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  • Cyndi Lauper wore almost a pound of necklaces to the Grammy Awards ceremony in 1985. The excess suited the woman wearing it. Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress, born on the 22nd of June 1953. She is known for eccentric clothing, a rotating palette of hair colors and a powerful four-octave voice. Critics have called her the Queen of Quirky Pop, and she has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Her career also took her into wrestling rings, television sitcoms, Broadway theaters and the fight for LGBTQ rights. How did a girl from Queens turn her oddness into a pop career? Why did some of her bravest records sell the least? And what did she build after the hits slowed down?

  • Lauper was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Catholic family, though she grew up in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens. Her father, Fred, was of Swiss-German descent and traced his line to Christen Lauper, a leader of the Swiss peasant war of 1653. Her mother, Catrine, was of Sicilian descent. She had an older sister, Ellen, and a younger brother, Fred, nicknamed Butch. Her parents divorced when she was five.

    At age 12, Lauper began writing songs on an acoustic guitar that her sister had given her. She listened to the Beatles and Judy Garland. She also dressed in eccentric clothes and dyed her hair in many colors. A friend advised her to spell her first name "Cyndi" rather than "Cindy," and she took the advice. Her style cost her. Classmates bullied her and even threw stones at her.

    Richmond Hill High School expelled her, and she later earned a General Educational Development certificate. At 17, she ran away from home to escape her abusive stepfather, intending to study art. She spent two weeks in the Canadian woods with her dog Sparkle, trying to find herself. Eventually she reached Vermont, took art classes at Johnson State College and supported herself with odd jobs.

    Music pulled her back to New York. In 1978, through her manager Ted Rosenblatt, she met the saxophonist John Turi. The two formed a band called Blue Angel and recorded a demo tape of original songs. Steve Massarsky, manager of the Allman Brothers Band, heard the tape and liked her voice. He bought the band's contract for $5,000 and became their manager.

    Lauper received offers to record alone, but she held out until the band could be part of any deal. Polydor Records signed Blue Angel, and the group released its only studio album, Blue Angel, in 1980. Lauper hated the cover and said it made her look like Big Bird. Rolling Stone later listed it among the 100 best new wave album covers. The album sold poorly. Lauper joked, "It went lead."

    The band broke up, and its members fell out with Massarsky and fired him. He filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy. She then temporarily lost her voice to an inverted cyst in her vocal cord. To pay her bills, she worked in retail stores, waited tables at IHOP and sang in local clubs. Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero. She later also had a prominent stay at the Malibu Shore Club in Lido Beach, Long Island.

    In 1981, while she was singing in a New York bar, a man named David Wolff approached her. He took over as her manager, and she signed a recording contract with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.

  • On the 14th of October 1983, Lauper released her first solo album, She's So Unusual. It became a worldwide hit, peaking at number 4 in the United States and reaching the top five in eight other countries. Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman of the Hooters were among the main studio musicians, alongside Rick Chertoff, Richard Termini and Peter Wood. Teenagers and critics both embraced her. Part of the appeal was her hybrid punk look, which the stylist Patrick Lucas had crafted.

    Lauper co-wrote four songs on the record, including "Time After Time" and "She Bop." She also reshaped songs written by others. She found the original lyrics of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" misogynistic, so she rewrote them into an anthem for young women. The album carried five cover songs. They included "Money Changes Everything" by the Brains, which reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Prince's "When You Were Mine."

    The chart numbers were historic. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" all reached the top five of the Hot 100. That made her the first female artist to land four top-five hits from a debut album. The record stayed in the Top 200 for more than 65 weeks and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.

    The 27th Annual Grammy Awards, held in 1985, named her Best New Artist. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year and Record of the Year. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and "Time After Time" for Song of the Year. Janet Perr, the art director, took the Grammy for Best Album Package.

    The video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" won the first-ever Best Female Video award at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards. It made her an MTV staple. The wrestling manager "Captain" Lou Albano played her father, and her real mother, Catrine, played her mother. Her attorney, her manager, her brother Butch and her dog Sparkle also appeared.

