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

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.

To prepare for the role, Lauper took a few classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiance School of Beauty in New York and studied with a few Manhattan psychics.

Lauper took up the Appalachian dulcimer, taking lessons from David Schnauffer.

On October 12, 2000, Lauper took part in a television show called Women in Rock, Girls With Guitars.

Lauper took part in VH1 Divas Live with Patti LaBelle, Jessica Simpson, Debbie Harry, Ashanti, Sheila E., and the Pussycat Dolls.

Tour alongside Cyndi Lauper, which took them to 52 cities across the USA and Canada.

Tour " alongside Cyndi Lauper, which took them to 52 cities across the U. S. and Canada.

[...] It does a better job than the two big singles of delineating the boundaries of Madonna's determined shallowness, an act that confounds Philistines today and made the appreciation of her musical skills a lot harder than it took these critics to dismiss Cyndi Lauper as the real charlatan.

Lauper won an Emmy Award for her role as Marianne on the sitcom Mad About You.

Lauper's sister Ellen had come out as a lesbian and Lauper considered her to be a role model.

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.

In preparation for the album, Lauper visited England and France during summer 2007 to write for the album and wrote songs with dance artists like Axwell, The Scumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and others.

Lauper and Turi wrote the bulk of their material, and the group also covered pop standards, such as Mann / Weil's " I'm Gonna Be Strong " ( which Lauper covered again in a 1994 album ).

Eric Greenwood for Drawer B wrote it is " a retrofitted with stale synths and chugging guitars " with " dorkier lyrics than even Cyndi Lauper would dare ", Sandy Cohen from Toronto Star called it " the year's love anthem ".

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

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.

Jules Shear and Cyndi Lauper went on to co-write the song " Steady ", which reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.

Lauper has been quoted as saying that she had long despised the song because of Richard Donner's insistence on everything being perfect for the video shoot.

During the video commentary for " The Goonies ", actor Sean Astin can be heard thanking Lauper for the song.

Lauper had no control over the song, which was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.

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

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

Lauper contributed a track called " Hole in My Heart ( All the Way to China )" but the song was not included on the soundtrack.

In 1990, Lauper co-wrote the song " Paper Heart " ( a song about drug addiction ) with Go-Go's alumna Jane Wiedlin.

Lauper said the song " Hat Full of Stars " was written as a message to David Wolff.

Lauper started writing the song around 1994.

In 2000, Lauper contributed a song called " I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever " for the children's movie Rugrats in Paris.

Also in 2000, Lauper co-wrote a song, " If You Believe ", with Faye Tozer of the British pop group Steps.

In June 2012, Lauper made her first appearance for WWE in 27 years, to promote both WWE Raw's 1000th episode and her song " Echo " and in memory of " Captain " Lou Albano, being presented with a framed gold record in the ring.

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

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

* " Time After Time " ( Cyndi Lauper song ), covered by many artists

* Time After Time ( Eva Cassidy album ), including a cover of the Lauper song, 2000

* 8 p. m. EDT: Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music, a tribute to John Lennon that became a concert of prayer and healing for New York City to benefit the relief efforts, hosted by Kevin Spacey and featuring Dave Matthews, Moby, Stone Temple Pilots, Nelly Furtado, Shelby Lynne, Alanis Morissette, Cyndi Lauper, The Isley Brothers, Lou Reed, Marc Anthony, Natalie Merchant, Yolanda Adams, Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono, is held at Radio City Music Hall and simultaneously broadcast live on the TNT and WB networks.

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.

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.

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 became the first female solo artist winner since Sheena Easton to win the Grammy for Best New Artist.

The video for " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " made Lauper an MTV staple.

Lauper did receive two nominations ; Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " What A Thrill " and Best Long Form Music Video for " Cyndi: Live in Paris ".

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

True Colors led Lauper to win two awards at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Album Package for She's So Unusual ; 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 ".

The next awards ceremony, Lauper to win four awards at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Music Video, Short Form for collaboration We Are the World ; Additionally, it received one nomination ; Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " What A Thrill ".

On July 21, 1990, Lauper joined many other guests for Roger Waters ' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin, performing " Another Brick in the Wall, Part II ".

A Night to Remember led Lauper it received one nomination awards at the 1990 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " I Drove All Night ".