month.

[@marcocasas6148]

Always a great piece of classic garage ....

[@jackiejoy7276]

One of the best songs ever !!!!when I think of the 60 this is the kind of sound that I think of🙉🙈🙊 kind of like the stones" this will be the last time" or the standells dirty water that is the 60 sound to me moving and grooving😎
Little Jack SoCal OPB

[@kennygl2008]

Gotta love the attitude in this song!

[@phillyman5000]

Cool vintage Rickenbacker guitars!! Worth a fortune today!!

[@ludannelasyvyus1824]

@phillyman5000 Little did they know at the time what their value in the "future" would be, due to their enduring popularity and demand for them.

[@fdhgtw1]

thank god for songs like this! The 60's will be around for a loooong time!!!

[@shelleyganz9095]

Wow!! The Greatest of All, Up by 100,000...It's always been, 1.8M views, Now, up by 100K...What An Amazing, Tune!! LUV IT, NOW & ALWAYS!! CHEERS!! PLEASE TO ENJOY...

[@anakina1]

Nothing special, but you have to love the nostalgia. Such a better time.

[@panzercat39]

Nothing special then,but compared with the tripe of today...

[@diankral]

panzercat39 a thousand million trillion likes 4 yu ahhh there is sum1 else in the world that has sum taste apart from the cheese regime

[@pamrubio9552]

Oh, it is very special. They are gorgeous in their fitted suits. They took pride in their music and appearance. They don't appear to be high and belligerent. They are having a great time and not screaming words into the microphone that are completely incoherent. That song is like no other song I have heard. It is an original. Yes, it is very special.

[@mellingmichael777]

If that's how you feel, anakina, then why do you bother?

[@indyguy1000]

Yea, riots in the cities, from racial intolerance, Americans being killed in a political, bullshit war, politicians being assassinated, much better time!! It's a great tune!!

[@daviddiamanti2551]

One of the greatest pop songs of all time!

[@Schmoople]

One of the best songs on the planet...:)

[@singingsammyuk6064]

I've been searching for this song for years i loved it back in the 70's but forgot the bands name i'm so happy to have found this on youtube thanks for posting you've made an old man very happy thank you....

[@hannabaal150]

I hadn't thought about this song for 50 years and the lyrics just popped into my head yesterday. Let's hear it for google search. I have songs I hunted for years also. It's great to find one!

[@tonfan]

you hit the nail on the head....i was telling my son about that little era where top 40 radio was just crammed with epic motown,stuff like this American garage bands,proto-punk stuff like Talk,Talk by Music Machine,and all the British stuff.It was a brilliant ,mind-warping good time for music...

[@KingOFuh]

One of the best nuggets of gold from the 60's

[@debishelton9647]

The sound holdsup in 2021! I'm smiling as I remember dancing to this song as a kid. :D

[@johnager9428]

Great music from the mid sixties, rock on radio Caroline 🎼

[@debishelton9647]

@@johnager9428Hey John~Happy Thanksgivingto you! I'm SO thankful that we were blessed with terrific, compelling music in my(our?) generation! :)

[@johnager9428]

@@debishelton9647 keep enjoying the music 🎶🎼🎵❤️

[@debishelton9647]

@@johnager9428 Stay young~at heart! :)

[@fdhgtw1]

A perfect example of great music is TIMELESS !!!

[@lcozzarelli]

This is jangly garage rock perfection! I love the semi-insane way he sings the song to his dirty, low-down cheating ex-girlfriend. He sounds almost giddy from being wounded by her. The last line is so chilling (“Too baaad little girl, it’s aaaall over for you...heh-heh-heh”) that I always think the 5 final beats of the song sound like gunshots.

[@gymshoe8862]

Do these guys seem like stalker/murderers top you? Get real, jerk!

[@joycerichardson1810]

Heh, heh, heh!!!

