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Cyndi Lauper

March 12, 2023

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953)[2] is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist.[3] Her career has spanned over 40 years.[4] Her album She's So Unusual (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies (1985) and her second record True Colors (1986). This album included the number-one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three. In 1989, she had a hit with "I Drove All Night".

Cyndi Lauper
Lauper in 2022
Born
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper

(1953-06-22) June 22, 1953 (age 69)
New York City, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • activist
Years active1977–present
Spouse
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(m. 1991)​
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • Appalachian Dulcimer
Labels
Websitecyndilauper.com
Signature

Since 1983, Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects. In 2010, Memphis Blues became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2013, she won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, making her the first woman to win the category by herself.[5] The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical. In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording. In 2016, the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards.[6]

Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide.[7] She has won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York's Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Billboard Awards, and American Music Awards (AMAs).[8] An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).[9] She won the inaugural Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". This music video is recognized by MTV, VH1 and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music videos of the era.[10][11][12][13] She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Women Who Rock exhibit.[14] Her debut album is included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[15] while "Time After Time" is included in VH1's list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years.[16] VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll.[17]

Lauper is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing,[18] and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range.[19] She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration.[20]

Life and career

1953–1979: Early life

Lauper was born in Brooklyn, New York City,[21] to a Catholic family. Her father, Fred, was of Swiss-German descent, and a direct descendant of Christen Lauper, a leader of the Swiss peasant war of 1653.[22][23] Her mother, Catrine (née Gallo) (1930-2022),[24] was of Italian descent (from Sicily). Lauper's siblings are her younger brother Fred (nicknamed Butch), and older sister, Ellen.[25] Lauper's parents divorced when she was five.[4] Her mother remarried and divorced again.[26]

Lauper grew up in the Ozone Park[27] neighborhood of Queens and, as a child, listened to such artists as The Beatles and Judy Garland. At age 12, she began writing songs and playing an acoustic guitar given to her by her sister.[28][29]

Lauper expressed herself with a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing,[18] and took a friend's advice to spell her name as "Cyndi" rather than "Cindy". Her unconventional sense of style led to classmates bullying and throwing stones at her.[27]

Lauper went to Richmond Hill High School, but was expelled[30] although she later earned her GED.[31][32] She left home at 17, to escape her abusive stepfather,[27] intending to study art. Her journey took her to Canada, where she spent two weeks in the woods with her dog Sparkle, trying to find herself.[33] She eventually traveled to Vermont, where she took art classes at Johnson State College and supported herself working odd jobs.[34][35][36] In 2019, Lauper gave the commencement address at Northern Vermont University - Johnson, the academic institution that now includes Johnson State. At this event, NVU awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters.[36]

In the early 1970s, Lauper performed as a vocalist with various cover bands. One, called Doc West, covered disco songs as well as Janis Joplin. A later band, Flyer, was active in the New York metropolitan area, singing hits by bands including Bad Company, Jefferson Airplane and Led Zeppelin. Although Lauper was performing on stage, she was not happy singing covers.[37] In 1977, Lauper damaged her vocal cords and took a year off from singing. She was told by doctors that she would never sing again, but regained her voice with the help of vocal coach Katie Agresta.[38]

1980–1982: Blue Angel

Main article: Blue Angel

In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt. Turi and Lauper formed a band named Blue Angel and recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky, manager of The Allman Brothers Band,[39] heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager.[40]

Lauper received recording offers as a solo artist, but held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Lauper hated the album cover, saying that it made her look like Big Bird, but Rolling Stone magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers (2003). Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly ("It went lead", as Lauper later joked) and the band broke up. The members of Blue Angel had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager. He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy.[41] After this Lauper temporarily lost her voice due to an inverted cyst in her vocal cord.[42]

After Blue Angel broke up, Lauper spent time, due to her financial problems, working in retail stores, waitressing at IHOP (which she quit after being demoted to hostess when the manager sexually harassed her),[27] and singing in local clubs. Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero.[42] Music critics who saw Lauper perform with Blue Angel believed she had star potential due to her four-octave singing range.[19] In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager and had her sign a recording contract with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.[43]

1983–1985: She's So Unusual

Main article: She's So Unusual
 
Lauper in 1985

On October 14, 1983, Lauper released her first solo album, She's So Unusual. The album became a worldwide hit, peaking at No. 4 in the U.S. and reaching the top five in eight other countries. The primary studio musicians were Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman (of The Hooters), Rick Chertoff, Richard Termini and Peter Wood. Lauper became popular with teenagers and critics, in part due to her hybrid punk image, which was crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas.[44]

Lauper co-wrote four songs on She's So Unusual, including the hits "Time After Time" and "She Bop". On the songs she did not write, Lauper sometimes changed the lyrics. Such is the case with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". Lauper found the original lyrics to be misogynistic, so she rewrote the song as an anthem for young women.[45]

The album includes five cover songs, including The Brains' new wave track "Money Changes Everything" (No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100) and Prince's "When You Were Mine". The album made Lauper the first female artist to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top five hits from one album. The LP stayed in the Top 200 charts for more than 65 weeks, and since has sold 16 million copies worldwide.[46][47]

Cyndi won Best New Artist at the 1985 Grammy Awards. She's So Unusual also received nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), and Song of the Year (for "Time After Time"). She wore almost a pound of necklaces at her award ceremony. It also won the Grammy for Best Album Package, which went to the art director, Janet Perr.[48][49]

The video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" won the inaugural award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, and made Lauper an MTV staple. The video featured professional wrestling manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Lauper's father, and her real-life mother, Catrine, as her mother,[50] and also featured her attorney, her manager, her brother Butch, and her dog Sparkle.[51] In 1984–85, Lauper appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone magazine, Time, and Newsweek. She appeared twice on the cover of People, and was named a Ms. magazine Woman of the Year in 1985.[52]

In 1985, Lauper participated in USA for Africa's famine-relief fund-raising single "We Are the World", which sold more than 20 million copies since then.[53]

Lauper appeared with professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who played her "bodyguard"[54][55] and would also later make many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation's "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection" events, and played Wendi Richter's manager in the inaugural WrestleMania event.[56] Dave Wolff, Lauper's boyfriend and manager at the time, was a wrestling fan as a boy, and engineered the rock and wrestling connection.[57]

In 1985, Lauper released the single "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough", from the soundtrack to the movie The Goonies, and an accompanying video which featured several wrestling stars. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[58]

1986–1988: True Colors and Vibes

Lauper received a nomination at the 1986 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "What a Thrill," another in the same category the following year (for the album track “911”) and yet another in 1988, Best Long Form Music Video for Cyndi Lauper in Paris.[59]

Lauper released her second album, True Colors in 1986. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 42 and rose to its #4 peak.[60]

In 1986, Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album The Bridge, with a song called "Code of Silence". She is credited as having written the lyrics with Joel and she sings a duet with him. In the same year, Lauper also sang the theme song for the series Pee-wee's Playhouse, credited as "Ellen Shaw". In 1987, David Wolff produced a concert film for Lauper called Cyndi Lauper in Paris. The concert was broadcast on HBO.[61]

Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy Vibes, alongside Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, and Julian Sands. Lauper played a psychic in search of a city of gold in South America. Deborah Blum and Tony Ganz produced the film, with David Wolff as associate producer. To prepare for the role, Lauper took a few classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiancé School of Beauty in New York, and studied with a few Manhattan psychics. The film flopped and was poorly received by critics, but would later be considered a cult classic.[62][63]

Lauper contributed a track called "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" for the Vibes soundtrack, but the song was not included. A music video was released, a high energy, comic action/adventure romp through a Chinese laundry. The song reached No. 54 on the US charts,[64] but fared better in Australia, reaching No. 8.[65]

1989–1992: A Night to Remember and marriage

A Night to Remember – Lauper's third album – was released in the spring of 1989. The album had one hit, the No. 6 single "I Drove All Night", originally recorded by Roy Orbison, three years before his death on December 6, 1988. Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1990 Grammy Awards for "I Drove All Night", but overall album sales for A Night to Remember were down. The music video for the album's song "My First Night Without You" was one of the first to be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.[66]

Because of a friendship with Yoko Ono, Lauper took part in the May 1990 John Lennon tribute concert in Liverpool, performing the Beatles song "Hey Bulldog", and the John Lennon song "Working Class Hero".[67] She also took part in Ono and Lennon's son Sean's project called "The Peace Choir", performing a new version of Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance".[68][better source needed]

On November 24, 1991, Lauper married actor David Thornton.[69]

1993–1995: Hat Full of Stars and Twelve Deadly Cyns

Lauper's fourth album Hat Full of Stars was released in June 1993 and was met with critical acclaim, but failed commercially, unsupported by her label. The album, which tackled such topics as homophobia, spousal abuse, racism, and abortion sold fewer than 120,000 copies in the United States and peaked at No. 112 on the Billboard charts.[70] The video for the album's song "Sally's Pigeons" features the then-unknown Julia Stiles as the young Cyndi.[71]

