The Girls

The Girls

The Girls is a name used by several different groups. The best-known versions include a 1960s rock group from Los Angeles, an 1980s R&B girl group from Minneapolis, a New Wave and power-pop band from Seattle, and other bands from Boston, Meppel, Israel, Greece and elsewhere.

Los Angeles rock group

One version of The Girls forms in Los Angeles, California, and begins as The Sandoval Sisters and The Moonmaids before taking the name The Girls in 1965 when it signs to Capitol Records. The group is made up of sisters Rosemary on lead guitar, Diane on rhythm guitar, Sylvia on bass, and Margaret on drums and lead vocals. Its first Capitol release is “Chico’s Girl”, which later appears on compilation releases including Brill Building Sound and Glitter and Gold.

Minneapolis R&B group

Another group called The Girls is assembled in Minneapolis in 1983 by André Cymone, who is associated with Prince. This line-up includes Sheila Rankin, Germain Brooks and Doris Rhodes. The group signs to Columbia in 1983 and releases its debut album, Girl Talk, the following year. It is later dropped by Columbia and breaks up in 1985.

Seattle New Wave and power-pop band

A later Seattle band called The Girls works in New Wave and power-pop. Its debut album, The Girls, appears in 2005, followed by Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No in 2008; both are released on Dirtnap Records. At different points the band includes members of the Briefs, Spits, Catheters and Steve E Nix And The Cute Lepers.

Other groups with the same name

Other acts called The Girls include a late-1970s art-noise-rock band from Boston, known for the song “Jeffrey I Hear You” and the live album Live At the Rathskeller 5.17.1979; a four-piece band from Meppel, Holland that appears at Eurosonic Festival in 2007 and wins a TMF Award in 2008; an Israeli rock band that sings in English and releases Talk To The Pervert in 2005; and a Greek garage band from the 1960s.