Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Lauper’s career has spanned over 40 years. Her album She’s So Unusual was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, Lauper won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical Kinky Boots.
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Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Lauper’s career has spanned over 40 years. Her album She’s So Unusual was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2013, Lauper 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. She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. She is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards. She was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration in 2013. She gave the commencement address at Northern Vermont University – Johnson, the academic institution that now includes Johnson, Johnson, and Jefferson Airplane. In the early 1970s Lauper performed as a vocalist with various bands, called Doc West, covered disco songs as well as Janis Joplin and Led Zeppelin. Although Lauper was not happy singing on stage, she was later performing on stage singing covers by Bad Company, Jefferson Zeppelin and Flyer. She left home at 17, to escape her abusive stepfather, intending to study art. She eventually traveled to Canada, where she spent two weeks in the woods with her dog Sparkle, trying to find herself.
In 1989, she had a hit with a cover of Roy Orbison’s “I Drove All Night” Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects. She won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York’s Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards, Billboard Awards, and American Music Awards. Her debut album is included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, while her second record True Colors included the number one single “Change of Heart” In 2016, the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards for “Kinky Boots” for the cast recording of “The Kinkiest Boots Show” for which Lauper received a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New musical in 2014, and Best musical theater album in 2015 for “The Kissing Hand of God” and “The Cripple of Life” for “A Man Walks On By” “The Goonies” was the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies, and Lauper co-wrote and performed the score for the film. She also co-starred in the film “The Muppets” and appeared in the movie “Gone with the Wind” in which she played the lead role. Her music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is recognized by MTV, Vh1 and Rolling Stone as one ofThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum’s Women Who Rock.
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