In 1993, Lauper returned to acting, playing Michael J. Fox's ditzy secretary in Life with Mikey. She also won an Emmy Award[72] for her role as Marianne Lugasso in the sitcom Mad About You.[73]

1996–2000: Motherhood and Sisters of Avalon

 
Lauper performing in 2000

On November 19, 1997, Lauper gave birth to her son, Declyn Wallace Lauper Thornton.[74] Her fifth album, Sisters of Avalon, was released in Japan in 1996, and elsewhere in 1997. The album was written and produced with the help of Jan Pulsford (Lauper's keyboard player) and producer Mark Saunders. As in Hat Full of Stars, some of the songs in Sisters of Avalon addressed dark themes. The song "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" addressed the complications of a drag queen's double life. The song "Say a Prayer" was written for a friend of hers who had died from AIDS. "Unhook the Stars" was used in the movie of the same name. Again without support from her label, the release failed in America, spending a single week on the Billboard album chart at No. 188. This album also met with much critical praise, including People magazine, which declared it "'90s nourishment for body and soul. Lauper sets a scene, makes us care, gives us hope."[75]

On January 17, 1999, Lauper appeared as an animated version of herself in The Simpsons episode "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", singing the National Anthem to the melody of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". That same year, Lauper opened for Cher's Do You Believe? Tour alongside Wild Orchid.[76] She also appeared in the films Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and The Opportunists.[77] She contributed to the soundtrack of the 2000 animated film, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, performing the song "I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever".

2001–2004: Shine and At Last

On October 12, 2000, Lauper took part in the television show Women in Rock, Girls with Guitars performing with Ann Wilson of Heart and with the girl group, Destiny's Child. A CD of the songs performed was released exclusively to Sears stores from September 30 to October 31, 2001, and was marketed as a fundraiser for breast cancer.[78]

In 2002, Sony issued a best-of CD, The Essential Cyndi Lauper. Lauper also released a cover album with Sony/Epic Records entitled At Last (formerly Naked City), which was released in 2003. At Last received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), for "Unchained Melody". The effort was also a commercial hit, selling 4.5 million records[79]

In April 2004, Lauper performed during the VH1's benefit concert Divas Live 2004 alongside Ashanti, Gladys Knight, Jessica Simpson, Joss Stone and Patti LaBelle, in support of the Save the Music Foundation.[80]

2005–2007: The Body Acoustic

She made appearances on Showtime's hit show Queer as Folk in 2005, directed a commercial for Totally 80s edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit in 2006, served as a judge on the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards and made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated The Threepenny Opera as Jenny. She performed with Shaggy, Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver/Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Monahan of Train, Ani DiFranco, and The Hooters in the VH1 Classics special Decades Rock Live. In 2006, she sang "Message To Michael" with Dionne Warwick[81] and "Beecharmer" with Nellie McKay on McKay's Pretty Little Head album.[82]

On October 16, 2006, Lauper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.[83] In 2007, she served as a guest performer on the song "Lady in Pink" on an episode of the Nick Jr. show, The Backyardigans.

2008–2009: Bring Ya to the Brink

 
Cyndi Lauper performing in 2008

Lauper's sixth studio album, Bring Ya to the Brink was released in the United States on May 27, 2008.[84]

 
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Other projects for 2008 included the True Colors Tour and a Christmas duet with Swedish band The Hives, entitled "A Christmas Duel". The song was released as a CD single and a 7" vinyl in Sweden.[85] Lauper also performed on the "Girls Night Out", headlining it with Rosie O'Donnell in the US.[86]

On November 17, 2009, Lauper performed a collaborative work with Wyclef Jean called "Slumdog Millionaire", performing it on the Late Show with David Letterman.[87]

2010–2012: The Celebrity Apprentice, Memphis Blues, memoir

In January 2010, Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie doll as part of their "Ladies of the 80s" series.[88]

In March 2010, Lauper appeared on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice, coming in sixth place.[89]

Memphis Blues—Lauper's 7th studio album—was released on June 22, 2010, and debuted on the Billboard Blues Albums chart at No. 1, and at No. 26 on the Billboard Top 200. The album remained No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart for 14 consecutive weeks; Memphis Blues was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards.[90]

Lauper made international news in March 2011 for an impromptu performance of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" while waiting for a delayed flight at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires. A video was later posted on YouTube.[91][92]

In November 2011, she released two Christmas singles exclusive to iTunes. The first release was a Blues-inspired cover of Elvis Presley's classic "Blue Christmas", and the second was a new version of "Home for the holidays", a duet with Norah Jones. In June 2012, Lauper made her first appearance for WWE in 27 years, to promote WWE Raw's 1000th episode to memorialize "Captain" Lou Albano.[93]

In September 2012, Lauper performed at fashion designer Betsey Johnson's 40 year Retrospective Fashion show.[94] She also released a New York Times best selling memoir that detailed her struggle with child abuse and depression.[95]

2013–2015: Kinky Boots and touring

Lauper composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, with Harvey Fierstein writing the book. The musical was based on the 2006 independent film Kinky Boots. It opened in Chicago in October 2012[96] and on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4, 2013.[97] In May, she won Best Score for Kinky Boots at the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards.[98] The musical led the 2013 Tony Awards, with 13 nominations and six wins including Best Musical and Best Actor. She won the award for Best Original Score.[99] Lauper was the first woman to win solo in this category. After a six-year run and 2,507 regular shows, Kinky Boots ended its Broadway run on April 7, 2019. It is the 25th-longest-running Broadway musical in history. It grossed $297 million on Broadway.[100]

In the summer of 2013, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut album She's So Unusual, Lauper embarked on an international tour covering America and Australia. The show consisted of a mix of fan favorites and the entirety of the She's So Unusual record. She was a guest on 36 dates of Cher's Dressed to Kill Tour, starting April 23, 2014.[101][102] A new album was confirmed by Lauper on a website interview.[103]

Lauper hosted the Grammy Pre-Telecast at the Nokia Theatre, L.A. on Jan 26,[104] where she later accepted a Grammy for Kinky Boots (Best Musical Theater Album).[105]

On April 1 (March 1 in Europe), Lauper released the 30th Anniversary edition of She's So Unusual through Epic Records[106] It featured a remastered version of the original album plus three new remixes. The Deluxe Edition featured bonus tracks such as demos and a live recording as well as a 3D cut-out of the bedroom featured in the 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' music video with a reusable sticker set.[107]

On September 17, 2014, Lauper sang on the finale of America's Got Talent.[27][108] On September 25, as part of the Today Show's Shine a Light series, Lauper re-recorded "True Colors" in a mashup with Sara Bareilles' "Brave" to raise awareness and money for children battling cancer.[109] By October the project had raised over $300,000.[110]

The Songwriters Hall of Fame included Lauper in its nomination list in October 2014.[111] Also during October, Lauper's fourth consecutive 'Home for the Holidays' benefit concert for homeless gay youth was announced. Acts included 50 Cent and Laverne Cox with 100% of the net proceeds going to True Colors United[112]

In March 2015, Lauper once again guest starred on the crime show Bones as Avalon Harmonia.[113]

Lauper promoted her work with Novartis and the National Psoriasis Foundation, and discussed her own five years with psoriasis, on The Today Show in July 2015. She also announced a project with producer Seymour Stein, which she later told Rolling Stone was a country album coproduced by Tony Brown.[114]

On September 15, 2015, Kinky Boots opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End.[115]

On August 30, 2017, songwriters Benny Mardones and Robert Tepper sued Lauper for lifting elements from their song "Into the Night" for Kinky Boots' final song "Raise You Up".[116] In August 2019, a filed letter by Mardones' lawyer stated that all parties involved have agreed in principle to settle the case. No more details were given at the time.[117]

2016–present: Detour and more

In January 2016, Lauper announced she would release a new album on May 6, 2016. This was composed of her interpretations of early country classics entitled Detour.[118] The announcement was supported by a release of her version of Harlan Howard's "Heartaches by the Number" and a performance on Skyville Live with Kelsea Ballerini and Ingrid Michaelson.[119] On February 17, 2016, she released her version of Wanda Jackson's "Funnel of Love".[120]

In February 2016, Lauper was nominated for an Olivier Award for her contribution to the UK production of Kinky Boots along with Stephen Oremus, the man responsible for the arrangements.[121] In January 2017, this production's album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.[122]

In May 2016, Lauper was featured on "Swipe to the Right" from Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise by French producer Jean-Michel Jarre. This second album of the Electronica project is based on collaborations with artists related to electronic music (Tangerine Dream, Moby, Pet Shop Boys, etc.).[123]

