In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt. Turi and Lauper formed a band named Blue Angel and recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky, manager of The Allman Brothers Band, heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager. Lauper received recording offers as a solo artist, but held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Lauper hated the album cover, saying that it made her look like Big Bird, but "Rolling Stone" magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers (2003).
1980–1982: Blue Angel
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper | 1980–1982: Blue Angel
1978 At age 12, she began writing songs and playing an acoustic guitar given to her by her sister 1978. 1983.
who wrote the music and lyrics to the song kinky boots
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Based on the 2005 British film "Kinky Boots", the musical tells the story of Charlie Price.
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2005
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The film received mixed reviews on release, with critics decrying the "formulaic Britcom plot"
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She is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist; her career has spanned over 40 years.
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Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero. Music critics who saw Lauper perform with Blue Angel believed she had star potential due to her four-octave singing range. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager and had her sign a recording contract with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records.
Cyndi Lauper | 1980–1982: Blue Angel
In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt. Turi and Lauper formed a band named Blue Angel and recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky, manager of The Allman Brothers Band, heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager. Lauper received recording offers as a solo artist, but held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Lauper hated the album cover, saying that it made her look like Big Bird, but "Rolling Stone" magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers (2003).
Cyndi Lauper | 1980–1982: Blue Angel
She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983, by Portrait Records. The album was re-released in 2014 to commemorate its 30th anniversary, and was called "She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration". The re-release contains demos and remixes of previously released material, as well as new artwork. In 1978, Lauper formed the band Blue Angel. The band soon signed a recording contract with Polydor Records; however, their debut album, "Blue Angel", was a commercial failure. The band parted ways after firing their manager, who sued Lauper for $80,000 and forced her into bankruptcy.
She's So Unusual | Introduction
Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly ("It went lead", as Lauper later joked) and the band broke up. The members of Blue Angel had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager. He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy. After this Lauper temporarily lost her voice due to an inverted cyst in her vocal cord. After Blue Angel broke up, Lauper spent time, due to her financial problems, working in retail stores, waitressing at IHOP (which she quit after being demoted to hostess when the manager sexually harassed her), and singing in local clubs.
Cyndi Lauper | 1980–1982: Blue Angel
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album "She's So Unusual" (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100—"Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture "The Goonies" and her second record "True Colors" (1986). This album included the number one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three.
Cyndi Lauper | Introduction
When she was 14, Cyndi won a local talent contest and entered the national televised contest finals held in Paris. This was the start of her professional singing career. She has performed in many countries, including France, the UK and the US. She signed a worldwide recording contract in the US while continuing her studies.
Cyndi Almouzni | Career
American singer Cyndi Lauper has released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, five video albums and fifty-one singles. Worldwide, Lauper has sold approximately 50 million albums, singles and DVDs. Lauper was a founding member of Blue Angel, who released their debut album in 1980 on Polydor Records. The album was unsuccessful, causing the band to break up and Lauper to file for bankruptcy. In 1983, Lauper obtained a contract with Portrait Records, and her debut solo album, "She's So Unusual", was released. The album was a major success, achieving platinum and gold certification around the world and spawning the hits "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time" and "She Bop".
Cyndi Lauper discography | Introduction
He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy. After Blue Angel broke up, Lauper spent time working in retail stores and singing in local clubs. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager. With his help, Lauper signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records, in the spring of 1983 and soon began recording her debut album.
She's So Unusual | Background
This is an alphabetical listing of songs recorded in studio or live by Cyndi Lauper between 1977 and 2018. Lauper's discography, which includes studio and compilation albums, singles, and video releases, is also available.
List of songs recorded by Cyndi Lauper | Introduction
Lauper was born in Brooklyn to a Catholic family. Her father, Fred, was of German and Swiss descent. Her mother, Catrine (née Gallo), is of Italian descent (from Sicily). Lauper's siblings are younger brother Fred (nicknamed Butch), and older sister, Ellen. Lauper's parents divorced when she was five. Her mother remarried and divorced again. Lauper grew up in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens and, as a child, listened to such artists as The Beatles and Judy Garland. At age 12, she began writing songs and playing an acoustic guitar given to her by her sister. Lauper expressed herself with a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and took a friend's advice to spell her name as "Cyndi" rather than "Cindy".
