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The Waitresses were an experimental post-punk band from Akron, Ohio. The group was led by guitarist/songwriter Chris Butler with lead vocals performed by Patty Donahue.〔〔 Source states The Waitresses were based in Kent, Ohio, rather than Akron.〕 == 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''.〔 The song was originally released by the band as a single on Antilles Records in 1980, but did not chart.〔 "The self-made single, 'I Know What Boys Like', has been a New York club favorite for ''a couple of years now''..." (emphasis added).〕 It became an underground hit, and when re-released in 1982, it peaked at No. 62 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100,〔 This chart shows the song at position 96, but includes an inset giving its highest chart position of 62.〕 No. 23 on ''Billboards Top Tracks chart, No. 14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report),〔 "The self-made single, 'I Know What Boys Like', has been a New York club favorite for ''a couple of years now''..." (emphasis added).〕 and also charted in the UK.〔 The Waitresses also recorded the theme song to the television program ''Square Pegs'',〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Waitresses, The – I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get the Parts )〕 which aired during the 1982–83 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Waitresses )〕 (The band appeared as themselves in the pilot episode.)〔 Their Christmas song "Christmas Wrapping" was originally released on the ZE Records album ''A Christmas Record'' in 1981,〔 and became a No. 45 hit in the United Kingdom in 1982.〔 The song was subsequently covered by the Spice Girls in 1998, as the B-side of their single "Goodbye"〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 100 Hot Holiday Songs )〕 and by the television show ''Glee'' sung by the character Brittany for their 2011 Christmas special.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 'Glee' Extraordinary Merry Christmas (2011) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 'Glee' Extraordinary Merry Christmas (2011) )〕 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''.〔 For many years, none of these were easily available on CD, but that was rectified by 2013's ''Just Desserts: The Complete Waitresses'', which collects virtually all of the band's recordings for Polygram. 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.〔〔 The band finally split up in late 1984 after the departures of Carney and Klayman. Donahue died of lung cancer at the age of 40 on December 9, 1996.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Waitresses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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