In October 2016, her son Dex Lauper was the opening act for her Scottsdale, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada dates on her Detour Tour.[124]

In January 2017, Lauper was featured on Austin City Limits' 42nd season performing some of her classic songs alongside country tunes from Detour. The episode aired on PBS.[125]

In March 2018, it was announced that Lauper together with co-"Time After Time" songwriter Rob Hyman is going to compose the score for the musical version of the 1988 film Working Girl which starred Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver. She teamed up with Hyman because she wanted "the music to sound like the 80s". The musical will be staged by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley. A developmental production premiere of the musical is planned for the 2021/2022 season.[126][127]

For Grandin Road, Lauper exclusively designed her own Christmas collection, 'Cyndi Lauper Loves Christmas', available from September 2018. "I've always loved Christmas, it reminds me to find some happiness in the little things," said Lauper.[128]

Her annual Home For The Holidays concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York was held on December 8, 2018.[128]

Lauper guest starred playing a lawyer in an episode of the reboot of the television series Magnum P.I.. The episode, titled "Sudden Death", aired on October 22, 2018.[129]

On November 15, 2018, it was announced that Lauper would receive the Icon Award at the Billboard's 13th annual Women in Music Event on December 6 in New York City. According to Jason Lipshutz, Billboard's editorial director, "The entire world recognizes the power of Cyndi Lauper's pop music, and just as crucially, she has used her undeniable talent to soar beyond music, create positive change in modern society and become a true icon."[130]

The song "Together" was featured in the Canadian computer-animated film Racetime released in January 2019. Originally written and performed in French by Dumas, Lauper performed the English translation in the English version of the film originally titled La Course des tuques.[131]

On June 26, 2019, Lauper performed at the opening ceremony of Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019.[132] Backed by the Hollywood Bowl orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins, Lauper played two concerts on July 12 and 13, 2019 at the iconic Hollywood Bowl.[133]

"Japanese Singles Collection – Greatest Hits" is a 2-disc greatest hits album that includes all of Laupers' singles released in Japan from 1983 to 1995 in chronological order. The second disc contains 26 music videos. Nine of these are available for the first time on DVD. The album was released on September 6, 2019, nine days after its original Japanese release.[134][needs update]

In September 2019, it was announced that Lauper would star alongside Jane Lynch in the new Netflix comedy series described as "kind of The Golden Girls for today".[135][136] As of March 2021, there had not been any updates on this project.

On January 26, 2020, Lauper sang a chorus from the song "I Sing the Body Electric" of the soundtrack from the 1980 movie Fame at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards Show held in Los Angeles. Other performers were Ben Platt, Camila Cabello, Debbie Allen, who starred in the original movie, and more. It was a sendoff to long time Grammy Awards television producer Ken Ehrlich. He retired after a four-decade run of producing the show.[137][138]

On April 23, 2020, Lauper parti//cipated in an online fundraising concert to raise money for LGBTQ nightlife workers who struggled financially because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lauper ended the concert performing "True Colors". The concert was initiated by the Stonewall Inn Gives Back nonprofit organization of the historic Greenwich Village gay bar. Other performing artists were Kate Pierson, Our Lady J, Rufus Wainwright and Darren Hayes amongst others.[139]

In November 2020, Lauper dueted with former top ten "American Idol" finalist Casey Abrams on a cover version of the song "Eve of Destruction".[140]

In November 2021 Lauper featured as guest vocalist on the track "Blame it on Christmas" by Shea Diamond. An official video was released the following month.[141]

Lauper performed at the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Show honoring Joni Mitchell on April 1.[142]

 
Lauper speaking to reporters at the White House in 2022.

In May 2022 it was announced that Alison Ellwood will direct a career retrospective documentary about Lauper. The project is already in production but does not yet have a release date. Let The Canary Sing will be the title of this career spanning documentary produced by Sony Music Entertainment.[143][144][145]

On 13 December 2022 Lauper and Alex Nolan performed "True Colors" at a White House celebration.[146] That day president Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law. Quote, 'The new law provides federal recognition to same-sex marriages, a measure born out of concern that the Supreme Court could reverse its legal support of such relationships.'[147]

In January 2023 she was among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “Seeing my name on this year’s ballot with so many talents that I admire means so much to me,” she adds. “It has been a lifetime privilege to reach so many different kinds of fans with a message of following your own path (and having fun along the way, too).”, said Lauper. The inductees will be revealed in May 2023.[148][149]

Personal life

Lauper was in a relationship from 1982 to 1988 with her then manager, Dave Wolff.

Lauper has been married to actor David Thornton since 1991. They have one son, born on November 19, 1997.[150]

Lauper has openly discussed her psoriasis, including in advertisements for Cosentyx.[151][152][153]

Activism

 
Lauper performing at the Gay Games VII, Wrigley Field, July 22, 2006

Lauper has been an LGBT rights supporter throughout her career, campaigning for equality through various charities and gay pride events around the world. Lauper stated that she became involved in gay rights advocacy because her sister Ellen is a lesbian and because Lauper herself was passionate about equality. Lauper cites her sister Ellen as a role model.[154]

Her song "Above the Clouds" celebrates the memory of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man beaten to death in Wyoming. As a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board, Lauper devoted a concert tour in 2005 to promoting the Foundation's message.[155]

She co-founded the True Colors tour for Human Rights throughout the United States and Canada in June 2007. One dollar from each ticket was earmarked for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates equal rights for LGBT individuals.[156]

In 2008, Lauper started True Colors United (TCU) after learning that, while 10% of American youth identify themselves as LGBT, up to 40% of American homeless youths do so. The organization works to end youth homelessness, focusing on the experiences of LGBT youth. She set up the True Colors Residence in New York City for LGBT homeless youths. The 30-bed facility offers temporary shelter and job placement help.[157] In April 2010, TCU launched the Give a Damn campaign, to help get straight people more involved in LGBT rights.[154] In December 2022, Lauper performed her song True Colors at the ceremony where U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law.[158]

In August 2008, she contributed an article titled "Hope" to The Huffington Post, encouraging Americans to vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election.[159] Lauper performed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[154]

In 2022, Lauper launched the Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights Fund, with a mission to support organizations “fighting for the right to abortion and reproductive healthcare.”[160]

Legacy

Lauper was described by AllMusic's Lindsay Planer as "an iconoclastic vocalist who revolutionized the role of women in rock and roll".[161] Over her 40-year career, she influenced multiple recording artists including Katy Perry,[162] Lady Gaga,[163] Vanessa Paradis,[164] Tegan and Sara,[165] Kim Petras,[166] and Yelle.[167] Due to her success and influence Lauper has been inducted into both the Hollywood and Songwriters Hall of Fame.[168]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Spotify said She's So Unusual and Lauper's distinctive idiosyncratic appearance "helped popularize the image of punk and new wave for America, making it an acceptable part of the pop landscape".[164] Rolling Stone magazine stated that her debut was "arguably the first time explicitly punk-influenced elements were front-and-center on the pop landscape, both musically and via Lauper's Patrick Lucas-styled ensembles, dressing up the droll Reagan decade in feminist chutzpah."[169] The album ranked at No. 487 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003. The album ranked at No. 41 on Rolling Stone's list of Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012.[170] Rolling Stone's review stated, "A wild and wonderful skyrocket of a voice ... Lauper's extraordinary pipes connect with the right material, the results sound like the beginning of a whole new golden age." Thirty years after its release, Entertainment Weekly called it an "everlastingly saucy supersmash".[171]

Sheila Moeschen argued that "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "embodied a different kind of feminine aesthetic that ran counter to the raw sensuality and edginess of her contemporaries like Madonna or veteran rockers Joan Jett and Pat Benatar", that introduced "a nation of women to a new kind of female role model, one that celebrated difference and encouraged playfulness in self-expression".[172] John Rockwell wrote that the song was "a giddily upbeat attestation to female pleasure that simultaneously made a feminist statement, fulfilled male fantasies and—especially in its often-played video version—evoked the warmth of family and friends".[173] Its music video won the first-ever Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs. It featured a multicultural cast of women with teased, sideways hair and neon eye shadow, singing alongside Lauper.[11]

"Time After Time" has been covered by over a hundred artists and was ranked at No. 22 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[174] and at No. 19 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.[175]

"She Bop", the third single from She's So Unusual, is the first and only top ten song to directly mention a gay porn magazine. An ode to masturbation, it was included in the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen" list that led to the parental advisory sticker appearing on recordings thought to be unsuitable for young listeners.[176] In a retrospective, Rolling Stone ranked it the 36th best song of 1984, praising its unusual playfulness regarding sexuality.[177]

"True Colors" is a gay anthem, after which True Colors United, which advocates for runaway and homeless LGBT youth, is named.[178]

