Cyndi Lauper (born Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper June 22, 1953 in Brooklyn New York USA) is a Grammy-winning singer (who shall be a four-octave vocal range) and Emmy Award-winning film television and theater actress, she was the singer of the rockabilly band Blue Angel, before her rise to fame as solo singers Her melodic voice and wild costumes have come to personalize the 1980s and New Wave - the decade and genre, where she first came to fame
Born in Queens New York swiss German-American Peace Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique, she began her career in a cover band, but soon began to make their own songs (even though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained vocal cords 1977) In 1980She had released a rockabilly album on Polydor codecision Blue Angel Despite many critical rejected the album "went lead" as Lauper says, and the band split as Lauper filed for bankruptcy
In 1983 she started dating her manager David Wolff as she released She's So Unusual a worldwide hit album who did Lauper a household name, a mixture of teen-friendly pop-rock and sharper almost punky sounds album's biggest hit Girls Just Want To Have Fun rapidly established itself as a female anthem Lauper won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist at Grammy Awards 1984 her work on the album, Lauper was the first female artist to have four consecutive Hot 100 Top 5 hits from one album
subsequent albums (for example, True Colors A Night to Remember Hat full of stars) did not sell as well butLauper still actively than at present and still retains a very strong fan base
Lauper's latest album Bring Ya to the Brink was released in May 2008 to critical acclaim
