Lauper has released over 40 singles, and as of 2011 had sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, and 1 million DVDs and 20 million singles, making her one of the best selling artists of all time.

Producer William Wittman, who has been behind a mixing board for Lauper since her debut album She's So Unusual, was once again in a co-producing and mixing role.

David Byrne stated in his blog that he has collaborated with Lauper on a track for his upcoming Here Lies Love.

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

Lauper has been married to David Thornton since 1991.

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

Lauper plays Sylvia Pickel ( pronounced with an emphasis on the " kel ", as she points out ), a trance-medium who has contact with a wisecracking spirit guide named Louise.

" Strawberry Fields Forever " has also been covered by Trey Anastasio, The Bee Gees, The Bobs, Justin Currie, Noel Gallagher, Richie Havens, David Lanz, Cyndi Lauper, Eugene Chadbourne, Campfire Girls, Hayseed Dixie, Laurence Juber, Zlatko Manojlović, Marilyn Manson, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Peter Gabriel, Plastic Penny, Mother's Finest, Odetta, Andy Partridge, The Residents, Miguel Ríos, The Runaways, The Shadows, Gwen Stefani, Tomorrow, Transatlantic, The Ventures, Cassandra Wilson, XTC, and Ultraviolet Sound.

Roger went on to become a successful producer / engineer / mixer and has worked with a variety of artists, including Cyndi Lauper, Antony and the Johnsons, Tricky, and The Infadels.

Nyro's influence on popular musicians has also been acknowledged by such artists as Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan, and Melissa Manchester.

* Cyndi Lauper has a song called " Boy Blue " off her 1986 album True Colors.

Their signature song, " Disco Inferno ", has been covered by Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper.

In addition to his work as a DJ and remixer, he has co-produced albums for John Mellencamp, For Real, Lisa Lisa, Cyndi Lauper, among others, and individual LP tracks for Madonna, Cher, Wild Orchid, Kristine W, and others.

She has written with Aimee Mann (" RIP in Heaven " and " Crash and Burn " on Til Tuesday's " Everything's Different Now " album ), Heart and Cyndi Lauper, and had songs recorded by Peter Cetera and Chaka Khan ( the top 5 AC hit " Feels Like Heaven " written with Mark Goldenberg ), Cher (" Fires of Eden " also written with Goldenberg and recorded by Judy Collins ), Fleetwood Mac, as well many other recording artists, garnering chart success worldwide.

" Carey " appears on two Joni Mitchell greatest hits albums-Hits ( 1996 ) and Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell ( 2004 )-and has been covered by Cyndi Lauper, Goldie Hawn, Universal Honey, Sara Gazarek and Kiki Dee.

Over the years he has worked with artists ranging from Luther Vandross and Roberta Flack, to Cyndi Lauper.

Caswell has sung live with many performers including Cyndi Lauper, Little Richard, Bonnie Raitt, Nona Hendryx, Darlene Love, Marc Shaiman and others.

Since 1990, Skoota has played with such established artists as Santana, The B-52's, Arto Lindsay, Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Matisyahu, and Mary J. Blige.

Cyndi Lauper has performed the song live with Grammy Award winning singer Patti LaBelle twice in 1985 and 2004 and has also peformed the song with Grammy Award winning rapper Lil ' Kim.

He has also produced artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Loretta Lynn, Graham Nash and En Vogue.

His company in Australia, Jacobsen Venue Management, has presented many acts including Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, the Bee Gees, The Three Tenors, Slim Whitman, Kiss, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Marley, Shania Twain, Billy Joel, John Denver, Pearl Jam, Cyndi Lauper, Julio Iglesias, Barry Manilow, Meat Loaf, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Allen, Sammy Davis Jr, and many more, in addition to shows like Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Fame, and Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage.

" Hey Bulldog " has been covered by many artists and groups, including Miles Kane, Alice Cooper, Crash Kings, Jim Schoenfeld, Tea Leaf Green, Eric McFadden, Ween, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Fanny, Honeycrack, Ian Moore, Gomez, Rolf Harris, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Firewater, The Gods, Skin Yard, Dave Matthews, Paddy Milner, Of Montreal, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Boxer, the Eric McFadden Trio, as well as The Roots, who covered it during jams in their live shows with the Beatles ' vocals replaced by rapping from their MCs.

He has since worked as Front of House's sound engineer for acts such as Linkin Park, Cyndi Lauper, Slayer, and most recently HIM.

Lauper stated in a 1986 interview that she had been working 12 hour days and had gynecological problems.

By the mid 1970s and early 1980s, the original wave of singer-songwriters had largely been absorbed into a more general pop or soft rock format, but some new artists in the singer-songwriter tradition ( including Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Mark Heard, Lucinda Williams, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Nicks, Cheryl Wheeler, Loudon Wainwright III, The Roches and Warren Zevon ) continued to emerge, and in other cases rock and even punk rock artists such as Peter Case, Paul Collins and Paul Westerberg transitioned to careers as solo singer-songwriters.

His songs have been more commercially successful in the hands of other artists, notably Cyndi Lauper, whose recording of " All Through the Night " reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, and The Bangles, whose recording of " If She Knew What She Wants " reached number 29 in 1986.

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.

" 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.

Lauper hated the cover, often saying they made her look like Big Bird.

At the age of twelve, Lauper learned how to play an acoustic guitar, which her sister had given to her, and she started to write her own lyrics.

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.

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.

Lauper held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made.

Lauper started working in retail stores such as the New York high-end thrift store Screaming Mimi's to make ends meet, and she still sang in local clubs.

Music critics that saw Lauper perform with Blue Angel thought that she had star potential since she had a wide singing range ( four octaves ), perfect pitch, and a vocal style all her own.

Lauper knew she could write songs, but the record company had a lot of material they wanted her to record.

An example is her Platinum-certified " Girls Just Want to Have Fun "; Lauper says the original lyrics of the song dealt more with a girl pleasing a man, and therefore she changed the lyrics, wanting the song to be more of an anthem as she felt the original song seemed misogynistic.

" Lauper, in return, made many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation's " Rock ' n ' Wrestling Connection " events, including the inaugural WrestleMania event, where she was the manager of Wendi Richter.

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

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

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.

In 1997, Lauper announced that she was expecting a child.

Lauper began performing as a featured artist at gay pride events around the world ( as early as 1994, she had performed at the closing ceremonies for Gay Games IV in New York City ).

Though she had not released an album of new material since 1997's Sisters of Avalon, Lauper remained busy through the years.

Lauper embarked on an Australian tour playing at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, supported by Katie Noonan and Kate Miller-Heidke on February 22, 2008, and she was the headline and final act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, on March 2, 2008.

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.

The show's theme song was performed by Cyndi Lauper, although she is credited under the pseudonym " Ellen Shaw ".