Discography

Main article: Cyndi Lauper discography
Further information: Blue Angel (band) § Discography

Filmography

List of theatre, television, and film credits
Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Matters of the Heart Herself Broadway concert[179]
2006 The Threepenny Opera Jenny (Ginny Jenny/Low-Dive Jenny) Broadway musical[179][180]
2013 Kinky Boots N/A Broadway musical (writer)[179][181]
2017 SpongeBob SquarePants Broadway musical (writer, "Hero is My Middle Name")[179][182]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Herself 1 episode: "Robo Koopa/Captain Lou is Missing"[183]
1990 Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme Mary ("Mary Had a Little Lamb") TV movie[184]
1990 The Wall – Live in Berlin Young Pink TV movie
1993–1999 Mad About You Marianne Lugasso 4 episodes[72]
1999 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Pidge (voice) 1 episode: "The Happy Prince"[185]
1999 The Simpsons Herself (voice) 1 episode: "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"[186]
2004 Higglytown Heroes Operator Hero (voice) 1 episode: "Smooth Operator/Stinky Situation"[187]
2005 That's So Raven Ms. Petuto 1 episode: "Art Breaker"[188]
2005 Queer as Folk Herself 1 episode: "I Love You"[189]
2006 Top of the Pops Co-presenter 1 episode: "13/03/2006"[190]
2006 The Backyardigans Herself (voice) 1 episode: "International Super Spy: Part 1"[191]
2008 Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Herself 1 episode: "Fly the Super Gay Skies"[192]
2008 Gossip Girl Herself 1 episode: "Bonfire of the Vanity"[193]
2009 30 Rock Herself 1 episode: "Kidney Now!"[194]
2009 The Apprentice: The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Herself/Contestant Season 3[195]
2009–2015, 2017 Bones Avalon Harmonia 5 episodes[196]
2012 Bob's Burgers Performer (voice) 1 episode: "The Belchies"[197]
2012 Happily Divorced Kiki Kappelmaster 1 episode: "Follow the Leader"[198]
2013 Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual Herself 12 episodes (executive producer)[199]
2014 Front and Center Herself 1 episode[200]
2015 BrainSurge Jr. Substitute Host 1 episode
2018 Magnum P.I. Vanessa Nero 1 episode[201]
2020 Young Sheldon Herself (voice) 1 episode[202]
2020 Bubble Guppies Miss. Goo Goo (voice) 1 episode[203]
2020—2021 Project Runway Herself (Guest Judge) Episodes: "She's Sew Unusual" (Season 18) and "Couch Couture" (Season 19)
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1984 Prime Cuts Herself (cameo) [204]
1985 The Goonies Herself (cameo) [205]
1988 Vibes Sylvia Pickel [206]
1991 Off and Running Cyd Morse [207]
1993 Life with Mikey Geena Briganti [208]
1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Picnic Guest (uncredited) [209]
1996 Sesame Street Elmocize Twyla Direct-to-video[210]
2000 The Opportunists Sally Mahon [211]
2005 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie Herself (cameo) [212]
2009 Here and There Rose [213]
2011 National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie Little Johnny's Mom [214]
2014 Henry & Me Nurse Cyndi Nominated – Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production[215]

Tours

Headlining

  • Fun Tour (1983–84)
  • True Colors World Tour (1986–87)
  • A Night to Remember World Tour (1989)
  • Hat Full of Stars Tour (1993–94)
  • Twelve Deadly Cyns World Tour (1994–95)
  • Sisters of Avalon Tour (1996–97)
  • Summer Tour '99 (1999)
  • Shine Tour (2001–03)
  • At Last Tour (2003–04)
  • The Body Acoustic Tour (2005–06)
  • Bring Ya to the Brink Tour (2008)
  • Memphis Blues Tour (2010–11)
  • Japan Tour (benefit shows in Japan to aid for Earthquake and one show in Philippines only) (2012)
  • She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour (2013-2014)
  • Detour Tour (2016)

Co-headlining

Guest

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Cyndi Lauper

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper has won two awards from 16 nominations.[216]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1985 Cyndi Lauper Best New Artist Won
She's So Unusual Album of the Year Nominated
"Time After Time" Song of the Year Nominated
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Record of the Year Nominated
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
1986 "What a Thrill" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1987 "True Colors" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"911" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1988 "Cyndi Lauper in Paris" Best Performance Music Video Nominated
1990 "I Drove All Night" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated
1999 "Disco Inferno" Best Dance Recording Nominated
2005 "Unchained Melody" Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) Nominated
2009 Bring Ya to the Brink Best Electronic/Dance Album Nominated
2011 Memphis Blues Best Traditional Blues Album Nominated
2014 Kinky Boots Best Musical Theater Album Won
2017 Kinky Boots (Original West End Cast) Best Musical Theater Album Nominated

Note: "She's So Unusual" also won Best Album Package in 1985. Best Album Package is credited to the art director and not the performer, The art director was Janet Perr.[217]

Note: "We Are the World" (which featured Cyndi Lauper as a vocalist) also won Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Short Form, and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986. Song of the Year is credited to the songwriters and not the performer, The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.[218] Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group were presented to the producer in 1986, the song was produced by Quincy Jones.[219][220] Best Music Video, Short Form is presented to the director and producer, Tom Trbovich directed the video while Quincy Jones served as producer.[221]

Note: Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s), as she was one of the three arrangers along with Steve Gaboury and Don Sebesky.

Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. Lauper is the first woman to win a Tony solo for Best Score.[222]

Year Production Category Result
2013 Kinky Boots Best Original Score Won
2018 SpongeBob SquarePants Nominated

Emmy Awards

An Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry.

Year Production Category Result
1994 Mad About You: A Pair of Hearts Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated[72]
1995 Mad About You: Money Changes Everything Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Won[72]

MTV Video Music Award

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Lauper won one award from 14 nominations, the first Best Female Video.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1984 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Video of the Year Nominated[223]
Best New Artist Nominated[223]
Best Female Video Won[223]
Best Concept Video Nominated[223]
Viewer's Choice Nominated[223]
Best Overall Performance Nominated[223]
"Time After Time" Best New Artist Nominated[223]
Best Female Video Nominated[223]
Best Direction Nominated[223]
1987 "True Colors" Best Female Video Nominated[224]
"What's Going On" Best Cinematography Nominated[224]

Other recognition

Year By List Work Ranked
1993 Rolling Stone The 100 Top Music Videos[10] "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" No. 22
1999 VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll[17] Cyndi Lauper No. 58
MTV 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made[12] "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" No. 39
Rolling Stone 100 Best Albums of the '80s[225] She's So Unusual No. 75
2000 Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Pop Songs[226] "Time After Time" No. 66
MTV
2001 VH1 100 Greatest Videos[13] "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" No. 45
2002 Rolling Stone 50 Essential "Women in Rock" Albums[227] She's So Unusual No. 41
2003 VH1 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years[16] "Time After Time" No. 22
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[228] She's So Unusual No. 494
2006 VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's[229] "Time After Time" No. 19
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" No. 23
2017 VH1 VH1 Trailblazer Honor[230] LGBT activism
2019 Library of Congress National Recording Registry[231] She's So Unusual