Cyndi Lauper | 1953–1979: Early life
On October 14, 1983, Lauper released her first solo album, "She's So Unusual". The album became a worldwide hit, peaking at No. 4 in the U.S. and reaching the top five in eight other countries. The primary studio musicians were Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman (of The Hooters), Rick Chertoff, Richard Termini and Peter Wood. Lauper became popular with teenagers and critics, in part due to her hybrid punk image, which was crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas. Lauper co-wrote four songs on "She's So Unusual", including the hits "Time After Time" and "She Bop". On the songs she did not write, Lauper sometimes changed the lyrics.
Cyndi Lauper | 1983–1985: "She's So Unusual"
Her first and only album, "Childstar", in 1974, did not sell well, and she stopped performing because she did not enjoy it. However, the album attracted the interest of Bonnie Raitt, who became the first musician to cover one of her songs. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked as a songwriter at A&M Records from 1977, and also wrote songs with, and for, Patti LaBelle and Herbie Hancock. She worked at a comedy club and hung posters for four years. A mutual friend introduced her to Verdine White, and in turn to Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire.
Allee Willis | Career
In the 1960s, Knef took a break from acting and started writing song lyrics. Then she started a successful concert and recording career. She began her singing career in the United States on Broadway. She began her new career in 1963 as a singer and surprised her audiences with the deep, smoky quality of her voice and the many lyrics, which she wrote herself. Fans around the world rallied in her support as she defeated cancer several times. She returned to Berlin after the reunification. In her peak, entertainment columnist called her the ""willowy blonde" who had "dusty voice" and "generous mouth".
Hildegard Knef | Chanteuse
Flora Jean Bovie originally wanted to become a singer, but a crushed breast plate suffered in an automobile accident affected her vocal chords and she turned to modeling. A 1958 "TV Guide" article states that she began acting in 1940 while a 1962 syndicated news articles states that she began acting in 1951. Whenever her acting career started, she began acting with little theater groups in and around the Hollywood area.
Jean Engstrom | Career
She started off her singing career as an opening act for Mando, a Greek pop star, and was featured in her own summer concert in 1995. She collaborated with several accomplished writers in New York such as Jeff Franzel, who's written for NSYNC and played with Frank Sinatra, and Alex Forbes who has written for Taylor Dayne and Cyndi Lauper, among others.
Annet Artani | 1994–2002: Beginnings
She gained some unexpected fame in the 1980s when comedians such as David Letterman and Howard Stern tracked down her "Lavender Jane Loves Women" album, and began playing phrases from the song "View From Gay Head" on the air.
Alix Dobkin | Career
Blue Angel is the only album released in 1980 by the band of the same name. They were fronted by a pre-fame Cyndi Lauper and sang a combination of Rockabilly and R&B cover songs. The band was fairly short-lived and the album was not a major success until after Lauper's solo career exploded. It has been released on five separate occasions:
Blue Angel (Blue Angel album) | Introduction
She subsequently left music for a period of 23 years after a disagreement with him when she was 26 years old.
Lorna Cordeiro | Initial career (1960–1973)
Her unconventional sense of style led to classmates bullying and throwing stones at her.
Cyndi Lauper | 1953–1979: Early life
The Hooters dedicated their song "Private Emotion" to her. Her greatest hits album, "Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some", was released outside of the US in 1994 and reached US audiences in summer of 1995. The album sold over six million copies worldwide. It included two re-recorded tracks, "I'm Gonna be Strong", originally recorded with Blue Angel, and a reworking of her first hit, newly christened "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)".
Cyndi Lauper | 1993–1995: "Hat Full of Stars" and "Twelve Deadly Cyns"
After 1959, she recorded for a variety of labels, but the hits largely dried up. She continued to perform into the early 1960s. Her last hit single was in 1967, a cover of "96 Tears" by Question Mark & the Mysterians.
