Rock
United States
The Waitresses
About The Waitresses
Hometown
Akron, OH, United States
Formed
1978
Genre
Rock
Best known for the quirky holiday hit “Christmas Wrapping,” The Waitresses helped shape the early-’80s new wave scene with their adventurous guitar-bass-keyboard-sax interplay.
∙ Their 1980 club single “I Know What Boys Like” became a Billboard Hot 100 hit after they rerecorded it for their 1982 debut LP, Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful?.
∙ “Christmas Wrapping” first appeared on the 1981 compilation A Christmas Record and was later included on the band’s 1982 EP, I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts.
∙ The Waitresses wrote the theme song for the 1982 Sarah Jessica Parker sitcom Square Pegs, and they appeared during a school dance scene in the show’s premiere episode.
∙ Bruiseology, their 1983 sophomore LP, was coproduced by Grammy-winning producer Hugh Padgham (The Police, Phil Collins).
∙ During the 2020 holiday season, “Christmas Wrapping” was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Alternative Digital Song Sales singles chart.
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