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Cyndi Lauper Biography |
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| Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper also known as Cyndi Lauper, is an Grammy Award-winning singer and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. Cyndi Lauper was born in Ozone Park, New York to Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She has a sister (Elen) and a brother (Frank). She started writing her own lyrics, & plays guitar at the age of 12. In late seventies Lauper performed as a vocalist with various bands such as "Flyer" & "Doc West". She had her own band Blue Angel. In 1980, they released a album on Polydor Records. lauper had a four-octave singing range, perfect pitch, and a vocal style all her own. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager and got her signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. On October 14, 1983, She's So Unusual was released, which became a worldwide hit and made Lauper a household name. The album was a mixture of teen-friendly pop-rock, synthesized dance music, punk-edged vocals and a mainstream New Wave sound. The album's lead single was "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," which quickly established itself as a female anthem, and its accompanying video proved very popular on MTV. Other hits from the album included: "Time After Time," a romantic ballad that would later be covered by over 120 artists, most notably Miles Davis; "She Bop," a paean to masturbation; "All Through the Night," which Jules Shear wrote for her; and "Money Changes Everything," a cover of The Brains' New Wave number. She's So Unusual also included "When You Were Mine," a cover of Prince's song that was later released as a promotional single in 1985. At the time, Lauper became very popular with teenagers and critics, in part due to her totally original hybrid punk image. She spent 1984 touring and promoting She's So Unusual, where she showcased her incredible ability for live performance. By the end of the year, she was the first female to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top-five hits from one album. She had the good fortune to also have Rob Hyman & Eric Bazilian of The Hooters as her studio band to record background vocals, music tracks and instrumentals for the album. Lauper released her second album True Colors on September 15, 1986, revealing a more mature sound and sensibility. It reached number four on the Billboard 200. For this album, she wanted to be taken more seriously and increased her involvement both in production and songwriting. Guests on the album included: Nile Rodgers, Aimee Mann, Billy Joel and The Bangles. Although the album wasn't as successful as its predecessor, it contained a few hit singles: the title track, which went on to become her second platinum number-one hit and won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "Change of Heart," "Boy Blue," and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." True Colors also featured the track "Maybe He'll Know," which was originally from the Blue Angel album. She also sang the jaunty theme song for the series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" the same year, though she was credited as "Ellen Shaw." Lauper embarked on the True Colors World Tour to promote the album. | |||||||||||||
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