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Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper's is a true rags-to-riches story, though even at the peak of her stardom
she paid homage to her working class roots through her poverty-inspired thrift store
fashions.
Lauper's beginnings were inauspicious: she was raised in Brooklyn by a single mother
who waited tables to pay the bills. Her singing career nearly came to an end, having
ruined her voice by 1977. Under the guidance of a voice coach, she sang with folk-rock
band group Blue Angel, only to find herself filing for bankruptcy after the band split
and lost a lawsuit to their management company.
The early '80s would bring a dramatic turnaround for Lauper, as her boyfriend/manager
managed to pen her a contract with the Portrait label, a division of CBS. "Girls Just
Want to Have Fun" introduced the world to Cyndi Lauper, and audiences on both sides of
the Atlantic responded by taking the single as far as #2 on the charts. The video
featured Lauper's mother in the role, of course, of Lauper's mother.
Her debut album, "She's So Unusual," showed her at her most playful, from half-serious
hits such as "She Bop" to a faithful rendition of a sixty year old boy-toy piece.
With the album came a number 1 hit with "Time After Time," Rolling Stone and Grammy
Awards for Best New Artist, and MTV Best Female Video award, and even Ms. Magazine's
woman of the Year award.
While she had another number 1 hit in 1986 with "True Colors," Lauper could never
recreate the excitement of her first outing and has seen a gradual decline in interest
and critical response. But lack of interest has not stopped her from continuing to
both record and tour, and she saw a brief comeback in the U.K. a few years ago with
the release of "Twelve Deadly Cyns..." a greatest hits album of sorts with remixes as
well as some new material.
Cyndi Lauper song lyrics...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Time After Time
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