Cyndi Lauper

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Artist Biography

Cyndi Lauper (born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper on June 22, 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a Grammy Award-winning singer (who possesses a four-octave vocal range) and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. She was lead singer of the rockabilly band Blue Angel before her rise to fame as a solo singer. 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 (17 November 2003)
Bring Ya to the Brink (27 May 2008)
Hat Full of Stars (1993)
Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life! (1998)
She's So Unusual (21 November 2000)
Shine (21 April 2004)
Sisters of Avalon (17 April 1997)
The Body Acoustic (2005)
True Colors (1986)

EPs

Shine (16 July 2002)
Shine Remixes (2003)

Singles

Ballad of Cleo & Joe
Disco Inferno (11 August 1999)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983)
Hey Now (1994)
Into the Nightlife (22 September 2008)
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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