Year

1960

Story

Bill Spades again attempted to help The Colors produce a single, this time a gorgeous tune called 'Snowpeas' about a lost love. He teamed The Colors up with vocalist Seymour Stevens who refused to sing the supposedly over-sexualised lyrics of this song. Seymour though was happy to sing 'Toothbrush Girl', and 'Snowpeas' was demoted to being an instrumental B-side. A string section, trombone and backing vocalists were added to the mix, one of these backing vocalists, Amy Camus, made such an impression on 'Toothbrush Girl', that she was asked to also feature on 'Snowpeas'. Unfortunately, 'Toothbrush Girl' was also too racy for 1960, and the song was shunned by all but the band. This time Alex decided to store the tapes at his father’s record shop.

Lyrics

Toothbrush, oh toothbrush Who’d know a toothbrush Could mean so much Toothbrush, oh toothbrush She lent me her toothbrush And that is love Well it’s hard to believe With a simple gesture like that Using a tool designed for a hole in my head Could make my heart flap And when I began to brush Tears of joy just fell With her and me and the mirror and the sink Things were so swell Toothbrush, oh toothbrush A symbol of unity I can concur Toothbrush, oh toothbrush First in my mouth Then in her When I spat out And rinsed my mouth She forbade me to rinse the toothbrush off There was no getting out – of it She snatched it from me And as plain as can be Reminded me that all the holes in the world may not have teeth

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