Big Maybelle | Career decline
After this followed a career hiatus for the singer.
Carola Häggkvist | 1981–1989: Early career and "Främling"
She started her professional career in 1955 as an emcee at the Oasis nightclub in Honolulu. The club served as a venue for musical revues from Japan. In 1956, she began working as a standards singer in U.S. military clubs on Oahu such as The Cannon Club on Diamond Head. Pianist Paul Conrad usually served as her accompanist for her gigs. Conrad also wrote many of her arrangements. By 1957 she was singing at Waikiki Beach nightclubs as the opening act for headliners such as popular singer Herb Jeffries and blues singer and guitarist Josh White. Pop singer Jimmie Rodgers attended one of her shows and persuaded Liberty Records executives to allow her to record another LP.
Ethel Azama | Career
Her successful singing career started in the 1960s once her film career was not going very well. She wrote some songs by herself. She performed in television shows such as in episodes of "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and in a 2000 documentary in which she was playing by herself "Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song".
Hildegard Knef | Early years
She continued to act on stage throughout the 1940s and 1950s and made some appearances in TV series and TV movies in the 1950s and in 1960.
Jean Dixon | Career
42 on 23 June 1979. Also in 1979, she won a Juno Award for being the Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year.
Claudja Barry | Early music career
In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi and formed the band Blue Angel. They recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought out Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager. Lauper received many offers to go solo, but rebuffed any offer that didn't include the rest of the band. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Despite critical acclaim, the album was a commercial failure. The members of Blue Angel also had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager.
She's So Unusual | Background
She regularly premiered works written especially for her, some of which were recorded for Columbia Masterworks, Angel Records/EMI, Composers Recordings, Inc. ("Erwartung") and Musical Heritage Society. In April 1983, her career as a soprano was ended by an automobile/bicycling accident that damaged her vocal chords.
Susan Davenny-Wyner | Career as soprano
In high school, she discovered the works of Billie Holiday, and played and sang with local bands at parties, including Ledger from Downey, California. After high school, she became a writer and illustrator. Around 1980, DeMone became interested in songwriting and singing. She wrote songs with the aid of a small Casio keyboard and started her singing career with a heavy metal band. After one performance without amplification, she found that she had damaged her voice and went in search of singing lessons. During lessons with a teacher whose favorite singer was Barbra Streisand, DeMone found a few useful techniques and changed her singing style.
Gitane DeMone | Early years
In March 1996, she signed a recording deal with Forward Music.
A-Mei | 1972–1996: Early years and career beginnings
Lauper was described by AllMusic's Lindsay Planer as "an iconoclastic vocalist who revolutionized the role of women in rock and roll." Over her 40-year career, she influenced multiple recording artists including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Vanessa Paradis, Tegan and Sara, and Yelle. Due to her success and influence Lauper has been inducted into both the Hollywood and Songwriters Hall of Fame. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Spotify notes that "She's So Unusual" and her distinctive idiosyncratic appearance "helped popularize the image of punk and new wave for America, making it an acceptable part of the pop landscape". "Rolling Stone" magazine stated that her debut was "arguably the first time explicitly punk-influenced elements were front-and-center on the pop landscape, both musically and via Lauper's Patrick Lucas-styled ensembles, dressing up the droll Reagan decade in feminist chutzpah." The album ranked at #487 on "Rolling Stone"s list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003.
Cyndi Lauper | Legacy
She appeared in two videos for American hip hop trio Salt-n-Pepa ("Get Up Everybody (Get Up)" in 1988 and "Twist and Shout" in 1989). In 1990, she started her musical career as a backing vocalist. She sang back-up vocals on pop star Tiffany's "New Inside" album in 1990. In 1991, she featured in music video "My Fallen Angel" of Dominican singer/actor Coro. In 1992 she gained her first break as a solo singer on BET's "ComicView", singing Oleta Adams' "Get Here". In 1993 she moved to Los Angeles to record the song "One More Chance" for the producer OG Pierce, it resulted however in no record deal.
