Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper now known as Cyndi Lauper was born on June 22, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. Even in her early childhood, Cindy was a very unusual girl. 

She was very artistic and tried her best to stand out from the crowd. Around the age of 12, her sister Ellen gave Cindy an acoustic guitar, which became much more important to her than it seemed at first glance. Young Cindy quickly learned to play this guitar, and despite such a young age, began to create her own songs. Back in school, she did things that at the time were considered abnormal. For example, she dyed her hair a mixture of different colors and wore things that were unacceptable to young girls at the time. This behavior brought Cindy a lot of trouble, but she continued to do so because she was always looking for something unusual.  

Throughout her studies, she continued to write songs, and as Cindy got older, the themes and mood of the songs changed more dramatically. Around this time, one of her friends suggested that it be more unusual to write her name not as Cindy but as Cyndi. She liked this idea, and later she will often use this spelling of the name. Cyndi later entered Richmond Hill High School but was expelled after staying there for a short time.  

At age 17, Cindy left her home for several reasons, including her foster father's abusive attitude toward her. Such a childhood forced the girl to grow up quickly, and finally, plan her life the way she always wanted. At that time, Cindy was very interested in art, so she decided to look for it. This search led her to Vermont, where she enrolled in Johnson State College, where she studied art lessons and later made a presentation at NVU (Northern Vermont University.  

After that, she began to enter her real music career. It happened in the early ‘70s when she started performing with cover bands and performing various covers of famous songs. Of course, it gave her the much-needed experience, but she didn't like it, and although she enjoyed performing song covers, she still wanted to. Maybe there wasn't such an opportunity at the time, or possibly Cindy just didn't dare to do it. Most likely, she would have done it if it hadn't been for the trouble. In 1977 Cindy severely damaged her vocal cords, threatening her to lose her voice forever. Lauper was stunned to hear this and might even have lost hope if it weren't for Katie Agresta, Katie was her vocal coach, and thanks to her skills, she was able to help Sindy recover in one year. She knew that now was the time to move to a new level. In a year, she would perform in a real band.  

It happened in 1978 when Cindy met John Turi. He was a saxophonist, and just as she wanted to create music. Fortunately, John and Cyndi got along quite well and soon formed a Blue Angel band. Their demo tape was liked by Steve Massarsky, who later became the band's manager. In 1980, they released their first and only album called Blue Angel, which unfortunately brought more problems than success.  

Album sales were much worse than expected, which almost immediately led to the breakup of the band. Later, due to a serious quarrel with Steve Massarsky, Cindy was forced to pay $80,000, which quickly led to her bankruptcy. At that time, it seemed that it could not be worse, but life will always find a way. Cindy lost her voice again, which ruled out the possibility of trying herself again in music. Later she will release her first album, which will bring her such success that she did not even expect.  

This time the voice recovered reasonably quickly, which allowed them to perform in various clubs. At one of these clubs, she was spotted by David Wolff, who would later become her manager and be able to arrange a contract with Cindy with Portrait Record, which is directly related to Epic Records. In 1983, the first solo studio album was released by Cyndi Lauper called "She's So Unusual," which will change her life forever.  

The album became a real sensation. It was in the top 5 best albums in 9 countries, including the United States, where he took 4th place. Of course, since it was a studio album, it involved several professional musicians and songwriters who had a particular vision of the album. In fact, Cyndi might not even interfere in the process, but her creative nature prevailed. 4 songs from the album were written by her in collaboration with some songwriters. In some other songs, she changed the lyrics to the ones she thought suited the songs better, and she didn't lose. These songs have become real hits for a long time. Among them were "Time After Time,” "She Bop," and the course "Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” in addition to the original songs, the album also included five cover songs.  

In 1985, at the Grammy Awards, Cyndi received five nominations, including Best New Artist, which she won, Album of the Year, Song of the Year (“Time After Time”), and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” 

Of course, these were not the only nominations that Cyndi Lauper received. During the following years of creativity and the release of new albums, she repeatedly received nominations from various music awards shows. Of course, such explosive popularity meant the release of new albums, tours, and other events, which for her, although it was a dream, turned out to be completely new. It should be noted that perhaps because of its energetic and inflammatory nature, she coped with it very quickly and in 1983-1984 went to her first tour under the simple name "Fun Tour.” Even though this was her first serious tour, an insane number of people came to see her.  

To date, Cyndi Lauper has been on more than 15 solo tours and has distinguished herself not only in music but also in theater and cinema. She has starred in 11 films, starred in more than 20 series, and has been featured on four Broadway musicals, one of which won another Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for Kinky Boots. Currently, Cyndi continues to be actively involved in various projects related to music, film, and theater.