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LAUPER Cyndi
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

20.06.1953

(New York, USA, as Cynthia Anne Stephanie Lauper)

Appearances:

1979-81

Blue Angel

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	She's So Unusual produced by: Rick Chertoff	14.10.1983	Portrait/Epic		16	4
2.	True Colors featuring: The Bangles, Billy Joel, Nile Rodgers, Rick Derringer, Adrian Belew	8/1986	Portrait		25	4
3.	The 12" Tape	9/1996	Epic
4.	A Night To Remember	5/1989	Epic		9	37
5.	The Thirteen Deadly Cyns Greatest Hits	1992	Sony Music
6.	Hat Full Of Stars	5/1993	Epic/Sony Music		56	112
7.	Twelve Deadly Cyns ... And Then Some	22.08.1994	Epic		2	81
8.	Sisters Of Avalon	03.02.1997	Epic			188
9.	Merry Christmas ... Have A Nice Life	09.11.1998	Epic
10.	Shine (mini LP)	11.09.2001	edel
11.	Time After Time: Collection	01.10.2002	Sony
12.	The Essential Cyndi Lauper	10.06.2003	Epic/Legacy
13.	At Last produced by: Russ Titelman	18.11.2003	Daylight/Epic			38
14.	Greatest Collection & Carly Simon & Carole King & Scandal	07.12.2004	Platinum Disc
15.	Indispensables	14.12.2004	Sony International
16.	Rock Breakout Years: 1984	11.10.2005	Madacy
17.	The Body Acoustic produced by: Cyndi Lauper/Rick Chertoff/William Wittman featuring: Sarah McLachlan, Shaggy, Jeff Beck, Ani DiFranco, Kelly Osbourne, Adam Lazzara, Vivian Green	08.11.2005	Daylight/Epic		55	112
18.	Collection	15.11.2005	Sony
19.	Bring Ya To The Brink	27.05.2008	Epic			41
20.	Original Album Classics	05.08.2008	Sony/BMG
21.	Gold: Greatest Hits	16.12.2008	Sony/BMG
22.	Floor Remixes	17.03.2009	Epic
23.	Memphis Blues	22.06.2010	MapleMusic			26
24.	All Time Best	25.03.2014
25.	Front & Center	31.03.2015
26.	Live in Philadelphia, 1983	12.02.2016	Livewire
27.	Detour	06.05.2016	Rhino		43	29

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Girls Just Want To Have Fun / Right Track, Wrong Train 12"(GB) + Witness 12"(US) + Money Changes Everything	12/1983	Portrait	3	1
2.	Time After Time / I'll Kiss You 12" + Girls Just Want To Have Fun (extended) / Fun With V. Knutz (instrumental)	16.03.1984	Portrait	3	1
3.	She Bop / Witness	13.08.1984	Portrait	39	3
4.	All Through The Night / Witness produced by: Rick Chertoff	26.10.1984	Portrait	64	5
5.	Money Changes Everything / Money Changes Everything (live)	12/1984	Portrait		27
6.	Money Changes Everything / He's So Unusual 12"(1) + Extra Fun (live) 12"(2) + Yeah Yeah / Girls Just Want To Have Fun (v GB)	2/1985	Portrait
7.	The Goonies "R" Good Enough / What A Thrill	5/1985	Portrait		10
8.	True Colors / Money Changes Everything 12" + Heading For The Moon	8/1986	Portrait	8	1
9.	Change Of Heart / What A Thrill 12" + Heartbeats	11/1986	Portrait	67	3
10.	What's Going On / One Track Mind 7" + Change Of Heart / What A Thrill	2/1987	Portrait	57	12
11.	Boy Blue / The Faraway Nearby 12" + Time After Time	7/1987	Portrait		71
12.	Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) / Boy Blue (live)	7/1988	Epic		54
13.	I Drove All Night / Maybe He'll Know 12" + Boy Blue (live) CD1 + Girls Just Want To Have Fun CD2 + What's Going On (club version) / Time After Time	4/1989	Epic	6	6
14.	First Night Without You / Unabbreviated 12",CD1 + True Colors / All Through The Night CD2 + Iko Iko / When You Were Mine	7/1989	Epic	53	62
15.	Heading West / Insecurious 12",CD + She Bop (live) / Money Changes Everything (live)	11/1989	Epic	68
16.	Another Brick In The Wall & Roger Waters	9/1990		82
17.	The World Is Stone / Learn To Leave Alone CD1 + Time After Time CD2 + What's Going On	25.05.1992	Epic	12
18.	That's What I Think	01.11.1993	Epic	31
19.	Who Let In The Rain / Cold CD1 + Like I Used To CD2 + Girls Just Want To Have Fun (remix) / That's What I Think (deep mix)	03.01.1994	Epic	32
20.	(Hey Now) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	05.09.1994	Epic	4	87
21.	I'm Gonna Be Strong / A Part Hate CD1 + Product Of Misery CD2 + Broken Glass / Dear John	1/1995	Epic	37
22.	Come On Home / (Hey Now) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun	7/1995	Epic	39
23.	You Don't Know	27.01.1997	Epic	27
24.	Disco Inferno (Soul Solution, Plasmic Honey mixes & Boris & Beck dub)	05.07.1999	Jellybean
25.	Shine EP	2002	Oglio
26.	Disco Inferno 2002	21.10.2002	Jellybean
27.	Disco Inferno / Afrodynamix & DJ Prom & DJ Antoine & Mad Mark	17.05.2004	Afrodynamic
	Disco Inferno (DJ Antoine vs Mas Mark club mix, Dave Armstrong & Christian Alvarez A&A remix) & DJ Antoine & Mad Mark	27.09.2004	Session
28.	True Colours	10/2008	RCA	79
29.	A Christmas Duel & The Hives	01.12.2008
30.	Gonna Be You & Belinda Carlisle & Dolly Parton & Gloria Estefan & Debbie Harry	20.01.2023