Anastacia | 1968–1998: Early life and career beginnings
She made her debuts at the London Opera House in London, in 1975, and at the Palais Garnier in Paris, in 1977. In the 1970s Blegen appeared frequently on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" where she performed the Christmas carol, O Holy Night .
Judith Blegen | Life and career
She began her career in 1976 with Crown Cassette Communications as a secretary.
Jane Lighting | Career
Lauper received two nominations at the 1986 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "What a Thrill" and Best Long Form Music Video for "Cyndi Lauper in Paris". Lauper released her second album, "True Colors" in 1986. It entered the "Billboard" 200 at No. 42 and peaked at No. 4. It sold 2 million copies in the US. She increased her involvement in production and songwriting on her second album, co-writing most of the songs with Essra Mohawk, John Turi, Billy Steinberg, and Tom Kelly. Guests included Angela Clemons-Patrick, Nile Rodgers, Aimee Mann, Billy Joel, Adrian Belew, The Bangles, Ellie Greenwich and Rick Derringer.
Cyndi Lauper | 1986–1988: "True Colors" and "Vibes"
The other "Billboard" Hot 100 singles on "She's So Unusual" were "She Bop" (No. 3), "All Through the Night" (No. 5), written by Jules Shear, and "Money Changes Everything" (No.27).
Cyndi Lauper | 1983–1985: "She's So Unusual"
In the same year, Lauper opened for Cher's "Do You Believe? Tour" alongside Wild Orchid. She also appeared in the films "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" and "The Opportunists".
Cyndi Lauper | 1996–2000: Motherhood and "Sisters of Avalon"
The songs became her second and third Top 10 hits as a solo artist. "Here's the Answer" was officially released in January 1961, but did not chart any "Billboard" list.
Here's the Answer | Release
Before returning to music, she pursued careers in journalism, screenwriting and acting.
Cait Brennan | Beginnings (1989–2012)
Lauper has been an LGBT rights supporter throughout her career, campaigning for equality through various charities and gay pride events around the world. Lauper stated that she became involved in gay rights advocacy because her sister Ellen is a lesbian and because Lauper herself was passionate about equality. Lauper cites her sister Ellen as a role model. Her song "Above the Clouds" celebrates the memory of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man beaten to death in Wyoming. As a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board, Lauper devoted a concert tour in 2005 to promoting the Foundation's message. She co-founded the True Colors tour for Human Rights throughout the United States and Canada in June 2007.
Cyndi Lauper | Activism
Blue Angel were a retro-rockabilly band that featured Cyndi Lauper before her rise to fame as a solo singer. The lineup also included John Turi on keyboards and saxophone, Arthur "Rockin' A" Neilson (guitar), Lee Brovitz (bass guitar) and Johnny Morelli (drums). Lauper and Turi wrote the bulk of their material, and the group also covered pop standards, such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil's "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (which Lauper covered again on a 1994 album). Blue Angel were briefly popular on the New York club scene. The band reformed without Lauper in 1987, under the name Boppin' the Blues.
Blue Angel (band) | Introduction
In France, in 1973 she created an American show which she toured for two years around the country. She then helped Casino de Paris, threatened by closing, by putting on a show called ‘Paris – Line’ with Loulou Gasté, which ran for four years.
Line Renaud | Music career
Carson was impressed with Spears's singing and suggested enrolling her at the Professional Performing Arts School; shortly after, Lynne and her daughters moved to a sublet apartment in New York.
Britney Spears | 1981–1997: Early life and career beginnings
In 1984, she recorded her first music CD at Tung Giang Studio. In 1985, she debuted as a singer in Seattle, Washington but the first recording was in 1993 for Hollywood Night Center. She often performs at Las Vegas, California and Paris.
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên | Early life
She sang Herodias again just a month later at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi and also gave a lauded performance of Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder", accompanied by Charles Wadsworth at the Teatro Caio Melisso that summer. The following November she headed back to Baltimore to sing her first Amneris in Verdi's "Aida".
