Cyndi Lauper
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Cyndi Lauper was one of the biggest stars of the early MTV era, selling five million copies of her debut album, She's So Unusual. and a hit single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".
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[edit] About
Cyndi Lauper was born on June 22, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. Cyndi was a high school dropped out because she chooses to sing in a local band instead of schooling. Cyndi studied her voice lesson from Katherine Agresta, a well-known vocal teacher in New York. In 1977, keyboardist, John Turi and Cyndi formed a duo called Blue Angel. Over the next few years, the duo released their debut album Blue Angel but the record was a flopped, afterwards, Cyndi filed for bankruptcy which led to the disbandment of the said duo.
After the disbandment, Cyndi performed in local clubs and restaurants. In 1983, Cyndi and her manager and boyfriend David Wolff signed a recording contract with Portrait Records. At the end of the year, she released her first album, She's So Unusual and first single "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" became an instant hit in 1984, climbing to number four spot on the U.S. Charts. The album was a five times platinum, and it was also a hit in U.K. and Europe. Her next single, "Time After Time" reached the number one spot and her other two singles, "All Through The Night" and "She Bop" peaked into Top Ten Charts.
Because of the success of her album, Cyndi became an instant big star. In 1985, her single, "The Goonies R' Good Enough" was released which became the movie theme song of a children's adventure film "The Goonies".
In 1986, Cyndi's next album, True Colors was released, the title track went number one, her album climbed to number four spot and went platinum but because of the adult contemporary sound, she lost some of her fans.
Cyndi's first starring role was the 1988's comedy "Vibes Bombed" was a big flopped. Her third album, A Night to Remember, and her single, "I Drove All Night" despite being at the top ten, its sales was very disappointing. The next year, she divorced David Wolff and married an actor, David Thorton.
In 1993, after a few years of inactive in the music industry, she released her next album, Hat Full of Stars that she produced and wrote all the tracks. The record was not a hit, peaking only at number 112 in the Charts. The next year, she released her first compilation album, Twelve Deadly Cyns..And Then Some in the United Kingdom, and reached number two, while a remixed of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" became number one.
In 1997, her first album under a new material was released, but despite of getting positive reviews, it was not a big hit. In 1998, she released her first Christmas album, Merry Christmas. Have a Nice Life!.
She returned to her former studio in 2003 for her album, At Last, which contained a collection of Pop Standards that garnered positive reviews. In 2005, she released another compilation album, The Body Acoustic that was a collection of her previous hits.
[edit] Awards
| Year | Category | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Outstanding Guest Actress in A Comedy Series for "Mad About You" | Emmy Awards |
| 1985 | New Directories Award | Women in Film Crystal Awards |
| 1984 | Best Female New Artist | Grammy Awards |
| 1984 | Best Female Video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | Grammy Awards |
| 1984 | Female Pop/Rock Artist | American Music Awards |
| 1984 | Female Pop/Rock Video Artist | American Music Awards |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Song | U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Girl's Just Want To Have Fun | 2 | 1 | She's So Unusual |
| 1984 | Time After Time | 1 | 1 | She's So Unusual |
| 1984 | She Bop | 3 | 10 | She's So Unusual |
| 1984 | All Through The Night | 5 | 4 | She's So Unusual |
| 1986 | True Colors | 1 | 5 | True Colors |
| 1986 | Changes of Heart | 3 | 4 | True Colors |
| 1987 | What's Going On | 12 | 17 | True Colors |
| 2003 | Walk On By | - | 10 | At Last |
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[edit] Tours & Concerts
There are no current tour and concert schedules for Cyndi Lauper.
[edit] Announcements
There are no announcements as of this time
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
 1983 Portrait Records |
 1986 Portrait Records |
 1989 Epic Records |
 1993 Epic Records |
 April 1, 1997 Epic Records |
 November 18, 2003 Epic Records |
 April 21, 2004 Sony Records |
[edit] Singles
 1983 Portrait Records |
 1984 Portrait Records |
 1984 Portrait Records |
 1984 Portrait Records |
 1984 Portrait Records |
 1986 Portrait Records |
 September 1986 Portrait Records |
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 December 1986 Portrait Records |
 March 1987 Portrait Records |
 July 1988 Epic Records |
 1989 Epic Records |
 1989 Epic Records |
 May 1992 Epic Records |
 1993 Sony Records |
 1993 Sony Records |
 June 22, 1993 Sony Records |
 January 1995 Sony Records |
 August 8, 1995 Sony Records |
 November 21, 1995 Sony Records |
 April 15, 1997 Sony Records |
[edit] Compilations & Live Releases
 July 18, 1995 Alex Imports |
 Octobe 27, 1998 Sony Records |
 December 28, 1999 Sony International |
 2002 |
 October 1, 2002 Sony Records |
 June 10, 2003 Epic Records |
 July 13, 2004 Epic Records |
 April 5, 2005 Sony BMG |
 October 11, 2005 Madacy Records |
 November 28, 2005 Epic Records |
 March, 22, 2007 Sony |
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[edit] Contemporaries
[edit] Trivia
- Cyndi Lauper Worked at New York high-end thrift store "Screaming Minis".
- She played the secretary of of Michael J. Fox in the movie "Life with Mikey".
- She was the first female to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top 5 Hits from 1 album.
