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n. (dumb waiter English)
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Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.
The album includes the singles " Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright With You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".
Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.
"Dumb Waiters" is a song by English band The Psychedelic Furs from the band's 1981 album Talk Talk Talk. Written by the band and produced by Steve Lillywhite, it was released as a single in April. The New York City dance-punk band The Rapture recorded a cover of the song, which was included on the B-side of their 1998 debut single "The Chair That Squeaks".
Usage examples of "dumb waiters".
It was more hotel than home: twenty guest suites and ten bedrooms - all with private baths, two dining halls, a grand ballroom, winter garden, countless salons, six staircases, a free-standing smokehouse and seven dumb waiters.