Lili Chookasian | An opera career begins: 1959–1961
record label for sounding "too black". Lack of other career opportunities and a fire incident in her apartment forced Clarkson to return to Burleson, where she worked at a movie theater, promoted Red Bull energy drinks, worked as a telemarketer and as a cocktail waitress in a comedy club.
Kelly Clarkson | 1982–2002: Early life and career beginnings
She performed with Shaggy, Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver/Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Monahan of Train, Ani DiFranco, and The Hooters in the VH1 Classics special Decades Rock Live. In 2006, she sang "Message To Michael" with Dionne Warwick and "Beecharmer" with Nellie McKay on McKay's "Pretty Little Head" album. On October 16, 2006, Lauper was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
Cyndi Lauper | 2005–2007: "The Body Acoustic"
While writing for her debut studio album, in the spring of 1983, Cyndi Lauper was introduced to American musician Rob Hyman (founding member of The Hooters), who was recommended by Rick Chertoff, the album's producer. Lauper had already recorded the majority of the album, including the songs "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "She Bop" but Chertoff insisted that she and Hyman needed to record just "one more song". Therefore, she and Hyman sat at a piano and started working on "Time After Time". The inspiration for the song came after both songwriters were going through similar situations in their respective relationships; he was coming out of a relationship, while she was having difficulties with her boyfriend, David Wolff.
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song) | Background and recording
When she returned from USO tours she set out to "develop a style of my own" and once more started a nightclub circuit act, this time as a singer. Possibly her greatest fortune occurred while singing in the Blue Angel in New York City. There she became acquainted with some of the top New York theatrical persons. Rodgers and Hammerstein asked her to star in the London production of "Annie Get Your Gun". Her nightclub commitments prevented her from taking the offer but several years later Oscar Hammerstein recommended her for the same role in the Sacramento Music Circus. While singing at Slapsy Maxie's, Director Mervyn LeRoy and Producer Jesse L.
Anne Triola | Becomes Singer
In January 2010, Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie doll as part of their "Ladies of the 80s" series. In March 2010, Lauper appeared on NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice", coming in sixth place. She donated her winnings to her organization True Colors United. Lauper also performed a song from her upcoming album "Memphis Blues" in the show's live season finale. "Memphis Blues"—Lauper's 7th studio album—was released on June 22, 2010 and debuted on the "Billboard" Blues Albums chart at No. 1, and at No. 26 on the "Billboard" Top 200. The album remained No. 1 on the Blues Albums chart for 14 consecutive weeks; "Memphis Blues" was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards.
Cyndi Lauper | 2010–2012: "The Celebrity Apprentice", "Memphis Blues", memoir
In 1931 she gave a concert series in Los Angeles.
Constance Balfour | Career
Since 1983, Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects. In 2010, "Memphis Blues" became "Billboard"s most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the "Billboard" Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks. In 2013, Lauper won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots", making her the first woman to win the category by herself. The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical. In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording.
Cyndi Lauper | Introduction
Her career as a session background singer began in 1973 with Archie Shepp's ""Rest Enough (Song To Mother)"", from his ""The Cry Of My People"" album. Session work continued throughout the 1970s with artists such as Elkie Brooks, Esther Phillips, and Louis Farrakhan. In 1980, she landed her first major label contract with MCA Records. In 1987, the album "Blu Blowin"' produced two minor R&B/hip hop hits with ""Tender Moments"" and ""All The Way With You"".
Peggi Blu | Career
Cothi then took early retirement to concentrate on her singing career. In 1995 she won the Blue Riband prize at the Abergele National Eisteddfod which prompted her to turn professional.
Shân Cothi | Early life
She also sang "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" for the album "Christmas Angels" released by Capitol Nashville in 2005. "Life Ain't Always Beautiful", co-written by Thomson and credited to her as Cyndi Goodman, became a top five hit for Gary Allan in 2006. That year, she also returned to Capitol Nashville after leaving the label for four years and started recording for her second album with James. She never released anything, however, and was once again dropped from Capitol's roster.