Videos:

1. Cyndi Lauper In Paris - 5/1989, Channel 5, 90 min
2. Twelve Deadly Cyns ... And Then Some - 1995
3. Front & Center - 27.4.2015, Front & Center

Movies:

1. The Goonies (1986, track "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough")
2. Vibes (1987, starring, directed by Ken Kwapis)
3. Off And Running (1991, starring)
4. Life With Mikey (1993, starring, directed by J. Lapine)

Awards:

1984 Grammy Awards

- Best New Artist
- Best Album Package ("She's So Unusual")

1984 MTV Awards - Best Female Video ("Girls Just Want To Have Fun")

Various:

21.7.1990 appeared at gigu Roger Waters: The Wall (Berlin)
2006 role v musicalu "The Threepenny Opera" (Broadway, "Jenny")

appeared on the SP:

Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (12/85, EMI)
Wyclef Jean: From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion EP (10.11.09, Carnival House)

appeared on the LP:

Billy Joel: The Bridge (8/86, Columbia)
Roger Waters: The Wall (Live In Berlin) (9/90, EMI)
Tricky: Blowback (2.7.01, Epitaph)
Nellie McKay: Pretty Little Head (3.1.06, Columbia)
Dionne Warwick: My Friends And Me (7.11.06, Concord)

Compilation Appearances:

"Allons A Grand Coteau" / "Festival Zydeco" on compilation "Creole Bred" (11.5.04, Vanguard)
"Time After Time" on live LP "XM Artist Confidential, Vol. 1" (29.8.06, Starbucks)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1984	3	21.01.1984	7	Talk Talk Talk
1984	5	04.02.1984	14		interview
1984	5	04.02.1984	46	Albums	album review
1984	7	18.02.1984	22	Singles	single review
1984	9	03.03.1984	30	Video
1984	11	17.03.1984	26	Singles	single review
1984	18	05.05.1984	7	Talk Talk Talk
1984	23	09.06.1984	23	It's Alive	gig review
1984	26	11.08.1984	4	Fast Forward - Record News
1984	28	25.08.1984	23	Singles	single review
1984	31	15.09.1984	32	Video
1984	37	27.10.1984	4	Fast Forward
1984	37	27.10.1984	26	Singles	single review
1992	22	30.05.1992	29	Singles	single review
1994	41	22.10.1994	42	Rebellious Jukebox	interview
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	13	03.07.1993	29	Recenze	album review
1993	16	23.08.1993	9		profile
1995	8	25.04.1995	26	Recenze - Video
1997	4		104	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2003	6		76	Recenze CD	album review