[@juliestrom412]

He told her! Always a great fun song in a much simpler time ❤😥

[@johnvickery8554]

This song still holds today.. Great sound!😎

[@ronpippin1084]

Okay, it’s now the year 2020 and the song still sounds as good as it did when I first heard it 54 years ago. I was a young guitar slinger even back then when I was 14 years old and learned the song note for note. I still remember how to play it which is good because the lead singer in our 60s-70s group just discovered it and wants us to do it. Nick, if you read this “I agree we should add it”

[@philiptucci2458]

Absolutely phenomenal classic

[@muffs55mercury61]

1966 the year of the garage band. Many had hits and this one went to #8. It was my older brother's favorite song that summer before leaving to join the Army.

[@jamesb.9155]

Hope he made it back alright.

[@ammittei]

This takes me back to summer 1966 in Brooklyn ..Listening to AM radio....WABC...ding

[@rkt88403]

Great song from a great era!

[@jimgardner1569]

I was 14 when this song came out. There was never a better era in which to be a teenager. . .at least until one became eligible to be sent to Vietnam.

[@stevec9102]

Yep, good old college deferrement saved my just out of high school ass. Wondering how many of my breathern never made it home,

[@dennismurillodennis3079]

This is my type of rock and roll. The lads show class with coats and ties.

[@abelbravo3464]

the good times will never come back one of my favorites please

[@scottburton2218]

A garage band classic from 1966-I think these guys were from San Jose,CA.

[@staceybaker4416]

I love this song. It seems as though the best, most enthusiastic dancers are hidden behind the band. That little brunette is a kick!

[@Marilyn7935]

Oh wow baby ! I had forgotten how awesome this is ! The best music in the world - the 60’s. Rock n roll forever ! Still groovy ! 💞

[@janebrown1706]

My niece, born 1994, says my generation had the Best Music. True!

[@chippihc52]

Great guitars! Dig the Rickenbacker 12-string sounds that drive this song. I love the chord progressions in this song! We all wanted to play this song when we were in our high school rock-wannabe bands!

[@rmelin13231]

One of the very best songs to come out of the '66-'67 era. Love it! Thanks for posting.

[@dardra56]

I’ve always LOVED this song growing up in the 60’s. Such quintessential 60’s sound!

[@davidcatalano3781]

I just met the lead singer he lives in a town near me. Great guy with great stories.

[@kentclark6420]

He died October 22nd, 2019.

[@MPWEST83]

They all looked so happy in this video. What a gem!

[@ChivaInvencible]

Don Baskin passed away yesterday. Rest in peace. 😢

[@basilmarasco1975]

One-hit wonders are lightning that strikes once but strikes forever. My thanks to Don and his "Syndicate" for their one great hit.

[@jennimadden1061]

@@basilmarasco1975 Yes, and if you download some other songs by one-hit wonders such as the Syndicate, you are sometimes happily surprised

[@alfredagain]

@@jennimadden1061 Must be frustrating being in a one-hit wonder band, though. Every gig you played, everyone's just hanging out for that one song.

[@garyboden5220]

I'm 65 I was there it was great stuff for us. Ha the best little dancer is behind the lead singer.

[@josephliptak]

2 Rickenbackers make this song what it is. These guys were playing some expensive guitars for a garage band. If I could get the hell out of 2017 and go back to 1966 I'd be leaving tonight. What a great era to be young.

[@MD-lf3gt]

never get tired of this since it came out, it has a special knack

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1966 {July 5th} the Syndicate of Sound performed "Little Girl" on the ABC-TV week-day program 'Where The Action Is'
One month earlier on June 4th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #8 & spent 10 weeks on the Top 100
Obviously this was a taped performance; because the day before the group was one of the opening acts for the Rolling Stones, this concert was at Alan B. Shepard Civic Center , more commonly referred to as The Dome, in Virginia Beach, VA

[@morganclare4704]

THANKS.

[@peterfuhrmann5033]

You "Nailed It With The Guitars " comment. A stand out feature.

[@toddwindyhill]

Hit Eastern rock stations summer of '66...very novel sound and beat...became a classic because of that...used to love hearing it on my AM transistor radio.