    Magazines followed. In 1984 and 1985, Lauper appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Time and Newsweek, and twice on the cover of People. Ms. magazine named her a Woman of the Year in 1985. That same year she joined USA for Africa on the famine-relief single "We Are the World," which has sold more than 20 million copies. Lauper's next collision with fame would happen in a wrestling ring.

  • In June 1984, Lauper made her debut in the World Wrestling Federation. Her boyfriend and manager, Dave Wolff, had loved wrestling as a boy, and he engineered the link between rock music and the ring. Lauper became the manager of the wrestler Wendi Richter. Hulk Hogan, cast as her bodyguard, appeared beside her.

    The storyline grew from the video. Half a year after Captain Lou Albano played her father on screen, the WWF turned him into her sexist enemy. Albano backed The Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's Championship. Lauper backed Richter. On the 23rd of July 1984, at The Brawl to End It All, broadcast live on MTV, Richter beat Moolah for the title.

    By the end of 1984, the feud was dropped when Albano turned face and became friendlier toward Lauper. She still appeared at WWF shows as Richter's manager through Richter's 1984-85 run, including the first WrestleMania. A Salt Lake City radio station, 92.5 The Beat, later said she had helped put the WWF "on the Map" and had played "a key role in launching WWF into the mainstream."

    Her May 1985 single "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" brought the wrestlers into another medium. It came from the soundtrack of the film The Goonies and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its video featured wrestling stars, Steven Spielberg, most of the cast of the film and the then relatively unknown Bangles.

    The partnership faded in October 1985. Richter lost the Women's Championship to The Fabulous Moolah in a controversial match that ended in a real-life "screwjob." Richter and Lauper then stopped appearing so often. Lauper returned in June 2012, her first WWE appearance in 27 years, to promote the 1,000th episode of Raw and to memorialize Captain Lou Albano.

  • Lauper's second album, True Colors, arrived in 1986. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 42 and climbed to number 4. It produced two more top-five hits, the title track and "Change of Heart." The Grammys nominated her for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "What a Thrill" in 1986, and for "911" the following year.

    She spread herself widely. In 1986, she wrote lyrics with Billy Joel and sang harmony on "Code of Silence," a track on his album The Bridge. She also sang the theme for the children's series Pee-wee's Playhouse, credited as "Ellen Shaw." In 1987, Wolff produced a concert film, Cyndi Lauper in Paris, which HBO broadcast.

    In August 1988, she made her film debut in Vibes, a quirky comedy with Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk and Julian Sands. She played a psychic searching for a city of gold in South America. To prepare, she studied with a few Manhattan psychics and took classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiancé School of Beauty. The film flopped with critics. Her song for it, "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)," was left off the soundtrack, though it reached number 8 in Australia.

    A Night to Remember followed on the 9th of May 1989. Its one major American hit was "I Drove All Night," which reached number 6. Roy Orbison had recorded the song in 1987, but her version came out first, and his was not released until 1991. The video for "My First Night Without You" was among the first to be closed-captioned for hearing-impaired viewers. Album sales were down.

    On the 24th of November 1991, she married the actor David Thornton, whom she had met on the set of the film Off and Running. Their son, Declyn, was born in 1997.

    Her next two albums took on harder subjects and paid for it commercially. Hat Full of Stars, released on the 21st of May 1993, tackled homophobia, domestic violence, racism and abortion. Critics praised it, but her label did not back it. It sold fewer than 120,000 copies in the United States and peaked at number 112. The video for "Sally's Pigeons" featured a then-unknown Julia Stiles as the young Cyndi.

    Sisters of Avalon came out in Japan in October 1996 and elsewhere in April 1997. It included "Ballad of Cleo and Joe," about the complications of a drag queen's double life. Another song, "Say a Prayer," was written for a friend who had died of AIDS. People magazine called it "'90s nourishment for body and soul." It spent a single week on the Billboard album chart, at number 188.