Cyndi Thomson | Music career
She was asked to sing two English songs which eventually became hits. She then went on to release her debut album "心湖" in Taiwan, through Galaxy Records (銀河唱片) in 1971, thus beginning a four-decade career thus far.
Jenny Tseng | Early life and career beginning
In the summer of 1959, she made her solo cabaret debut at the Astor Club, and was subsequently signed to Pye Records in 1960, for which she released two singles, "Love Can Be" and "Now You're Crying". They sold few copies but helped her get a six-month contract at Mayfair's Blue Angel nightclub. She adopted a "blonde bombshell" look and was compared to Marilyn Monroe. In 1962, she signed a contract with Decca Records, for which her first single was "(He's a) Big Man", released in October 1962. It sold well over a long period of time, but failed to reach the top of the British charts.
Kathy Kirby | Career
She retired from performing after 1954.
Chinita Ullmann | Career
That year she released her debut solo single "A Touch of Venus," which led to a nationwide nightclub tour. Between 1964 and 1967, Wright recorded as Sandy Wynns. She then became a backing vocalist for the Righteous Brothers, Johnny Rivers then for Ray Charles who asked her to join the Raelettes. Carolyn Willis began singing at the age of 16, she was a member of the girl group the Girlfriends. They released one single, "My One and Only Jimmy Boy" (No. 49 Pop), on Colpix Records in 1963. She also did some session work with Lou Rawls, O.C. Smith, and Bob B.
Honey Cone | Backgrounds
This led to her first US tour with the band. After returning to the UK and leaving the band, she started working as a session vocalist in London, picking up work singing jingles for radio advertisements and singing with such acts as Eurythmics, The Waterboys, Billy MacKenzie, John Foxx and Alison Moyet.
Eddi Reader | Early career
From 1986 to 1987, Rosenthal played keyboards for Cyndi Lauper on the "True Colors" world tour, and appeared in the music videos for "Change of Heart", "What's Goin' On", and "Boy Blue", plus the longform videos "Live in Paris" (which originally aired as an HBO special) and "Live in Japan" (which was recorded in 1991 when Rosenthal worked once more with Lauper). TV appearances with Lauper included David Letterman, Johnny Carson, and the MTV Video Music Awards.
David Rosenthal (musician) | Cyndi Lauper (1986–1987)
Davis' performing name was suggested by the impresario, Robert Stigwood, and was derived from those of blues singer Billie Holiday and the entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. In her teens, Hedges was an engineering secretary before she started her recording career. After winning a talent contest in which she was backed by Cliff Bennett's band, the Rebel Rousers, she cut some early demo records with the Tornados for record producer Joe Meek. However, her first commercial success, under Stigwood's guidance, was "Will I What", released in August 1962, on which she performed as a foil to Mike Sarne, rather as Wendy Richard had done on Sarne's chart-topping disc, "Come Outside".
Billie Davis | Early career
A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to Europe. She was inspired to become a singer when she heard Billie Holiday sing "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues". She began her career in the early 1970s by singing at pubs in London with bandleader John Chilton. She also worked in London with Keith Ingham and Dick Sudhalter and recorded her first two albums, one a tribute to Harry Warren, the other to Johnny Mercer. After moving back to the U.S. in the 1970s, she sang at the Cookery in Greenwich Village and the Riverboat in Manhattan.
Susannah McCorkle | Biography
In 1957, just as she was achieving her first small successes, her mother died. In October 1960, Burnett debuted at New York's Blue Angel Supper Club, where she was discovered by scouts for "The Jack Paar Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show".
Carol Burnett | 1950s: Early career
The next year, she would sing in the chorus of the Mariah Carey song "Say Somethin'". In 2008, Foster released her first album, "Esperandote", and found herself at the top of popularity charts for three months.
Adrianna Foster | 2000–2007: Career begins
At the height of her career, Carangi was most known in modeling circles by only her first name. During this time, she also appeared in the Blondie music video for "Atomic".
