Cyndi Lauper

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• Girls Just Want to have Fun

Artist Biography

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), is a Grammy Award-winning singer (who possesses a four-octave vocal range) and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. Her melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s and New Wave — the decade and genre in which she first came to fame.

Born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began her career in a cover band, but soon began performing her own songs - though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained vocal chords in 1977). By 1980 she'd released a rockabilly album on Polydor with the band Blue Angel. Despite much critical acclaim, the album "went lead," as Lauper says, and the band split as Lauper filed for bankruptcy.

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Artist Discography

Albums

A Night to Remember (1989)
At Last (2003-11-17)
Hat Full of Stars (1993)
Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life! (1998)
She's So Unusual (2000-11-21)
Shine (2004-04-21)
Sisters of Avalon (1997-04-17)
The Body Acoustic (2005-11-08)
True Colors (1986)

EPs

Shine (2002-07-16)
Shine Remixes (2003)

Singles

Ballad of Cleo & Joe
Disco Inferno (1999-08-11)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983)
Hey Now (1994)
My First Night Without You (1989)
She Bop
That's What I Think
The World is Stone
You Don't Know

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