    Television gave her a different kind of reward. She won an Emmy Award for her guest role as Marianne Lugasso on the sitcom Mad About You. In 1999, she even appeared as an animated version of herself on The Simpsons, singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" to the melody of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

  • The 2000s found Lauper trying many things at once. Her cover album At Last, released in November 2003, sold 4.5 million records. In 2006, she made her Broadway debut as Jenny in The Threepenny Opera. She also directed a commercial for the Totally 80s edition of Trivial Pursuit. In 2010, Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie, and she placed sixth on The Celebrity Apprentice.

    Memphis Blues, released on the 22nd of June 2010, debuted at number one on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. It stayed there for about three months and became Billboard's most successful blues album of the year. In March 2011, a video of Lauper performing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" while waiting for a delayed flight in Buenos Aires made international news. In September 2012, she published Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, which detailed her struggle with childhood abuse and depression.

    The larger turn came in the theater. Lauper wrote the music and lyrics for Kinky Boots, with Harvey Fierstein writing the book. The show was based on the 2005 British comedy-drama film of the same name. It opened in Chicago in October 2012 and reached Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre on the 4th of April 2013. The 2013 Tony Awards gave it 13 nominations and six wins, including Best Musical. Lauper won Best Original Score and became the first woman to win that category on her own.

    Kinky Boots ran for six years and 2,507 regular shows before closing on the 7th of April 2019. It grossed $297 million on Broadway and ranks as the 25th-longest-running Broadway musical in history. The cast recording earned Lauper a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album in 2014. The West End production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on the 15th of September 2015 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2016.

    Success brought a dispute. In August 2017, the songwriters Benny Mardones and Robert Tepper sued Lauper. They said the show's final song, "Raise You Up," lifted elements from their 1980 song "Into the Night." In August 2019, a letter from Mardones' lawyer said all parties had agreed in principle to settle.

    She moved in new directions, too. Her album Detour, released on the 6th of May 2016, collected her interpretations of early country classics. She and Rob Hyman, the songwriter behind "Time After Time," wrote the SpongeBob SquarePants song "Hero Is My Middle Name." In March 2018, they were announced as the composers for a musical version of the film Working Girl. It premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse on the 28th of October 2025.

  • In February 2024, Lauper announced a deal with Pophouse, a company owned by Björn Ulvaeus. Pophouse had bought parts of her song catalog, including "True Colors" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," but not her Broadway music. Planned projects included a television series, a festival and an immersive theater experience.

    On the 4th of June 2024, the documentary Let the Canary Sing debuted on Paramount+. Alison Ellwood directed the film, which surveyed a career of more than 40 years. One day earlier, Lauper had announced a final run of concerts before retiring from touring. She said she wanted to thank her fans while she was still in good shape.

    The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour opened in Montreal on the 18th of October 2024. It initially ended on the 30th of August 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl. Before that, on the 29th of June 2024, she performed at the Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, Somerset, England. A concert at the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas was later reported as part of the tour.

    Honors gathered at the end of the road. On the 5th of October 2025, a "Grammy Salute" special filmed at the Hollywood Bowl aired on CBS and Paramount+. The next day she announced her first residency, Cyndi Lauper: Live in Las Vegas, at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The first of at least five headline concerts was set for the 24th of April 2026.

    On the 8th of November 2025, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted her. She had been among the nominees in January 2023 and had said she was grateful to reach so many fans with a message of following her own path. That year the Hall passed her over, but the class of 2025 included her.

  • Lauper has said that her sister Ellen, who is a lesbian, pushed her toward LGBTQ rights advocacy. She calls Ellen a role model. Lauper also says she was simply passionate about equality. Her song "Above the Clouds" honors the memory of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man beaten to death in Wyoming. As a board member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, she devoted a 2005 concert tour to its message.

    In June 2007, she co-founded the True Colors tour for Human Rights across the United States and Canada. One dollar from each ticket went to the Human Rights Campaign. In 2008, she started True Colors United, which works to end youth homelessness with a focus on LGBTQ youth. She set up the True Colors Residence in New York City, a 30-bed facility offering temporary shelter and job placement help. In April 2010, the organization launched the Give a Damn campaign to involve more straight people.

