The Waitresses

The Waitresses were an experimental  New Wave  band from  Akron, Ohio. [1] [2]  The group was led by guitarist/songwriter  Chris Butler with lead  vocals performed by  Patty Donahue.

==Career == They had minor success in the United States with the song "I Know What Boys Like", from their 1982 debut album Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful.[3]  "I Know What Boys Like" was originally released as a single in 1980[4] [5]  but did not chart initially.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  The song was an underground hit, however, and by 1982 it peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_1982-06-12_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  No. 23 onBillboard's Top Tracks chart,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_1982-02-27_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  No. 14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_1982-02-06_5-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  and also charted in the UK.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Moore_2006_2-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The Waitresses also recorded the theme song to the television program Square Pegs,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Talevski_2006_3-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Discogs.com_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  which aired during the 1982–1983 season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IMDb_Waitresses_9-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  (The band also appeared as themselves in the pilot episode.)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IMDb_Waitresses_9-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Their Christmas song "Christmas Wrapping" was originally released on the ZE Records album A Christmas Record in 1981,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_bio_Waitresses_1-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  and became a No. 45 hit in the United Kingdom in 1982.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Talevski_2006_3-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_10-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]  The song was subsequently covered by the Spice Girls in 1998, as the B-side of their single "Goodbye"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_bio_Waitresses_1-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_holiday-songs_11-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  and by the television show Glee sung by the character Brittany for their 2011 Christmas special, which aired December 13, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IMDb_Glee_Christmas_synop_12-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-IMDb_Glee_Christmas_synop_12-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_Votta_13-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The group released two albums, Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful and Bruiseology, and one EP, I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_bio_Waitresses_1-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  All of these have been out of print for many years and none have ever been available onCD,<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  but their music is now available on compilations. The Best of The Waitresses (Polydor 1990) is available on CD.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? became available on iTunes in 2008 and includes three bonus tracks: "Christmas Wrapping" (long version), "Hangover" (instrumental that was the B-side on the UK issue of "Christmas Wrapping"), and "Christmas Wrapping" (single edit).<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The band's lead singer Patty Donahue left in summer 1984 and was briefly replaced by Holly Beth Vincent. Vincent left the band two weeks later and Donahue returned.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Moore_2006_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Talevski_2006_3-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  The band finally split up in late 1984 after the departures of Carney and Klayman.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">Donahue died of lung cancer at the age of 40 on December 9, 1996.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Talevski_2006_3-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> == ===Albums<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> === ==Principal band members<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ==
 * Patty Donahue (lead vocals, 1978–1983, 1984)
 * Chris Butler (guitars)
 * Mars Williams (saxophone, reed instruments)
 * Billy Ficca (drums)
 * Dan Klayman (keyboards/organ)
 * Tracy Wormworth (bass, background vocals) (1982–1984)
 * David Hofstra (bass) (1978–1982)
 * Ariel Warner (background vocals) (1978–1982)
 * Ralph Carney (keyboards)
 * Holly Beth Vincent (briefly replaced Donahue as lead vocalist, 1984)