Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper, is a singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame.

Discography

Albums

• Blue Angel - 1980
• She's So Unusual - 1984 (6x Platinum) - 15 million
• True Colors - 1986 (2x Platinum) - 12 million
• A Night to Remember -1989 (Platinum) - 8 million
• Hat Full of Stars - 1993 - 2 million
• Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some - 1994 (Gold) - 10 million
• Sisters of Avalon - 1996 - 1 million
• Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life - 1998 - 0.5 million
• The Essential Cyndi Lauper - 2002 - 0.9 million
• At Last - 2003 - 0.4 million - 1.7 million
• Shine - 2004 - 0.4 million
• Hey Now! (Remixes and Rarities) - 2005 - 0.2 million
• The Body Acoustic (not yet released)

Singles

• "You Make Loving Fun" (1978)
• "I'm Gonna be Strong" (1980) (with band Blue Angel)
• "I Had a Love" {1980) (with band Blue Angel)
• "Late" (1980) (with band Blue Angel)
• "Fade" (1980) (with band Blue Angel)
• "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (1983) (#2 (2) USA, Platinum)
• "Time After Time" (1983) (#1 (3) USA, Gold)
• "She Bop" (1983) (#3 (1) USA, Gold)
• "All Through The Night" (1984) (#5 (1) USA)
• "Money Changes Everything" (1984) (#27 (2) USA)
• "When You Were Mine" (1985) (Only in Holland, Belgium)
• "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" (1985) (#10 USA)
• "True Colors" (1986) (#1 (2) USA, Gold)
• "Change of Heart" (1986) (#3 USA)
• "What's Going On" (1986) (#12 USA)
• "Boy Blue" (1987) (#64 USA)
• "Maybe He'll Know" (1987) (#73 USA)
• "Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)" (1988) (#57 USA)
• "I Drove All Night" (1989) (#6 USA, Gold)
• "My First Night Without You" (1989) (#62 USA)
• "Heading West" (1989) (USA)
• "A Night To Rememeber" (1989) (USA)
• "Unconditional Love" (1991) (USA)
• "The World Is Stone" (1991)
• "Who Let In The Rain" (1993)
• "That's What I Think" (1993) (#11 Billboard Dance Charts)
• "Hat Full Of Stars" (1993)
• "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)" (1994) (#4 UK Silver), (#81 USA)
• "I'm Gonna be Strong" (1994)
• "Come On Home" (1995)
• "You Don't Know" (1996) (#111 USA)
• "Sister of Avalon" (1997)
• "Ballad Of Cleo And Joe" (1997) (#137 USA)
• "Early Christmas Morning" (1998)
• "Disco Inferno" (1999) (#8 Billboard Dance Charts)
• "Shine Remixes ( maxi Single )" (2003)
• "Walk on By" (2003)
• "Until You Come Back to Me" (2004)
• "Stay" (2004)
• "Silent Night" (2005)

Other artist's singles on which Lauper appears

• "We Are the World" (various artists) (1985) (#1 (4) USA)
• "Steady (single)" by Jules Shear (1985)
• "Land of 1,000 Dances?!!?" (various artists) (1985)
• "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (various artists) (1990)
• "Give Peace a Chance" (Peace Choir) (1991)
• "Boys Will be Boys" (The Hooters) (1993)
• "Zero Landmine (No More Landmines)" (various artists) (2001)
• "Love Me All Over" (J-Friends) (2002)

EPs

• Cyndi Lauper
• The Best Remixes - 1989
• Wanna Have Fun - 1998
• Shine E.P. - 2002
• Shine Remixes - 2003

Soundtracks and other albums

• What's In a Name? (Henry Gross) - 1981 (Backing Vocals)
• ' - 1985
• USA For Africa - 1985
• Confrontation (Face to Face) - 1985 (Backing Vocals, billed as "Kindy Lipkey")
• The Wrestling Album (Various Artists) - 1985 (Backing Vocals, billed as "Mona Flambe")
• Cyndi Lauper & Friends (Compilation with songs by others) - 1985 (Brazil Only)
• The Bridge (Billy Joel) - 1986 (Duets on "Code of Silence")
• ' (Roger Waters) - 1990 (On several songs recorded live)
• Music Speaks Louder Than Words (Various Artists) - 1990 (Contributes track "Cold")
• Tycoon (Various Artists) - 1992 (Contributes 2 tracks)
• A Very Special Christmas 2 (Various Artists) - 1992 (Duets with Frank Sinatra)
• Put on Your Green Shoes (Various Artists) - 1993 (Performs title track, billed as part of "3 Cats 'n Jammers")
• Out of Body (The Hooters) - 1993 (Lead vocals on "Boys Will be Boys")
• Largo (Various Artists) - 1998 (Contributes 2 tracks)
• ' - 1998 (Contributes track)
• ' (Various Artists) - 1999 (Vocals on Wild Colonials track "If By Chance")
• ' (Various Artists) - 200 (Contributes track)
• Blowback (Tricky) - 2000 (Vocals on "Five Days")
• Sincerely...Mariya Takeuchi Songbook (Various Artists) - 2003 (Vocals on "Winter Lovers")
• ' (Various Artists) - 2003 (Vocals on "Midnight Radio")