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cyndi, lauper, cynthia, stephanie, lauper, thornton, born, june, 1953, american, singer, songwriter, actress, activist, career, spanned, over, years, album, unusual, 1983, first, debut, album, female, artist, achieve, four, five, hits, billboard, girls, just, . Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton born June 22 1953 2 is an American singer songwriter actress and activist 3 Her career has spanned over 40 years 4 Her album She s So Unusual 1983 was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Time After Time She Bop and All Through the Night and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards in 1985 Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies 1985 and her second record True Colors 1986 This album included the number one single True Colors and Change of Heart which peaked at number three In 1989 she had a hit with I Drove All Night Cyndi LauperLauper in 2022BornCynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper 1953 06 22 June 22 1953 age 69 New York City U S OccupationsSingersongwriteractressactivistYears active1977 presentSpouseDavid Thornton m 1991 wbr Children1Musical careerGenresPopdancenew wave 1 Instrument s Vocals Appalachian DulcimerLabelsPortraitEpicDaylightDowntownSireWebsitecyndilauper wbr comSignatureSince 1983 Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects In 2010 Memphis Blues became Billboard s most successful blues album of the year remaining at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks In 2013 she won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots making her the first woman to win the category by herself 5 The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical In 2014 Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording In 2016 the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 6 Lauper has sold over 50 million records worldwide 7 She has won awards at the Grammys Emmys Tonys the New York s Outer Critics Circle MTV Video Music Awards VMAs Billboard Awards and American Music Awards AMAs 8 An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards EGOT 9 She won the inaugural Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs for Girls Just Want to Have Fun This music video is recognized by MTV VH1 and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music videos of the era 10 11 12 13 She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame s Women Who Rock exhibit 14 Her debut album is included in Rolling Stone s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 15 while Time After Time is included in VH1 s list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years 16 VH1 has ranked Lauper No 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock amp Roll 17 Lauper is known for her distinctive image featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing 18 and for her powerful and distinctive four octave singing range 19 She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U S President Barack Obama s second inauguration 20 Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 1953 1979 Early life 1 2 1980 1982 Blue Angel 1 3 1983 1985 She s So Unusual 1 4 1986 1988 True Colors and Vibes 1 5 1989 1992 A Night to Remember and marriage 1 6 1993 1995 Hat Full of Stars and Twelve Deadly Cyns 1 7 1996 2000 Motherhood and Sisters of Avalon 1 8 2001 2004 Shine and At Last 1 9 2005 2007 The Body Acoustic 1 10 2008 2009 Bring Ya to the Brink 1 11 2010 2012 The Celebrity Apprentice Memphis Blues memoir 1 12 2013 2015 Kinky Boots and touring 1 13 2016 present Detour and more 2 Personal life 3 Activism 4 Legacy 5 Discography 6 Filmography 7 Tours 7 1 Headlining 7 2 Co headlining 7 3 Guest 8 Awards and nominations 8 1 Grammy Awards 8 2 Tony Awards 8 3 Emmy Awards 8 4 MTV Video Music Award 8 5 Other recognition 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksLife and career Edit1953 1979 Early life Edit Lauper was born in Brooklyn New York City 21 to a Catholic family Her father Fred was of Swiss German descent and a direct descendant of Christen Lauper a leader of the Swiss peasant war of 1653 22 23 Her mother Catrine nee Gallo 1930 2022 24 was of Italian descent from Sicily Lauper s siblings are her younger brother Fred nicknamed Butch and older sister Ellen 25 Lauper s parents divorced when she was five 4 Her mother remarried and divorced again 26 Lauper grew up in the Ozone Park 27 neighborhood of Queens and as a child listened to such artists as The Beatles and Judy Garland At age 12 she began writing songs and playing an acoustic guitar given to her by her sister 28 29 Lauper expressed herself with a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing 18 and took a friend s advice to spell her name as Cyndi rather than Cindy Her unconventional sense of style led to classmates bullying and throwing stones at her 27 Lauper went to Richmond Hill High School but was expelled 30 although she later earned her GED 31 32 She left home at 17 to escape her abusive stepfather 27 intending to study art Her journey took her to Canada where she spent two weeks in the woods with her dog Sparkle trying to find herself 33 She eventually traveled to Vermont where she took art classes at Johnson State College and supported herself working odd jobs 34 35 36 In 2019 Lauper gave the commencement address at Northern Vermont University Johnson the academic institution that now includes Johnson State At this event NVU awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters 36 In the early 1970s Lauper performed as a vocalist with various cover bands One called Doc West covered disco songs as well as Janis Joplin A later band Flyer was active in the New York metropolitan area singing hits by bands including Bad Company Jefferson Airplane and Led Zeppelin Although Lauper was performing on stage she was not happy singing covers 37 In 1977 Lauper damaged her vocal cords and took a year off from singing She was told by doctors that she would never sing again but regained her voice with the help of vocal coach Katie Agresta 38 1980 1982 Blue Angel Edit Main article Blue Angel In 1978 Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt Turi and Lauper formed a band named Blue Angel and recorded a demo tape of original music Steve Massarsky manager of The Allman Brothers Band 39 heard the tape and liked Lauper s voice He bought Blue Angel s contract for 5 000 and became their manager 40 Lauper received recording offers as a solo artist but held out wanting the band to be included in any deal she made Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self titled album on the label in 1980 Lauper hated the album cover saying that it made her look like Big Bird but Rolling Stone magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers 2003 Despite critical acclaim the album sold poorly It went lead as Lauper later joked and the band broke up The members of Blue Angel had a falling out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager He later filed an 80 000 suit against them which forced Lauper into bankruptcy 41 After this Lauper temporarily lost her voice due to an inverted cyst in her vocal cord 42 After Blue Angel broke up Lauper spent time due to her financial problems working in retail stores waitressing at IHOP which she quit after being demoted to hostess when the manager sexually harassed her 27 and singing in local clubs Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero 42 Music critics who saw Lauper perform with Blue Angel believed she had star potential due to her four octave singing range 19 In 1981 while singing in a local New York bar Lauper met David Wolff who took over as her manager and had her sign a recording contract with Portrait Records a subsidiary of Epic Records 43 1983 1985 She s So Unusual Edit Main article She s So Unusual Lauper in 1985 On October 14 1983 Lauper released her first solo album She s So Unusual The album became a worldwide hit peaking at No 4 in the U S and reaching the top five in eight other countries The primary studio musicians were Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman of The Hooters Rick Chertoff Richard Termini and Peter Wood Lauper became popular with teenagers and critics in part due to her hybrid punk image which was crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas 44 Lauper co wrote four songs on She s So Unusual including the hits Time After Time and She Bop On the songs she did not write Lauper sometimes changed the lyrics Such is the case with Girls Just Want to Have Fun Lauper found the original lyrics to be misogynistic so she rewrote the song as an anthem for young women 45 The album includes five cover songs including The Brains new wave track Money Changes Everything No 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Prince s When You Were Mine The album made Lauper the first female artist to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 top five hits from one album The LP stayed in the Top 200 charts for more than 65 weeks and since has sold 16 million copies worldwide 46 47 Cyndi won Best New Artist at the 1985 Grammy Awards She s So Unusual also received nominations for Album of the Year Record of the Year Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Song of the Year for Time After Time She wore almost a pound of necklaces at her award ceremony It also won the Grammy for Best Album Package which went to the art director Janet Perr 48 49 The video for Girls Just Want to Have Fun won the inaugural award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards and made Lauper an MTV staple The video featured professional wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano as Lauper s father and her real life mother Catrine as her mother 50 and also featured her attorney her manager her brother Butch and her dog Sparkle 51 In 1984 85 Lauper appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone magazine Time and Newsweek She appeared twice on the cover of People and was named a Ms magazine Woman of the Year in 1985 52 In 1985 Lauper participated in USA for Africa s famine relief fund raising single We Are the World which sold more than 20 million copies since then 53 Lauper appeared with professional wrestler Hulk Hogan who played her bodyguard 54 55 and would also later make many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation s Rock n Wrestling Connection events and played Wendi Richter s manager in the inaugural WrestleMania event 56 Dave Wolff Lauper s boyfriend and manager at the time was a wrestling fan as a boy and engineered the rock and wrestling connection 57 In 1985 Lauper released the single The Goonies R Good Enough from the soundtrack to the movie The Goonies and an accompanying video which featured several wrestling stars The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 58 1986 1988 True Colors and Vibes Edit Lauper received a nomination at the 1986 Grammy Awards Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for What a Thrill another