    Her politics reached beyond that cause. In August 2008, she wrote an article titled "Hope" for HuffPost urging Americans to vote for Barack Obama, and she performed at that year's Democratic National Convention. In 2022, she launched the Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights Fund to support organizations fighting for abortion and reproductive healthcare. In December 2022, she sang "True Colors" at the White House ceremony where President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act.

    Her songs have carried their own weight in culture. The AllMusic writer Lindsay Planer called her "an iconoclastic vocalist who revolutionized the role of women in rock and roll." The scholar Sheila Moeschen argued that "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" introduced "a nation of women to a new kind of female role model, one that celebrated difference and encouraged playfulness in self-expression." "Time After Time" has been covered by over a hundred artists.

    "She Bop" met a different fate. It is the first and only top-ten song to directly mention a gay porn magazine. It was included in the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen" list, which led to the Parental Advisory sticker on recordings. Rolling Stone later ranked it the 36th-best song of 1984, praising its playfulness about sexuality. Her influence appears in Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and Kim Petras, among others.

    Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Tony Award, three MTV Video Music Awards, four Billboard Music Awards and two American Music Awards. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted her that same year. She is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards. In 2019, she returned to Johnson State College, the school where she once took art classes as a runaway. As the commencement speaker at Northern Vermont University - Johnson, she received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

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Who is Cyndi Lauper?

Cyndi Lauper is an American singer, songwriter and actress, born on the 22nd of June 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City. She is known for eccentric clothing, varied hair colors, a four-octave vocal range and the nickname Queen of Quirky Pop.

What was Cyndi Lauper's debut album and how successful was it?

Cyndi Lauper's debut solo album, She's So Unusual, was released on the 14th of October 1983. It made her the first female artist with four top-five Billboard Hot 100 hits from a debut album and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.

Did Cyndi Lauper win a Tony Award for Kinky Boots?

Yes. Cyndi Lauper won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Original Score for Kinky Boots. She was the first woman to win that category by herself.

What was Cyndi Lauper's connection to professional wrestling?

Cyndi Lauper made her World Wrestling Federation debut in June 1984 and managed the wrestler Wendi Richter. Richter beat The Fabulous Moolah for the WWF Women's Championship on the 23rd of July 1984 in a match broadcast live on MTV.

What LGBTQ charity did Cyndi Lauper start?

Cyndi Lauper started True Colors United in 2008. The organization works to end youth homelessness, with a focus on LGBTQ youth, and it is named after her song "True Colors."

Is Cyndi Lauper retiring from touring?

Cyndi Lauper announced a final run of concerts called the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour. It began in Montreal on the 18th of October 2024 and initially ended on the 30th of August 2025 at the Hollywood Bowl.

When was Cyndi Lauper inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Cyndi Lauper on the 8th of November 2025. She had been nominated in January 2023 but was not inducted that year.