[@GiovannaNYC]

Great song!.
Love from NY

[@frankgalligan9111]

Drummer is absolutely perfect here.Drives the whole thing in a crazy loosy goosy kinda way.Utterly unique ...

[@joycerichardson1810]

All those triplets!!!

[@sludge8506]

I agree, the drummer is kool!!!
But, they are miming.

[@CaelenSawyers]

My great uncle, Jim Sawyers, was (is) in Syndicate and when I last traveled over to the west coast I visited him and got a lot of thorns from his cactus impaled in my body. That is all.

[@stevehelgemoe6259]

Caelen Sawyers nn

[@bigjoe4110]

The natural beauty of 60's girls is still enough to make this 58 year old dude rock hard!!!!!

[@roberttix1]

S.O.S. used to play dance clubs all over San Jose area. Saw them live at The Ore House, Bold Knight, Continental Ballroom. THE #1 Club Band at the time. They were soooooGood

[@robertsandidge441]

OMG I had forgotten this great song. Well now it’s downloaded and mine. THANKS

[@jaime-elizabethcompian2799]

This music brings back good memories.

[@retrovibe6675]

Great tune- lively and fun!!! Love when the tall singer dances and claps himself into a hunch and keeps the rhythm. Super video!!!

[@bradybaylis2384]

Sure was,Paul !!!!!I was 13 and starting Grade Nine when "Hey,Little Girl" hit,and I've loved it since !!! Yes,those were hot chicks,and I'd have LOVED to be on that ship...but because I'm black and this being 1966,they would have told me to leave unless I agreed to become a shoeshine boy !!!!!!!

[@marksolarz3756]

More fellas should really know this song...................such good advice!

[@meltingmedia]

I loved this song when it was new, and I still love it. On my scratchy A.M. radio, I thought the fast strummed chords was a Vox organ. Wow, just wow!

[@bigbikemike17]

I'm back in my soph. year of high school. Ah
, the memories!

[@jamesb.9155]

A great sound I had forgotten all about and here is a view of the band I never even saw before!

[@arthurleino]

Liked this song when a teen. Like it now as a old man.

[@cleanandmeanx]

My ex girlfriend recently started dating someone who I thought was a friend... I was thinking about getting back with her, but when I learned they both decided to do that shit it made me feel like saying "good riddance" to get rid of them both. This song fits perfect

[@aboutsoundandvision]

You've got nothin' to hide and everybody knows it's true! Too bad little girl it's alllll over for you!

[@Blue4UMusic]

Larry Ray was my first guitar teacher at Guitar Showcase in San Jose, California. He told me my fingers were too big to play good and being a 15 year old who was in love with guitar I was devastated! When my mom picked me up after that lesson and asked me what was wrong I barely got 2 or 3 words out and she was out of the car and on her way in there to confront him. I was pretty embarrassed but secretly proud of her.

[@tompaulcampbell]

That's a terrible thing to say! So, you still play?

[@Blue4UMusic]

***** Still do

[@Blue4UMusic]

***** Still like the band though!

[@tompaulcampbell]

Cool!

[@C6ZLSX]

Yeah, it sure hurt Leslie West sumpin' fierce.

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

I love how the internet and RUclips can bring back all the groovy bands of my parents generation. No need to just spin an old 45 because you can see them right here. WTG people posting 🤘🤘🤘

[@jamesb.9155]

Indeed!

[@markdavis8958]

RIP Grandpa Don.. hopefully you and Debbie are together somewhere.. wish I had more of you than just a song.. Sandy has cancer.. just wish you would have reached out to me.. I really needed you these past 34 years.. I feel alone in this world

[@gman1069619]

I worked with Don 20 years ago and he was a good man who I never forget taught me alot we both worked in Auto Repair as service writers so sad to hear of his passing RIP Don 🙏...

[@roguewarr4662]

Is it just me ,the drummer looks like Mcgarrett from Five-o ( THE TV SHOW Hawaii Five-o ,from back in the 70's .what great song