During this time period, Lauper appeared on the cover of People magazine twice.

In 1986, Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album The Bridge on a song called " Code of Silence ".

Lauper appeared on the Howard Stern Show to promote the album.

On January 17, 1999, Lauper appeared on The Simpsons.

Lauper appeared on the show as herself singing the National Anthem to the melody of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

Lauper performed a duet with Leona Lewis on VH1 Divas on September 19, 2009, singing " True Colors " and also appeared along side hip hop artist Eminem for a comedy skit at the MTV VMA's in September 2009.

On June 24, 2012, Lauper appeared as a Grand Marshall for the annual Gay Pride Parade in New York City.

The song is considered, among Lauper fans, a rarity and only appeared as a single in various formats including a 3 " CD single in Japan, the United States, Austria and 5 " CD single in UK and US.

In 2010, Strawberry appeared on NBC's The Apprentice with Sharon Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper, Bret Michaels, and others.

" Primitive ", a song written and performed by singer Cyndi Lauper, appeared on her third album A Night to Remember ( 1989 ).

In addition, several celebrities like Muhammad Ali, Liberace and Cyndi Lauper also appeared during the build up to and at the event.

WWF owner Vince McMahon brought in Cyndi Lauper for a feud with Lou Albano ( who had appeared in one of Lauper's videos ).

On the June 18, 2012 episode of RAW, Richter, Lauper, Piper and the Divas Champion Layla appeared on the show as part of the " 1000th episode " buildup.

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

They received a much wider audience serving as the opening act of Cyndi Lauper on her Fun tour.

The mainstream media attention brought on by celebrities including Muhammad Ali, Mr. T, and Cyndi Lauper at the event helped propel WrestleMania to become a staple in popular culture.

Even though Lauper was now performing on stage, she was not happy singing cover songs.

Many people wanted to sign Lauper only if she would sign on as a solo artist.

It reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 and earned Lauper another Gold certification of 500, 000 from the RIAA.

Jules Shear and Cyndi Lauper went on to co-write the song " Steady ", which reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.

Lauper was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in May 1984.

Lauper had the power to choose whom she wanted on the soundtrack, so she tried to make the album very diverse.

Lauper has been quoted as saying that she had long despised the song because of Richard Donner's insistence on everything being perfect for the video shoot.

In behind-the-scenes footage of the video, you can see Lauper physically exhausted from the work on the video.

In the same year, Lauper released her second album, True Colors, on September 15, 1986.

Lauper contributed a track called " Hole in My Heart ( All the Way to China )" but the song was not included on the soundtrack.

Lauper worked on the movie originally titled Moon Over Miami, which later became Off and Running with David Keith, Richard Belzer and David Thornton, whom she started seeing romantically.

Lauper had threatened to dress like a lighted Christmas tree, but settled on a traditional white wedding dress.

Lauper recorded " Santa Claus is Coming to Town ", a duet with Frank Sinatra, which was released on the album A Very Special Christmas 2.

Lauper won an Emmy Award for her role as Marianne on the sitcom Mad About You.

Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper was born on November 17 of that year ; he was named after Elvis Costello ( whose first name is Declan ) and William Wallace.

He was born while Lauper was putting the finishing touches on her new album.

" Brimstone and Fire " painted a portrait of a lesbian relationship, and " You Don't Know " showed Lauper flexing more political muscle than on her previous albums.

In 1999, Lauper ranked No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll by VH1.

Lauper and Cher performed " Turn Back Time " on VH1 Divas.

Lauper took part in VH1 Divas Live with Patti LaBelle, Jessica Simpson, Debbie Harry, Ashanti, Sheila E., and the Pussycat Dolls.

During 2002, she performed for many benefit concerts, the famous VH1 Divas Live, a concert to benefit the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, alongside Cher, Anastacia, Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Shakira and Stevie Nicks.

November 2005 marked the appearance of The Hooters on VH1 Classic's concert series Decades Live Rock as guests of Cyndi Lauper where they performed " And We Danced " and " All You Zombies.

Lauper was accepted in a special public high school for students with talent in the visual arts, but she was held back and eventually dropped out, earning her GED sometime later.

" Lauper recorded a special Christmas duet with Swedish band The Hives, entitled " A Christmas Duel ", on CDsingle and 7 " vinyl, in Sweden only, on November 19, 2008.

Celebrities such as Aretha Franklin, Cyndi Lauper, Muhammad Ali, Mr. T, Alice Cooper, Lawrence Taylor, Pamela Anderson, Mike Tyson, Donald Trump, Floyd Mayweather, Snoop Dogg and others have participated or made special appearances within the events.