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  122. 122Cyndi Lauper Goes Country on New Single 'Funnel of Love' (First Listen)
  123. 123Olivier Awards 2016: 'Gypsy' and 'Kinky Boots' lead nominationsMarch 2016
  124. 124Waitress and Bright Star Cast Albums Among Grammy Award NomineesRobert Viagas — December 6, 2016
  125. 125Jean-Michel Jarre announces new album Electronica 2, shares Peaches collaboration — listenMarch 11, 2016
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  131. 131NewsCyndi Lauper guest stars as lawyer Vanessa Nero on Magnum P.I.Mary Jane — October 22, 2018
  132. 132MagazineJanelle Monáe and Cyndi Lauper to Be Honored at Billboard's Women in Music EventRania Aniftos — November 15, 2018
  133. 133NewsCyndi Lauper en studio avec DumasRaphaël Gendron-Martin — December 6, 2018
  134. 134Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan to Kick off WorldPride...Andrea Leonhardt — April 30, 2019
  135. 135NewsCyndi Lauper prepares for two unusual nights at the Hollywood Bowl with a full orchestraPeter Larsen — July 10, 2019
  136. 136Cyndi Lauper / Greatest Hits: Japanese Singles Collection / CD+DVD setJuly 12, 2019
  137. 137Jane Lynch Reveals Netflix Show With Cyndi Lauper Following Emmy WinSeptember 15, 2019
  138. 138Jane Lynch, Cyndi Lauper Developing 'Golden Girls'-Style Comedy for NetflixMichael Schneider — September 16, 2019
  139. 139Magazine2020 Grammy Awards: Ken Ehrlich Tribute Performance 'I Sing the Body Electric'January 26, 2020
  140. 140Ben Platt, Debbie Allen, Cyndi Lauper, More to Perform Fame Song at the 2020 Grammy AwardsAndrew Gans — January 23, 2020
  141. 141Cyndi Lauper, Todrick Hall To Join Virtual Stonewall ConcertAnna Quinn — April 23, 2020
  142. 142Secret to the Formula - AllMusic
  143. 143Casey Abrams Teams Up with Cyndi Lauper on "Eve of Destruction"Danny Coleman — November 19, 2020
  144. 144Shea Diamond – Blame It On Christmas (feat. Cyndi Lauper) LiveDecember 2, 2021
  145. 145Line-up of Performers Announced for 2022 MusiCares® Person of the Year Tribute Honoring Joni Mitchell, to Be Held in Las Vegas on Fri, April 1, 2022Business Wire — March 17, 2022
  146. 146Magazine'Let the Canary Sing' Review: A Documentary About Cyndi Lauper Captures Her Cracked Pop Joy, but It's Too Celebratory to Dig Into the DramaOwen Gleiberman — June 16, 2023
  147. 147NewsExclaiming 'today's a good day,' Biden signs bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriageDecember 13, 2022
  148. 148NewsBiden signs marriage equality act to tune of Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colors'Steve Holland — December 14, 2022
  149. 149MagazineCyndi Lauper Calls 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nomination 'An Honor and a Thrill'
  150. 150Cyndi Lauper, George Michael among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees - CBS News
  151. 151MagazineOutkast, The White Stripes, Soundgarden, Chubby Checker & More to Join 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class: Full ListPaul Grein — 28 April 2025
  152. 152NewsThe Horror of Dolores Roach review – this serial killer drama is a sloppy messJack Seale — July 7, 2023
  153. 153'The Horror of Dolores Roach' isn't quite the killer concept it could beBrian Lowry — July 7, 2023
  154. 154MagazineDolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle, Debbie Harry Release New Song 'Gonna Be You'Daniel Kreps — January 20, 2023
  155. 155NewsCyndi Lauper, '80s Icon, Sells Her Music to ABBA Star, Plans Immersive Theater ShowFebruary 29, 2024
  156. 156Cyndi Lauper Sells Majority Share of Rights to PophouseDaniela Avila — February 29, 2024
  157. 157NewsCyndi Lauper Doc 'Let The Canary Sing' Sets Paramount+ Premiere; Drops TrailerRosy Cordero — May 7, 2024
  158. 158NewsCyndi Lauper announces farewell tour, documentary: 'Right now this is the best I can be'Melissa Ruggieri — June 3, 2024
