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

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

" 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.

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

In October 2008 it was revealed the band had recorded a Christmas duet entitled " A Christmas Duel " with Cyndi Lauper, which was available as a free download from their website on November 28, 2008.

They recorded their second album Big Bad Noise with producers Peter Blyton ( The Radiators, Machinations ) and Brian McGee ( The Rolling Stones, Cyndi Lauper ).

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 ).

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.

The success of the partnership continued with more number one singles " True Colors " ( recorded by Cyndi Lauper ), " So Emotional " ( by Whitney Houston ), " Eternal Flame " ( by The Bangles ) and " Alone " ( by Heart ).

Their other hits include " In Your Room " ( The Bangles ), " Spirit of Love " ( by Laura Branigan ), " I Drove All Night " ( recorded by Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper and Celine Dion ), " I Touch Myself " ( Divinyls ), " Sex as a Weapon " ( by Pat Benatar ), and " Look Me in the Heart " ( by Tina Turner ).

* " True Colors ", recorded by Cyndi Lauper

* " I Drove All Night ", recorded by Cyndi Lauper, by Roy Orbison and by Celine Dion

After The Cars recorded their own version, which they did not use on any of their albums, Lauper decided to cover it.

It was recorded by Cyndi Lauper for her debut album, She's So Unusual and was released as a single in 1984, peaking at # 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Lauper recorded an acoustic version, with guest artist Adam Lazzara ( from the band Taking Back Sunday ), for her 2005 album The Body Acoustic.

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.

" 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Lauper prepared her sixth studio album in 2001, Shine, which saw her returning to her early pop / rock sound.

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 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.

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 did a lot of radio promotion in November and December for all three releases, including a live performance of " Blue Christmas " on Good Morning America in December.

Some examples include Cyndi Lauper, Sheena Easton, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson, Joan Osborne, Rita Coolidge and Rod Stewart, all of whom have made forays into this once-shunned territory.