in the same category the following year for the album track 911 and yet another in 1988 Best Long Form Music Video for Cyndi Lauper in Paris 59 Lauper released her second album True Colors in 1986 It entered the Billboard 200 at No 42 and rose to its 4 peak 60 In 1986 Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album The Bridge with a song called Code of Silence She is credited as having written the lyrics with Joel and she sings a duet with him In the same year Lauper also sang the theme song for the series Pee wee s Playhouse credited as Ellen Shaw In 1987 David Wolff produced a concert film for Lauper called Cyndi Lauper in Paris The concert was broadcast on HBO 61 Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy Vibes alongside Jeff Goldblum Peter Falk and Julian Sands Lauper played a psychic in search of a city of gold in South America Deborah Blum and Tony Ganz produced the film with David Wolff as associate producer To prepare for the role Lauper took a few classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiance School of Beauty in New York and studied with a few Manhattan psychics The film flopped and was poorly received by critics but would later be considered a cult classic 62 63 Lauper contributed a track called Hole in My Heart All the Way to China for the Vibes soundtrack but the song was not included A music video was released a high energy comic action adventure romp through a Chinese laundry The song reached No 54 on the US charts 64 but fared better in Australia reaching No 8 65 1989 1992 A Night to Remember and marriage Edit A Night to Remember Lauper s third album was released in the spring of 1989 The album had one hit the No 6 single I Drove All Night originally recorded by Roy Orbison three years before his death on December 6 1988 Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1990 Grammy Awards for I Drove All Night but overall album sales for A Night to Remember were down The music video for the album s song My First Night Without You was one of the first to be closed captioned for the hearing impaired 66 Because of a friendship with Yoko Ono Lauper took part in the May 1990 John Lennon tribute concert in Liverpool performing the Beatles song Hey Bulldog and the John Lennon song Working Class Hero 67 She also took part in Ono and Lennon s son Sean s project called The Peace Choir performing a new version of Lennon s Give Peace a Chance 68 better source needed On November 24 1991 Lauper married actor David Thornton 69 1993 1995 Hat Full of Stars and Twelve Deadly Cyns Edit Lauper s fourth album Hat Full of Stars was released in June 1993 and was met with critical acclaim but failed commercially unsupported by her label The album which tackled such topics as homophobia spousal abuse racism and abortion sold fewer than 120 000 copies in the United States and peaked at No 112 on the Billboard charts 70 The video for the album s song Sally s Pigeons features the then unknown Julia Stiles as the young Cyndi 71 In 1993 Lauper returned to acting playing Michael J Fox s ditzy secretary in Life with Mikey She also won an Emmy Award 72 for her role as Marianne Lugasso in the sitcom Mad About You 73 1996 2000 Motherhood and Sisters of Avalon Edit Lauper performing in 2000 On November 19 1997 Lauper gave birth to her son Declyn Wallace Lauper Thornton 74 Her fifth album Sisters of Avalon was released in Japan in 1996 and elsewhere in 1997 The album was written and produced with the help of Jan Pulsford Lauper s keyboard player and producer Mark Saunders As in Hat Full of Stars some of the songs in Sisters of Avalon addressed dark themes The song Ballad of Cleo and Joe addressed the complications of a drag queen s double life The song Say a Prayer was written for a friend of hers who had died from AIDS Unhook the Stars was used in the movie of the same name Again without support from her label the release failed in America spending a single week on the Billboard album chart at No 188 This album also met with much critical praise including People magazine which declared it 90s nourishment for body and soul Lauper sets a scene makes us care gives us hope 75 On January 17 1999 Lauper appeared as an animated version of herself in The Simpsons episode Wild Barts Can t Be Broken singing the National Anthem to the melody of Girls Just Want to Have Fun That same year Lauper opened for Cher s Do You Believe Tour alongside Wild Orchid 76 She also appeared in the films Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle and The Opportunists 77 She contributed to the soundtrack of the 2000 animated film Rugrats in Paris The Movie performing the song I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever 2001 2004 Shine and At Last Edit On October 12 2000 Lauper took part in the television show Women in Rock Girls with Guitars performing with Ann Wilson of Heart and with the girl group Destiny s Child A CD of the songs performed was released exclusively to Sears stores from September 30 to October 31 2001 and was marketed as a fundraiser for breast cancer 78 In 2002 Sony issued a best of CD The Essential Cyndi Lauper Lauper also released a cover album with Sony Epic Records entitled At Last formerly Naked City which was released in 2003 At Last received one nomination at the 2005 Grammy Awards Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist s for Unchained Melody The effort was also a commercial hit selling 4 5 million records 79 In April 2004 Lauper performed during the VH1 s benefit concert Divas Live 2004 alongside Ashanti Gladys Knight Jessica Simpson Joss Stone and Patti LaBelle in support of the Save the Music Foundation 80 2005 2007 The Body Acoustic Edit She made appearances on Showtime s hit show Queer as Folk in 2005 directed a commercial for Totally 80s edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit in 2006 served as a judge on the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards and made her Broadway debut in the Tony nominated The Threepenny Opera as Jenny She performed with Shaggy Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver Stone Temple Pilots Pat Monahan of Train Ani DiFranco and The Hooters in the VH1 Classics special Decades Rock Live In 2006 she sang Message To Michael with Dionne Warwick 81 and Beecharmer with Nellie McKay on McKay s Pretty Little Head album 82 On October 16 2006 Lauper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame 83 In 2007 she served as a guest performer on the song Lady in Pink on an episode of the Nick Jr show The Backyardigans 2008 2009 Bring Ya to the Brink Edit Cyndi Lauper performing in 2008 Lauper s sixth studio album Bring Ya to the Brink was released in the United States on May 27 2008 84 Into the Nightlife source source Problems playing this file See media help Other projects for 2008 included the True Colors Tour and a Christmas duet with Swedish band The Hives entitled A Christmas Duel The song was released as a CD single and a 7 vinyl in Sweden 85 Lauper also performed on the Girls Night Out headlining it with Rosie O Donnell in the US 86 On November 17 2009 Lauper performed a collaborative work with Wyclef Jean called Slumdog Millionaire performing it on the Late Show with David Letterman 87 2010 2012 The Celebrity Apprentice Memphis Blues memoir Edit In January 2010 Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie doll as part of their Ladies of the 80s series 88 In March 2010 Lauper appeared on NBC s The Celebrity Apprentice coming in sixth place 89 Memphis Blues Lauper s 7th studio album was released on June 22 2010 and debuted on the Billboard Blues Albums chart at No 1 and at No 26 on the Billboard Top 200 The album remained No 1 on the Blues Albums chart for 14 consecutive weeks Memphis Blues was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards 90 Lauper made international news in March 2011 for an impromptu performance of Girls Just Want to Have Fun while waiting for a delayed flight at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires A video was later posted on YouTube 91 92 In November 2011 she released two Christmas singles exclusive to iTunes The first release was a Blues inspired cover of Elvis Presley s classic Blue Christmas and the second was a new version of Home for the holidays a duet with Norah Jones In June 2012 Lauper made her first appearance for WWE in 27 years to promote WWE Raw s 1000th episode to memorialize Captain Lou Albano 93 In September 2012 Lauper performed at fashion designer Betsey Johnson s 40 year Retrospective Fashion show 94 She also released a New York Times best selling memoir that detailed her struggle with child abuse and depression 95 2013 2015 Kinky Boots and touring Edit Lauper composed music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots with Harvey Fierstein writing the book The musical was based on the 2006 independent film Kinky Boots It opened in Chicago in October 2012 96 and on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 4 2013 97 In May she won Best Score for Kinky Boots at the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 98 The musical led the 2013 Tony Awards with 13 nominations and six wins including Best Musical and Best Actor She won the award for Best Original Score 99 Lauper was the first woman to win solo in this category After a six year run and 2 507 regular shows Kinky Boots ended its Broadway run on April 7 2019 It is the 25th longest running Broadway musical in history It grossed 297 million on Broadway 100 In the summer of 2013 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut album She s So Unusual Lauper embarked on an international tour covering America and Australia The show consisted of a mix of fan favorites and the entirety of the She s So Unusual record She was a guest on 36 dates of Cher s Dressed to Kill Tour starting April 23 2014 101 102 A new album was confirmed by Lauper on a website interview 103 Lauper hosted the Grammy Pre Telecast at the Nokia Theatre L A on Jan 26 104 where she later accepted a Grammy for Kinky Boots Best Musical Theater Album 105 On April 1 March 1 in Europe Lauper released the 30th Anniversary edition of She s So Unusual through Epic Records 106 It featured a remastered version of the original album plus three new remixes The Deluxe Edition featured bonus tracks such as demos and a live recording as well as a 3D cut out of the bedroom featured in the Girls Just Want to Have Fun music video with a reusable sticker set 107 On September 17 2014 Lauper sang on the finale of America s Got Talent 27 108 On September 25 as part of the Today Show s Shine a Light series Lauper re recorded True Colors in a mashup with Sara Bareilles Brave to raise awareness and money for children battling cancer 109 By October the project had raised over 300 000 110 The Songwriters Hall of Fame included Lauper in its nomination list in October 2014 111 Also during October Lauper s fourth consecutive Home for the Holidays benefit concert for homeless gay youth was announced Acts included 50 Cent and Laverne Cox