Gia Carangi | 1978–80: Career beginnings and success
After a difficult time, she began working in the early 1950s, first as a model and then as the star of the magazine theater, where she developed her singing career.
Norma Bengell | Biography
She had a top-40 "Billboard" Hot 100 single and a gold record.
Cheryl Ladd | "Charlie's Angels" (1977–1981)
In 1978, she joined her then-boyfriend's punk rock band Baby Blue which performed in clubs around Los Angeles but never became financially successful. In 1982 she released her self-titled debut album and her first posters began appearing as a part of the album's promotion. After the launch of a massive billboard campaign in February 1984, she began working on her second album. "Driven to Fantasy" was released in 1986. Angelyne then appeared in small parts in films such as "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988), "Dangerous Love" (1988) and "Homer and Eddie" (1989). In 2003, Angelyne became a candidate in the California governor recall election, finishing 28th in a field of 135 candidates (garnering 2,536 votes).
Angelyne | Introduction
Even though Thomson had never written a song before, James agreed to work with her and within a year of writing their first song, Thomson signed with Sony-ATV Music Publishing as a songwriter. In 2000, James introduced Thomson to Capitol Records Nashville which signed her to a record deal immediately after hearing her sing three songs. Thomson co-wrote eight of the eleven songs on her debut album "My World", released on July 31, 2001. Co-produced by James and producer Paul Worley, it became the best-selling debut album by a female country singer since LeAnn Rimes' album "Blue" was released in 1996.
Cyndi Thomson | Music career
In the early 90s, Bibie continued her career, but enthusiasm of the public for her songs was no longer the same. As many other French female singers of the 1980s such as Sabine Paturel or Desireless, she fell again into anonymity.
Bibie | Biography
In 1972 she revived her career due to a renewed interest in her work. In 1975 she was asked by Rita Coolidge to work on a session for A&M. In 1978 she toured with Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson. In the following two decades she became known as a cabaret performer.
Barbara Carroll | Later career
In the interview to go along with the cover shoot, she describes her music as a fusion of R&B, soul and rock with influences coming from Alicia Keys, Alanis Morissette and Pink.
Bridget Kelly | 1986–2010: Early life and career beginnings
She also appeared in musicals. In 1987, she supported American artist, Lionel Richie on his Australian tour, following a number of charity performances.
Tina Arena | Starting a solo recording career
She continued to perform at small clubs, and two years later at the Théâtre des Capucines she succeeded with the audience and critics alike, singing new material she had written herself. From that point on, her career blossomed and she signed a major recording contract in 1964 with Philips Records.
Barbara (singer) | Musical development
Choice disbanded in 1998.
Pink (singer) | 1995–1998: Career beginnings
Her singing career began after winning first prize in a singing contest at "Student Canteen".
Janet Basco | Biography
"All Through The Night" was released in the United States in September 1984. It debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 49, and reached a peak position of five in its 10th week, becoming Lauper's fourth consecutive top five in the U.S. The song achieved some crossover success, peaking at number four on the Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks, and reaching a peak position of 38 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. "All Through the Night" made Lauper the first female singer to generate four top 10 hits in the Hot 100 from a debut album. The week ending January 19, 1985, while it was moving down the Hot 100, it was the biggest free-faller, falling from #33 to #64.
All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song) | Chart performance
There is no record of what became of Johnson after her recording career ended in 1937.
Lil Johnson (blues singer) | Career
The box set consists of eleven studio albums from her career with Warner Bros. Records and its divisions Sire Records and Maverick Records
The Complete Studio Albums (1983–2008) | Track listing
Then she was nominated for the Best New Actress at the 24th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance in the film. She starred in the crime thriller "Some" (2004), where she played a reporter.
