[5]: 2  In late 1964, Ladybirds signed on to Cedwicke Records, a London imprint, cutting a single, "A Girl Without a Boy" backed with "To Know Him Is to Love Him", in the same year.

[1][14][2][3] The band sold over 5,000 copies of the LP within the first three weeks of publication; following this, they embarked on a national tour in early 1968, visiting the Southwest United States, Colorado, and Illinois.

[1] In the aftermath of the breakup, Pinizzotto and Butler formed a new band called Birtha with Olivia Favela and Sherry Hagler.

Birtha enjoyed considerably more commercial success, the group signing with a major label, ABC-Dunhill, in the early 1970s and releasing two studio albums and an assortment of singles, before disbanding in 1975.

[1] In 2005 Sundazed Music reissued the Straight or Lame album on CD in its original mono mix, but with new liner notes including interviews with former band members.