 After winning a Bay Area "Battle of the Bands" contest in 1965, the Syndicate of Sound recorded a single "Prepare For Love", which was ultimately unsuccessful.Don Baskin and Bob Gonzales then wrote "Little Girl", which was recorded for Hush Records and released in early 1966.After becoming a regional hit around the San Jose, California area, Bell Records picked it up for national distribution, where it charted as high as #8 on Billboard.