In the mid 1970s, Lauper performed as a vocalist with various cover bands ( such as Doc West and Flyer, who still perform under the names Gap Wilson Band and Red, White and Blues Band ), in the New York metropolitan area, singing hits by bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin and Bad Company.

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 ).

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

Lauper also performed alongside Thelma Houston, Melissa Etheridge and Rufus Wainwright at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

Lauper also performed on the " Girls Night Out ", headlining it with Rosie O ' Donnell in the US.

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 November 17, 2009, Lauper performed a collaborative work with Wyclef Jean called " Slumdog Millionaire " and performed it live on the Late Show with David Letterman.

The song is a fan favorite ; Lauper even performed it many times on her A Night to Remember tour in 1989.

Lauper seldom performed this in concert.

** Janet Perr ( art director ) for She's So Unusual performed by Cyndi Lauper

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.

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

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

The theme song, which originally followed the prelude, was performed by Cyndi Lauper ( credited as Ellen Shaw ) as an imitation of cartoon character Betty Boop.

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.

In 2009, Curtis performed at the HRC Equality Ball in celebration of President Barack Obama ’ s inauguration, along with Cyndi Lauper, Melissa Etheridge, Rufus Wainwright and Thelma Houston.

* 2010 Memphis Blues album by Cyndi Lauper, performed on tracks " How Blue Can You Get?

On July 18, 2006 a Stan Ridgway-fronted Wall of Voodoo performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Orange County as an opening band for Cyndi Lauper.

He performed singles from the album with Lauper on the television shows The Apprentice and Late Night with David Letterman.

Artists who have performed at Losers Lounge shows include Paul Williams, J Mascis, Sean Altman, John Flansburgh, April March, Ronnie Spector, Debbie Harry, Alice Cohen, Richard Barone, J. G. Thirlwell, Brian Dewan, Carol Jacobanis, and Cyndi Lauper.

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.

" All Through the Night " is a song performed by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper from her debut album She's So Unusual.

Cyndi Lauper performed the song at semi-final of The Voices season 2 with Beverly McClellan.

Tommy Mottola, president of Sony Music, told Lauper to go out and make her own Graceland ( referring to Paul Simon's album ).

* 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 ".

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.

Alison Moyet ( Alf ), The Art of Noise, The Assembly, The Associates, Aztec Camera, Big Country, Bon Jovi, The Boomtown Rats, Cardiacs, Cliff Richard, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, The Damned, Dennis Brown with Sly & Robbie, Depeche Mode, Dexys Midnight Runners, Die Ärzte, Dire Straits, Divine, Stephen Duffy, Duran Duran, Echo & the Bunnymen, Vow Wow, Elvis Costello, The Fall, Fatal Charm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Charged G. B. H., Gregory Isaacs & The Roots Radics, Gun Club, Hanoi Rocks, Heaven 17, Howard Jones, The Human League, Icicle Works, Iggy Pop, INXS, Judas Priest, Killing Joke, Level 42, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Madness, Madonna, Magnum, Meat Loaf, Motörhead, Ofra Haza, Paul Young, Pet Shop Boys, The Pretenders, The Proclaimers, Propaganda, The Psychedelic Furs, The Rainmakers, Robert Palmer, R. E. M., Scraping Foetus off the Wheel, Silent Running, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, Spear of Destiny, SPK, Squeeze, The Style Council, Tears for Fears, Terence Trent D ' Arby, Terry & Gerry, The Smiths, The Cult, The Cure, The Dream Academy, The Jam, The Mission, The Pogues, The Pretenders, The Stranglers, The Toy Dolls, Then Jericho, Thin Lizzy, Thomas Dolby, Tina Turner, Twisted Sister, U2, Ultravox, Voice of the Beehive, Tom Waits, Wall of Voodoo, Wham !, Whitney Houston, XTC, Yazoo, ZZ Top.

In 1985, MTV broadcast The War to Settle the Score, featuring a main-event matchup between Piper and Hogan, who was accompanied to the ring by Albano, Lauper, and Mr. T. This event set up the very first WrestleMania, which pitted Piper and Paul Orndorff against Hogan and Mr. T. Orndorff was pinned by Hogan when Piper's bodyguard " Cowboy " Bob Orton interfered and mistakenly struck Orndorff instead of Hogan with his trademark " injured " arm covered in a plaster cast.

As MTV became the center of the entertainment universe, Hunter ’ s celebrity interviews included the first MTV interviews with Madonna, Duran Duran and U2, and also included Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Loverboy, Kasim Sultan, Crosby Stills & Nash, Kevin Bacon, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Eurythmics, Kenny Loggins, the Psychedelic Furs, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, the Cars, the GoGos, the Bangles, Colin Hay and Men at Work, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Hugh Hefner, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Crowded House, Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Peter Wolf, Toto, Level 42, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Pee-Wee Herman among others.

On-air guests have included Radio Hall of Famer Arthur Godfrey ( in 1947 ), Pete Hamill, Steve Buscemi, Tim Robbins, Graham Nash, Roger McGuinn, Suzanne Vega, Jimmy Webb, Peter, Paul & Mary, Cyndi Lauper, Sting, Bo Diddley, Judy Collins, Lou Reed, Brian Wilson, Robert Klein, Kevin Bacon, Dick Cavett, Glen Campbell, Ringo Starr, Joshua Bell, Paul Simon, Robbie Robertson, Los Lobos, Tony Bennett, The Bad Plus, Buddy Guy, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, Jackson Browne, Ben Harper, Richard Barone, The Decemberists, Moby, Uncle Tupelo, Josh Ritter, Neil Young, Mavis Staples, and Norah Jones ( in her radio debut ).

The album spawned a minor hit " My Side of the Bed ", and a Cyndi Lauper penned " Unconditional Love ", but it stalled, and Hoffs was dropped from Columbia during the recording of her second solo album.

Lauper later enlisted them for backup vocals in her 1986 hit song " Change of Heart ".

In 1992, Lauper contributed two tracks to the European musical Tycoon, an English version of the hit French-Canadian stage show Starmania.

It was especially popular in the UK, "( Hey Now ) Girls Just Want to Have Fun " hit number four ( the single also returned Lauper to the US Hot 100, albeit briefly ).

A cover of the 1989 Cyndi Lauper hit " I Drove All Night ", released to launch her new advertising campaign with Chrysler, incorporated dance-pop and rock and roll.

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.

When Cyndi Lauper sings " The Star-Spangled Banner " it is to the tune of her hit song " Girls Just Want to Have Fun ".

Piper expressed his gratitude to Richter and Lauper for their " Rock ' N Wrestling " angle and presented Lauper with a gold record, with which she eventually hit Heath Slater, who had come to the ring to denigrate the former Superstars.

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

Although the album was not a commercial success peaking at # 80 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it gave them the chance to perform as an opening act for Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis and the News and brought the group to the attention of Prince, who would write " Manic Monday ", their first hit.

Another song from the album, " Maybe He'll Know ", was rerecorded by Lauper on her second solo album, True Colors, in 1986.

#" Maybe He'll Know " ( Remixed by Phil Thornally ) ( Lauper, John Turi )

For instance, the first song, " Running on Ice ," is heavily influenced by the music of The Police, and the final song recorded for the album, " Code Of Silence ," featured Cyndi Lauper who contributed backing vocals and received co-writing credit for the lyrics ( Joel would return the favor by contributing backing vocals on Lauper's song " Maybe He'll Know " for her 1986 album True Colors ).