THE WAITRESSES..THEY KNEW WHAT BOYS LIKE!

FORMED IN 1981 IN AKRON,OHIO BY SINGER PATTY DONAHUE AND GUITARIST/SONGWRITER CHRIS BUTLER, THE WAITRESSES FIRST ALBUM,""WASN'T TOMORROW WONDERFUL", SPAWNED THE HIT " I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE". THOUGH THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1980, THE SONG DID'NT HIT UNTIL 1982, WHEN THE IST ALBUM HIT STORES. THE BAND ALSO RECORDED THE THEME SONG FOR THE SHORT-LIVED SITCOM "SQUARE PEGS", STARRING SARA JESSICA PARKER. ANOTHER HIT, THE YULETIME TREASURE"CHRISTMAS WRAPPING", WAS COVERED BY THE SPICE GIRLS IN 1992. THEIR SECOND ALBUM, "BRUISEOLOGY", AND AN EP, "I COULD RULE THE WORLD IF I COULD ONLY GET THE PARTS" MADE LITTLE SPLASH ON THE PUBLIC. BOTH ALBUMS ARE NOW OUT OF PRINT, AND HAVE NEVER BEEN RELEASED ON CD. IN THE SUMMER OF 1984, LEAD SINGER PATTY DONAHUE LEFT THE BAND ...AND WAS REPLACED...FOR TWO WEEKS, THEN RE-JOINED THE GRUOP. THE WAITRESSES SPLIT FOR GOOD IN LATE 1984. LEAD SINGER PATTY DONAHUE DIED ON DECEMBER 9,1996 AT THE AGE OF 40 ,DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM LUNG CANCER. IN 1990, POLYDOR RELEASED "THE BEST OF THE WAITRESSES" ON CD.