Lauper came up with the title for " Time After Time " while reading TV Guide — Time After Time was a 1979 science fiction movie starring Malcolm McDowell as H. G. Wells, portraying him inventing and then traveling in a time machine.

* Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child presented a version of the title story set in New York City featuring Ed Koch as the Happy Prince ( who was the statue of the city's previous mayor ) and Cyndi Lauper as a streetwise pigeon named " Pidge " ( in place of the Swallow ).

As a result in early 1985, Kai — who had been trained by Moolah — wrestled Richter and defeated her for the title at The War to Settle the Score, with Moolah in her corner and singer Cyndi Lauper in Richter's corner.

This 1985 film's title is almost certainly based on the 1983 hit by Cyndi Lauper.

Written originally as a rock ' n roll song with the title " Follow Your Heart ", it was written for singer Cyndi Lauper by songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson, although it was never played to her.

" Open Your Heart " was originally a rock ' n roll song with the title " Follow Your Heart " and had been written for singer Cyndi Lauper by songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson, although it was never played to her.

In 1978, after regaining her voice, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt.

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.

Lauper also has a cameo in the film, performing the song on TV, although the song was not completed until after filming.

The video clip is also about this, with Lauper coming home after a long day at work to an empty room after a separation.

Another feud, this time between Piper and Hulk Hogan erupted soon after and became what was at the time the highest-profile feud in wrestling history, thanks to the involvement of pop singer Cyndi Lauper, where Piper kicked Lauper in the head — and even attacked Captain Lou Albano — with Hogan seeking revenge as a result.

In one segment, Lauper attacks Albano and Piper himself after hearing enough insults from Albano.

Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered.

Her appearance is deliberately modelled after the American pop singer Cyndi Lauper.

Hyman explained in an interview with Songfacts that he and Lauper stayed in the studio after the sessions composing the song.

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.

Steven Spielberg had asked Lauper to be the musical director of his latest film The Goonies, an adventurous family film about lost treasure.

In 1987, David Wolff produced a concert film for Lauper called Cyndi: Live in Paris.

Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy Vibes, alongside Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands, Elizabeth Peña and Peter Falk.

Lauper contributed a cover version of The Trammps's classic " Disco Inferno " to the soundtrack for the film A Night at the Roxbury.

Lauper has co-written a musical with Harvey Fierstein, based on the 2006 independent film " Kinky Boots ".

Midway through the film, Sean Astin had to leave, much to the puzzlement of his costars, and without ever getting to say a personal message to Cyndi Lauper that he intended to.

Vibes is a comedy film released in 1988 starring Cyndi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands and Peter Falk.

" Hole in My Heart ( All the Way to China )" is a song recorded by pop singer Cyndi Lauper for her 1988 film Vibes.

Interesting piece of trivia: Cyndi Lauper mouthed Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer's lines from the 1936 film The Garden of Allah in her 1984 video for " Time After Time.

Fierstein is writing the book, with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, for a stage musical version of the film Kinky Boots.

In the early 1990s Cyndi Lauper had a bob haircut with very unusual colors ; soon afterwards, the cut became identified with Uma Thurman in the film Pulp Fiction in 1994.

The album is known primarily because it included song " The Goonies ' R ' Good Enough " by singer Cyndi Lauper, who had a cameo in the film ( as herself, singing the song on TV ).

Off and Running is a 1991 American film starring singer and actress Cyndi Lauper as a mermaid-themed lounge singer who gets involved with a caring but troubled man.

The video opens with Lauper watching the 1936 film The Garden of Allah.

A stage musical version of the film is in development, with Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper co-writing the book and music and lyrics by Lauper.

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

Lauper also sang the theme song for the series " Pee-wee's Playhouse " the same year, though she was credited as " Ellen Shaw ".

The same year, Lauper recorded " Boys Will Be Boys " with The Hooters.

The same year, Lauper opened for Cher's Do You Believe?

That same year, Bazilian and Hyman were asked to write, arrange and play on the debut album of a relatively unknown singer named Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual, who was being produced by their former producer and unofficial bandmate from Baby Grand, Rick Chertoff.

That same year, Snow collaborated with Cyndi Lauper on Junior Vasquez's Homegrown and Sly and Robbie's Pop Goes the Dancehall remix of Girls Just Want to Have Fun ( retitled Hey Now ( Girls Just Want to Have Fun )).

It was the same for many artists of that decade like Cyndi Lauper, Madonna and George Michael to name but a few.

It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lauper's fourth top five single in the U. S. Lauper became the first woman in the 26-year history of Billboard to take four singles from the same album to Top 5 on the Hot 100.

The band reformed without Lauper in 1987 under the name " Boppin ' the Blues ".

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".