Cyndi Lauper emerged as one of the decade’s more colorful figures with the 1983 release of a career-defining breakthrough called “She’s So Unusual,” which sent four singles to the Top 5 on the ...

Lauper was born in Brooklyn and raised in Queens. Before she became a pop star, she worked odd jobs, including as an IHOP waitress and singing in a cover band. Inspired by the feminist art of Yoko Ono ...

It’s been nearly 30 years since Cyndi Lauper’s 1983 album She’s So Unusual rocketed the singer to stardom with songs like “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time” and “She Bop”—but her most ...