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

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 ".

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.

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.

Even at this early age, Lauper started dyeing her hair different colors and wearing radical fashions.

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.

In 1977, Lauper damaged her vocal cords and took a year off.

Vocal coach Katie Agresta helped Lauper regain her voice by teaching her proper vocal exercises.

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

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

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.

In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager ( and at some point became romantically involved with her ) and got her signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.

At the time, Lauper became popular with teenagers and critics, in part due to her hybrid punk image, crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas.

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 co-wrote " Time After Time " with Rob Hyman when her producer, Rick Chertoff, suggested to the band that the album could use one more song.

The record label did not have much faith in Lauper as a songwriter, but they gave her the chance to prove herself.

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

" I'll Kiss You " is song by singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the sixth single from her album She's So Unusual.

Lauper plays dulcimer on her ninth studio album The Body Acoustic, and the tour to support the record featured her performing songs like " Time After Time " and " She Bop " solo on the mountain dulcimer.

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

" It became the first album in history to have four top five singles by a female, and earned Lauper Best New Artist at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.

Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly ( or " went lead ", as Lauper says ) and the band broke up.

She's So Unusual led Lauper to win an award at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, the album also won the Grammy for Best Album Package, this award went to the art director, Janet Perr ; Additionally, it received four nominations ; Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for " Girls Just Want To Have Fun ", and Song of the Year for " Time After Time ".

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

Lauper co-wrote most of the album with Essra Mohawk, John Turi, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

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

The disappointing sales of the album " A Night To Remember ", a canceled United States tour due to low ticket sales and the pressures of celebrity led Lauper to " retire " from her " singing.

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

In June 1993 Lauper released her fourth album, Hat Full of Stars, which tackled such topics as homophobia, spousal abuse, racism and abortion.

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

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

Twelve Deadly Cyns sold over 5 million copies worldwide and Lauper began a world tour to promote the album.

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

Lauper released her last album for Epic in late 1998.

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.

She closes the album with a stark rendition of " Silent Night " in memory of Peter Wood, the close friend and musician to whom Lauper dedicated her hits compilation, Twelve Deadly Cyns ... and Then Some.

Under a new contract with Sony Music, Lauper released The Body Acoustic, an album that featured acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog.

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

Lauper on Good Morning America in 2008 to promote her album Bring Ya to the Brink

Lauper recorded an album of all new material during 2007.