with 100 of the net proceeds going to True Colors United 112 In March 2015 Lauper once again guest starred on the crime show Bones as Avalon Harmonia 113 Lauper promoted her work with Novartis and the National Psoriasis Foundation and discussed her own five years with psoriasis on The Today Show in July 2015 She also announced a project with producer Seymour Stein which she later told Rolling Stone was a country album coproduced by Tony Brown 114 On September 15 2015 Kinky Boots opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London s West End 115 On August 30 2017 songwriters Benny Mardones and Robert Tepper sued Lauper for lifting elements from their song Into the Night for Kinky Boots final song Raise You Up 116 In August 2019 a filed letter by Mardones lawyer stated that all parties involved have agreed in principle to settle the case No more details were given at the time 117 2016 present Detour and more Edit In January 2016 Lauper announced she would release a new album on May 6 2016 This was composed of her interpretations of early country classics entitled Detour 118 The announcement was supported by a release of her version of Harlan Howard s Heartaches by the Number and a performance on Skyville Live with Kelsea Ballerini and Ingrid Michaelson 119 On February 17 2016 she released her version of Wanda Jackson s Funnel of Love 120 In February 2016 Lauper was nominated for an Olivier Award for her contribution to the UK production of Kinky Boots along with Stephen Oremus the man responsible for the arrangements 121 In January 2017 this production s album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album 122 In May 2016 Lauper was featured on Swipe to the Right from Electronica 2 The Heart of Noise by French producer Jean Michel Jarre This second album of the Electronica project is based on collaborations with artists related to electronic music Tangerine Dream Moby Pet Shop Boys etc 123 In October 2016 her son Dex Lauper was the opening act for her Scottsdale Arizona and Las Vegas Nevada dates on her Detour Tour 124 In January 2017 Lauper was featured on Austin City Limits 42nd season performing some of her classic songs alongside country tunes from Detour The episode aired on PBS 125 In March 2018 it was announced that Lauper together with co Time After Time songwriter Rob Hyman is going to compose the score for the musical version of the 1988 film Working Girl which starred Melanie Griffith and Sigourney Weaver She teamed up with Hyman because she wanted the music to sound like the 80s The musical will be staged by Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley A developmental production premiere of the musical is planned for the 2021 2022 season 126 127 For Grandin Road Lauper exclusively designed her own Christmas collection Cyndi Lauper Loves Christmas available from September 2018 I ve always loved Christmas it reminds me to find some happiness in the little things said Lauper 128 Her annual Home For The Holidays concert at the Beacon Theatre in New York was held on December 8 2018 128 Lauper guest starred playing a lawyer in an episode of the reboot of the television series Magnum P I The episode titled Sudden Death aired on October 22 2018 129 On November 15 2018 it was announced that Lauper would receive the Icon Award at the Billboard s 13th annual Women in Music Event on December 6 in New York City According to Jason Lipshutz Billboard s editorial director The entire world recognizes the power of Cyndi Lauper s pop music and just as crucially she has used her undeniable talent to soar beyond music create positive change in modern society and become a true icon 130 The song Together was featured in the Canadian computer animated film Racetime released in January 2019 Originally written and performed in French by Dumas Lauper performed the English translation in the English version of the film originally titled La Course des tuques 131 On June 26 2019 Lauper performed at the opening ceremony of Stonewall 50 WorldPride NYC 2019 132 Backed by the Hollywood Bowl orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins Lauper played two concerts on July 12 and 13 2019 at the iconic Hollywood Bowl 133 Japanese Singles Collection Greatest Hits is a 2 disc greatest hits album that includes all of Laupers singles released in Japan from 1983 to 1995 in chronological order The second disc contains 26 music videos Nine of these are available for the first time on DVD The album was released on September 6 2019 nine days after its original Japanese release 134 needs update In September 2019 it was announced that Lauper would star alongside Jane Lynch in the new Netflix comedy series described as kind of The Golden Girls for today 135 136 As of March 2021 there had not been any updates on this project On January 26 2020 Lauper sang a chorus from the song I Sing the Body Electric of the soundtrack from the 1980 movie Fame at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards Show held in Los Angeles Other performers were Ben Platt Camila Cabello Debbie Allen who starred in the original movie and more It was a sendoff to long time Grammy Awards television producer Ken Ehrlich He retired after a four decade run of producing the show 137 138 On April 23 2020 Lauper parti cipated in an online fundraising concert to raise money for LGBTQ nightlife workers who struggled financially because of the coronavirus pandemic Lauper ended the concert performing True Colors The concert was initiated by the Stonewall Inn Gives Back nonprofit organization of the historic Greenwich Village gay bar Other performing artists were Kate Pierson Our Lady J Rufus Wainwright and Darren Hayes amongst others 139 In November 2020 Lauper dueted with former top ten American Idol finalist Casey Abrams on a cover version of the song Eve of Destruction 140 In November 2021 Lauper featured as guest vocalist on the track Blame it on Christmas by Shea Diamond An official video was released the following month 141 Lauper performed at the 2022 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Show honoring Joni Mitchell on April 1 142 Lauper speaking to reporters at the White House in 2022 In May 2022 it was announced that Alison Ellwood will direct a career retrospective documentary about Lauper The project is already in production but does not yet have a release date Let The Canary Sing will be the title of this career spanning documentary produced by Sony Music Entertainment 143 144 145 On 13 December 2022 Lauper and Alex Nolan performed True Colors at a White House celebration 146 That day president Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law Quote The new law provides federal recognition to same sex marriages a measure born out of concern that the Supreme Court could reverse its legal support of such relationships 147 In January 2023 she was among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Seeing my name on this year s ballot with so many talents that I admire means so much to me she adds It has been a lifetime privilege to reach so many different kinds of fans with a message of following your own path and having fun along the way too said Lauper The inductees will be revealed in May 2023 148 149 Personal life EditLauper was in a relationship from 1982 to 1988 with her then manager Dave Wolff Lauper has been married to actor David Thornton since 1991 They have one son born on November 19 1997 150 Lauper has openly discussed her psoriasis including in advertisements for Cosentyx 151 152 153 Activism Edit Lauper performing at the Gay Games VII Wrigley Field July 22 2006 Lauper has been an LGBT rights supporter throughout her career campaigning for equality through various charities and gay pride events around the world Lauper stated that she became involved in gay rights advocacy because her sister Ellen is a lesbian and because Lauper herself was passionate about equality Lauper cites her sister Ellen as a role model 154 Her song Above the Clouds celebrates the memory of Matthew Shepard a young gay man beaten to death in Wyoming As a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board Lauper devoted a concert tour in 2005 to promoting the Foundation s message 155 She co founded the True Colors tour for Human Rights throughout the United States and Canada in June 2007 One dollar from each ticket was earmarked for the Human Rights Campaign which advocates equal rights for LGBT individuals 156 In 2008 Lauper started True Colors United TCU after learning that while 10 of American youth identify themselves as LGBT up to 40 of American homeless youths do so The organization works to end youth homelessness focusing on the experiences of LGBT youth She set up the True Colors Residence in New York City for LGBT homeless youths The 30 bed facility offers temporary shelter and job placement help 157 In April 2010 TCU launched the Give a Damn campaign to help get straight people more involved in LGBT rights 154 In December 2022 Lauper performed her song True Colors at the ceremony where U S President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law 158 In August 2008 she contributed an article titled Hope to The Huffington Post encouraging Americans to vote for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election 159 Lauper performed at the 2008 Democratic National Convention 154 In 2022 Lauper launched the Girls Just Want To Have Fundamental Rights Fund with a mission to support organizations fighting for the right to abortion and reproductive healthcare 160 Legacy EditLauper was described by AllMusic s Lindsay Planer as an iconoclastic vocalist who revolutionized the role of women in rock and roll 161 Over her 40 year career she influenced multiple recording artists including Katy Perry 162 Lady Gaga 163 Vanessa Paradis 164 Tegan and Sara 165 Kim Petras 166 and Yelle 167 Due to her success and influence Lauper has been inducted into both the Hollywood and Songwriters Hall of Fame 168 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Spotify said She s So Unusual and Lauper s distinctive idiosyncratic appearance helped popularize the image of punk and new wave for America making it an acceptable part of the pop landscape 164 Rolling Stone magazine stated that her debut was arguably the first time explicitly punk influenced elements were front and center on the pop landscape both musically and via Lauper s Patrick Lucas styled ensembles dressing up the droll Reagan decade in feminist chutzpah 169 The album ranked at No 487 on Rolling Stone s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003 The album ranked at No 41 on Rolling Stone s list of Women Who Rock The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012 170 Rolling Stone s review stated A wild and wonderful skyrocket of a voice Lauper s extraordinary pipes connect with the right material the results sound like the beginning of a whole new golden age Thirty years after its release Entertainment Weekly called it an everlastingly saucy supersmash 171 Sheila Moeschen argued that Girls