1961
WARPAINT * BASIL GABBIDON AND BUSTERS GROUP * BLUE BEAT 69 * UK
The term 'war-paint', i.e. cosmetics or make-up, was in popular use in the late 1950s, as a critique of the fashion as it was then of heavy use of these products by women. Another song with the same title was recorded by the Brooks Brothers in Great Britain, and another by Rodney and The Blazers in the US.
WARPAINT * THE BROOKS BROTHERS * PYE 15333 * 1961