  159. 159NewsLocal Events in Somerset
  160. 160NewsGlastonbury 2024 line-up announced as Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Sza revealed as headliners
  161. 161Cyndi Laupercyndilauper.com
  162. 162Cyndi Lauper Live at AtlantisAtlantis Paradise Island Bahamas
  163. 163NewsHow to Watch 'A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live From the Hollywood Bowl'Andi Ortiz — The Wrap — October 5, 2025
  164. 164Cyndi Lauper Announces Las Vegas Residency at The Colsseum at Caesars PalaceCaesar's Entertainment — October 6, 2025
  165. 165NewsMore like Cyn City: Cyndi Lauper starts Las Vegas residencyAndrea Dresdale — ABC Audio — April 24, 2026
  166. 166Cyndi Lauper Announces Las Vegas Residency at The Colosseum at Caesars PalaceOctober 6, 2025
  167. 167A look at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductees and how they were honoredAndrew Dalton — AP News
  168. 168NewsCyndi Lauper, Rowdy Roddy Piper and Captain Lou Albano 2026 WWE SDCC Exclusive Now AvailableJustin Kendall — July 23, 2026
  169. 169WWE Rock N Wrestling Connection 3-Pack
  170. 170Mattel Creations Announces WWE
  171. 171Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colors'The Georgia Voice — July 23, 2010
  172. 172MagazineCyndi Lauper joins honorary board of Matthew Shepard FoundationDecember 14, 2005
  173. 173NewsLauper, Others Headline Gay Rights Tour
  174. 174MagazineCyndi Lauper Opens Shelter for Homeless LGBT YouthInae Oh — August 25, 2011
  175. 175MagazineBiden Signs Landmark Bill Protecting Same-Sex MarriageTori Otten — December 13, 2022
  176. 176HopeLauper, Cyndi — August 24, 2008
  177. 177MagazineCyndi Lauper Enters Fight For Reproductive Justice With New FundAmina Niasse — October 11, 2022
  178. 178Blue Angel – Blue Angel – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic
  179. 179NewsWhat Will Katy Perry's New Album Sound Like? Check Out 5 Video CluesChris Ryan — MTV News — March 30, 2010
  180. 180NewsCyndi Lauper: 'Madonna wasn't my competition'May 2, 2016
  181. 181Cyndi Lauper | Music Bloodline
  182. 182MagazineWatch Tegan & Sara Sing Cyndi Lauper: Candid CoversSarah Maloy — December 12, 2012
  183. 183NewsGet to Know: Kim PetrasAugust 22, 2019
  184. 184Nicki Minaj's Style Inspired By Cyndi Lauper2012-02-17
  185. 185Fashion, Music and Prom According to Pop Sensation That PoppyAllison Chesky — March 7, 2016
  186. 186Cyndi Lauper FollowersMTV
  187. 187Tarantino, Lauper, others chosen for Hollywood Walk of Fame – US News
  188. 188Cyndi Lauper Releases Lost Track from Iconic She's So Unusual for 30th Anniversary AlbumMarch 28, 2014
  189. 189MagazineWomen Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All TimeJune 22, 2012
  190. 190MagazineCyndi Lauper's 'She's So Unusual': An everlasting, once in a lifetime album | The Music MixDalton Ross — April 1, 2014
  191. 191NewsGirls Still Just Wanna Have Fun: At 30, Cyndi Lauper's Feminist Anthem EnduresSheila Moeschen — April 11, 2013
  192. 192The Feisty Feminism of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun,' 30 Years LaterEmma Green — April 1, 2014
  193. 194VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's: 1–50
  194. 195The Essential Cyndi Lauper: Ranking Her Top 20 Songs
  195. 196MagazineCyndi Lauper, 'She Bop'September 17, 2014
  196. 197Gay Iconography: Cyndi Lauper Is A Not-So-Unusual ChoiceFebruary 28, 2014
  197. 198NewsHow We Met: 41. David Thornton and Cyndi LauperAngela Neustatter — July 5, 1992
  198. 199Inside Cyndi Lauper's 34-year marriage to actor husband David Thornton2025-11-08
  199. 200NewsWho Is Cyndi Lauper's Husband? All About David Thornton
  200. 201Everything to Know About Declyn Lauper, Cyndi's Son and Talented MusicianKelsie Gibson et al. — October 5, 2025
  201. 202NewsPublic Lives; In Their WordsJames Barron et al. — January 28, 1998
  202. 203Cyndi Lauper
  203. 204The Threepenny Opera