Just Want to Have Fun embodied a different kind of feminine aesthetic that ran counter to the raw sensuality and edginess of her contemporaries like Madonna or veteran rockers Joan Jett and Pat Benatar that introduced a nation of women to a new kind of female role model one that celebrated difference and encouraged playfulness in self expression 172 John Rockwell wrote that the song was a giddily upbeat attestation to female pleasure that simultaneously made a feminist statement fulfilled male fantasies and especially in its often played video version evoked the warmth of family and friends 173 Its music video won the first ever Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs It featured a multicultural cast of women with teased sideways hair and neon eye shadow singing alongside Lauper 11 Time After Time has been covered by over a hundred artists and was ranked at No 22 on Rolling Stone s 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years 174 and at No 19 on VH1 s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s 175 She Bop the third single from She s So Unusual is the first and only top ten song to directly mention a gay porn magazine An ode to masturbation it was included in the PMRC s Filthy Fifteen list that led to the parental advisory sticker appearing on recordings thought to be unsuitable for young listeners 176 In a retrospective Rolling Stone ranked it the 36th best song of 1984 praising its unusual playfulness regarding sexuality 177 True Colors is a gay anthem after which True Colors United which advocates for runaway and homeless LGBT youth is named 178 Discography EditMain article Cyndi Lauper discography Further information Blue Angel band Discography She s So Unusual 1983 True Colors 1986 A Night to Remember 1989 Hat Full of Stars 1993 Sisters of Avalon 1996 Merry Christmas Have a Nice Life 1998 At Last 2003 Shine 2004 Bring Ya to the Brink 2008 Memphis Blues 2010 Detour 2016 Filmography EditList of theatre television and film credits TheatreYear Title Role Notes2000 Matters of the Heart Herself Broadway concert 179 2006 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Ginny Jenny Low Dive Jenny Broadway musical 179 180 2013 Kinky Boots N A Broadway musical writer 179 181 2017 SpongeBob SquarePants Broadway musical writer Hero is My Middle Name 179 182 TelevisionYear Title Role Notes1989 The Super Mario Bros Super Show Herself 1 episode Robo Koopa Captain Lou is Missing 183 1990 Mother Goose Rock n Rhyme Mary Mary Had a Little Lamb TV movie 184 1990 The Wall Live in Berlin Young Pink TV movie1993 1999 Mad About You Marianne Lugasso 4 episodes 72 1999 Happily Ever After Fairy Tales for Every Child Pidge voice 1 episode The Happy Prince 185 1999 The Simpsons Herself voice 1 episode Wild Barts Can t Be Broken 186 2004 Higglytown Heroes Operator Hero voice 1 episode Smooth Operator Stinky Situation 187 2005 That s So Raven Ms Petuto 1 episode Art Breaker 188 2005 Queer as Folk Herself 1 episode I Love You 189 2006 Top of the Pops Co presenter 1 episode 13 03 2006 190 2006 The Backyardigans Herself voice 1 episode International Super Spy Part 1 191 2008 Kathy Griffin My Life on the D List Herself 1 episode Fly the Super Gay Skies 192 2008 Gossip Girl Herself 1 episode Bonfire of the Vanity 193 2009 30 Rock Herself 1 episode Kidney Now 194 2009 The Apprentice The Celebrity Apprentice 3 Herself Contestant Season 3 195 2009 2015 2017 Bones Avalon Harmonia 5 episodes 196 2012 Bob s Burgers Performer voice 1 episode The Belchies 197 2012 Happily Divorced Kiki Kappelmaster 1 episode Follow the Leader 198 2013 Cyndi Lauper Still So Unusual Herself 12 episodes executive producer 199 2014 Front and Center Herself 1 episode 200 2015 BrainSurge Jr Substitute Host 1 episode2018 Magnum P I Vanessa Nero 1 episode 201 2020 Young Sheldon Herself voice 1 episode 202 2020 Bubble Guppies Miss Goo Goo voice 1 episode 203 2020 2021 Project Runway Herself Guest Judge Episodes She s Sew Unusual Season 18 and Couch Couture Season 19 FilmYear Title Role Notes1984 Prime Cuts Herself cameo 204 1985 The Goonies Herself cameo 205 1988 Vibes Sylvia Pickel 206 1991 Off and Running Cyd Morse 207 1993 Life with Mikey Geena Briganti 208 1994 Mrs Parker and the Vicious Circle Picnic Guest uncredited 209 1996 Sesame Street Elmocize Twyla Direct to video 210 2000 The Opportunists Sally Mahon 211 2005 The Naked Brothers Band The Movie Herself cameo 212 2009 Here and There Rose 213 2011 National Lampoon s Dirty Movie Little Johnny s Mom 214 2014 Henry amp Me Nurse Cyndi Nominated Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production 215 Tours EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Cyndi Lauper news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Headlining Edit Fun Tour 1983 84 True Colors World Tour 1986 87 A Night to Remember World Tour 1989 Hat Full of Stars Tour 1993 94 Twelve Deadly Cyns World Tour 1994 95 Sisters of Avalon Tour 1996 97 Summer Tour 99 1999 Shine Tour 2001 03 At Last Tour 2003 04 The Body Acoustic Tour 2005 06 Bring Ya to the Brink Tour 2008 Memphis Blues Tour 2010 11 Japan Tour benefit shows in Japan to aid for Earthquake and one show in Philippines only 2012 She s So Unusual 30th Anniversary Tour 2013 2014 Detour Tour 2016 Co headlining Edit American Music Awards Concert Series Japan concert and a couple warm up dates on east coast in US only 1991 True Colors with Erasure Debbie Harry and others 2007 True Colors with The B 52s Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts and others 2008 Girls Night Out Tour with Rosie O Donnell 2009 Australian Tour with Blondie 2017 Guest Edit Wildest Dreams Tour for Tina Turner 1997 Do You Believe for Cher 1999 Living Proof The Farewell Tour for Cher 2002 Dressed to Kill Tour for Cher 2014 Summer Tour 2017 with Rod Stewart 2017 Summer Tour 2018 with Rod Stewart 2018 Awards and nominations EditMain article List of awards and nominations received by Cyndi Lauper Grammy Awards Edit The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Lauper has won two awards from 16 nominations 216 Year Nominee work Award Result1985 Cyndi Lauper Best New Artist WonShe s So Unusual Album of the Year Nominated Time After Time Song of the Year Nominated Girls Just Want to Have Fun Record of the Year NominatedBest Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated1986 What a Thrill Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated1987 True Colors Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated 911 Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated1988 Cyndi Lauper in Paris Best Performance Music Video Nominated1990 I Drove All Night Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Nominated1999 Disco Inferno Best Dance Recording Nominated2005 Unchained Melody Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist s Nominated2009 Bring Ya to the Brink Best Electronic Dance Album Nominated2011 Memphis Blues Best Traditional Blues Album Nominated2014 Kinky Boots Best Musical Theater Album Won2017 Kinky Boots Original West End Cast Best Musical Theater Album NominatedNote She s So Unusual also won Best Album Package in 1985 Best Album Package is credited to the art director and not the performer The art director was Janet Perr 217 Note We Are the World which featured Cyndi Lauper as a vocalist also won Song of the Year Record of the Year Best Music Video Short Form and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1986 Song of the Year is credited to the songwriters and not the performer The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie 218 Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group were presented to the producer in 1986 the song was produced by Quincy Jones 219 220 Best Music Video Short Form is presented to the director and producer Tom Trbovich directed the video while Quincy Jones served as producer 221 Note Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist s as she was one of the three arrangers along with Steve Gaboury and Don Sebesky Tony Awards Edit The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre more commonly known informally as the Tony Award recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre The awards are presented by The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City Lauper is the first woman to win a Tony solo for Best Score 222 Year Production Category Result2013 Kinky Boots Best Original Score Won2018 SpongeBob SquarePants NominatedEmmy Awards Edit An Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry Year Production Category Result1994 Mad About You A Pair of Hearts Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated 72 1995 Mad About You Money Changes Everything Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Won 72 MTV Video Music Award Edit The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year Lauper won one award from 14 nominations the first Best Female Video Year Nominee work Award Result1984 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Video of the Year Nominated 223 Best New Artist Nominated 223 Best Female Video Won 223 Best Concept Video Nominated 223 Viewer s Choice Nominated 223 Best Overall Performance Nominated 223 Time After Time Best New Artist Nominated 223 Best Female Video Nominated 223 Best Direction Nominated 223 1987 True Colors Best Female Video Nominated 224 What s Going On Best Cinematography Nominated 224 Other recognition Edit Year By List Work Ranked1993 Rolling Stone The 100 Top Music Videos 10 Girls Just Want to Have Fun No 221999 VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock amp Roll 17 Cyndi Lauper No 58MTV 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made 12 Girls Just Want to Have Fun No 39Rolling Stone 100 Best Albums of the 80s 225 She s So Unusual No 752000 Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Pop Songs 226 Time After Time No 66MTV2001 VH1 100 Greatest Videos 13 Girls Just Want to Have Fun No 452002 Rolling Stone 50 Essential Women in Rock Albums 227 She s So Unusual No 412003 VH1 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years 16 Time After Time No 22Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 228 She s So Unusual No 4942006 VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 80 s 229 Time After Time No 19 Girls Just Want to Have Fun No 232017 VH1 VH1 Trailblazer Honor 230 LGBT activism2019 Library of Congress National Recording Registry 231 She s So UnusualSee also EditList of artists who reached number one in the United States List of awards and nominations received by Cyndi Lauper List of number one dance hits United States List of number one hits United States References Edit Cyndi Lauper Biography Songs amp Albums AllMusic Retrieved March 20 2022 Cyndi Lauper Biography 1953 Filmreference com Retrieved April 19 2014 Give a Damn The Huffington Post October 11 2011 a b Cyndi Lauper Biography Biography com Retrieved April 19 2014 The Tony Award Nominees Retrieved June 9 2013 Gerard Jeremy April 4 2016 London Loves Lin Manuel 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