  204. 205Cyndi Lauper's 'Kinky Boots' to Close on BroadwayJon Blistein — September 29, 2018
  205. 206Watch the Stars of SpongeBob SquarePants Sing 'Hero Is My Middle Name' on TodayMay 4, 2018
  206. 207Brotherly Love: The History of 'The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'Alan Siegel — September 9, 2020
  207. 208Audio Archaeology: Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)Cat Blackard — September 10, 2009
  208. 209The Happy Prince: The Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
  209. 210January 17, 1999 – Cyndi Lauper Loaned Her Voice and Likeness to FOX-TV's "The Simpsons"January 24, 2021
  210. 211Disney Channel Picks Up 2nd Season of Higglytown HeroesRick DeMott — April 11, 2005
  211. 21210 Celebrities Who Have Guest Starred on a Disney Channel ShowDanielle Gittleman — February 15, 2021
  212. 213Cyndi Lauper 'Shines' in the Final Season of Showtime's Queer as Folk Series Premieres Sunday, May 22 at 9:00pm (ET/PT)February 15, 2005
  213. 214'TOTP Archive – 13/03/2006'March 13, 2006
  214. 215'Backyardigans' Kid's Model Story Began with NewsSean McCarthy — September 16, 2007
  215. 216Magazine'My Life on the D-List' Recap: Australia, Meet Kathy GriffinAmy Wilkinson — June 17, 2008
  216. 21720 Celebrities You Didn't Remember Were on 'Gossip Girl'Anjelica Oswald et al. — July 17, 2019
  217. 218Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige Join Mock "30 Rock" ChoirDaniel Kreps — May 15, 2009
  218. 219MagazineThe Celebrity Apprentice Season Premiere Recap: Cyndi Lauper Calls Trump Fat and Disses His Wife!Dalton Ross — March 16, 2010
  219. 220NewsCyndi Lauper Taps into Her Psychic Side on 'Bones'Alicia Rancilio — September 18, 2009
  220. 221MagazineCyndi Lauper Sings New Version of 'Goonies' on 'Bob's Burgers'Dan Snlerson — February 21, 2012
  221. 222First Look: Cyndi Lauper Guests on Happily DivorcedTV Guide — December 18, 2012
  222. 223Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual
  223. 224Cyndi Lauper
  224. 225Cyndi Lauper Guest Stars as Lawyer Vanessa Nero on Magnum P.I.Mary Jane — October 22, 2018
  225. 226Young Sheldon – A Baby Tooth and the Egyptian God of KnowledgeApril 22, 2020
  226. 227Exclusive Sneak Peek: Syndi Lauper is Ms. Goo Goo on Bubble GuppiesSandy C — April 8, 2020
  227. 228BookPrime Cuts Video Music
  228. 229The Goonies 30th Anniversary: Why Did Cyndi Lauper Hate the Theme Song 'The Goonies 'R' Good Enough'?Drew Mackie — June 3, 2015
  229. 230Off and RunningDerek Elley — June 16, 1992
  230. 231Reviews – Life with MikeyRoger Ebert — June 4, 1993
  231. 232Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle – Full Cast & Crew
  232. 233BookSesame Street: Elmocize
  233. 234The OpportunistsAugust 11, 2000
  234. 235The Naked Truth About the BrothersFelicia R Lee — January 27, 2007
  235. 236Cyndi Lauper Shares Screen with HusbandMichelle Nichols — April 24, 2009
  236. 237National Lampoon's Dirty Movie
  237. 238'Henry & Me': Film ReviewAugust 21, 2014
  238. 239Artist: Cyndi Lauper
  239. 240Winners Best Album Package – Incl. Album Cover, Graphic Arts, Photography
  240. 241Winners Song of the Year/New Song of the Year
  241. 242Winners Record of the Year
  242. 243Winners Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
  243. 244Winners Best Music Video, Short Form
  244. 245Cyndi Lauper wins first Tony Award for 'Kinky Boots' | The Music Scene
  245. 246MTV VMA 1984
  246. 247MTV VMAs 1987
  247. 248Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs: 1–50Rock on the Net
  248. 249Rolling Stone: The 50 Essential 'Woman In Rock' AlbumsRock on the Net
  249. 251MagazineLogo's Trailblazer Honors: Hayley Kiyoko, Alex Newell & Wrabel Tribute Cyndi Lauper With 'True Colors' PerformancePatrick Crowley — June 23, 2017
  250. 252NewsJay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of CongressTravis M. Andrews — March 20, 2019

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