Song Ji-hyo | 2001–2005: Career beginnings
Her mother then hired a piano teacher to give her piano lessons; however, Hilson wanted to become a singer and therefore "converted those sessions into vocal lessons, accompanying the teacher on piano". By the age of 14, Hilson had secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who later disbanded. Hilson's first official work as a songwriter was "Jump", written for a Japanese R&B singer-songwriter 's debut album "I Do" (2002). Hilson spent most of her teenage years working with producer Anthony Dent as a songwriter and background vocalist for the likes of Usher, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Toni Braxton, Ciara and Polow da Don.
Keri Hilson | 1982–2007: Early life and career beginnings
She has been releasing records ever since, though without major chart success.
Lenny Kuhr | Career
Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, songwriter, author, actress, and activist. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program, "Bandstand" in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a record audition, which was unsuccessful. She pursued her international singing career by moving to Chicago, and subsequently, Los Angeles, where she made her debut singles "One Way Ticket" and "I Believe in Music" in 1968 and 1970, respectively.
Helen Reddy | Introduction
During this time, she also performed her new single "Set the Night on Fire" on dozens of television and radio programs.
Camryn | 2008–2011: "Career beginnings"
After completing her first marathon in 2006, she stated she was so overcome by her sense of accomplishment that she made a personal vow to resume music. Later that year she became vocalist of the cover band CoolBandLuke, which covered artists as varied as Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Blondie, Lucinda Williams, and Kelly Clarkson.
Laura Roppé | Music career
During 1996 and 1997 she performed as a lead singer in songs from many TV spots, TV shows theme songs and radio jingles, she covered several Christmas and classic love songs featured in compilations and she also performed as a backup singer in various musical soundtracks, TV shows theme songs and orchestras.
Marianna Cataldi | 1994–1997: Career beginnings
After winning a contest in 1966, she soon began performing. She started at lounges and eventually at nightclubs as a supporting act placed between better known performers. During that time, Tsui performed over 400 songs, she did not set out to learn all the songs, but she eventually memorised them all. That's the reason why a lot of people think she has a personal high standard, but she do not think like that. She thought that doing her best was a basic requirement. Even though a lot of people told her that she was famous, she never considered herself popular because she thought it would put too much pressure on herself.
Paula Tsui | Career
After graduating from Tucker High School in the DeKalb County School District, Hilson attended Oxford College of Emory University and Emory University in Atlanta for three years and studied a course in theater. She continued working as a songwriter and background vocalist during her schooling years. Hilson eventually stopped working with Dent, and began working more with Polow da Don. She also became a member of the songwriting and production team, The Clutch. Together, they wrote Mary J. Blige's "Take Me as I Am" (2006), Omarion's "Ice Box" (2006), Ciara's "Like a Boy" (2006), The Pussycat Dolls' "Wait a Minute" (2006) and Britney Spears' "Gimme More" (2007).
Keri Hilson | 1982–2007: Early life and career beginnings
In 2003 she began performing solo shows, touring to sing her own material, living in her van and at times trading yoga lessons to pay for musicians.
Amy Loftus | Career
Her final solo single, "What’s She Got", was issued in April 1966.
Beryl Marsden | Life and career
In 1992, she launched her first album, "À Fleur de peau", containing "J'aurais voulu te dire" and her unsuccessful previous single.
Caroline Legrand | Musical career
Sheila started her musical career in 1962, after being noticed by Claude Carrère, a French record producer and songwriter. Her parents signed a contract with Carrère for her, when she was 16; the contract led to an artistic collaboration which lasted for more than 20 years. In 1995, a lawsuit put an end to this life-time deal. She entered into along a royalties battle against her former producer, which she won. Sheila had numerous hits in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, playing the typical 'girl next door'. Her first hit was "L'école est finie" ("School is over"), in 1962 (1 million copies).
Sheila (singer) | Career
Her music recording career was rather brief commencing in 1982, with her album, "The Beginning", released by Onyx Records. Her second project entitled "One Prayer Away", was released by Word Records. This placed on the "Billboard" magazine Gospel Albums chart at No. 25.
Janet Lynn Skinner | Music career
Her brother Michel sent the recording to music manager René Angélil, whose name he discovered on the back of a Ginette Reno album. Angélil was moved to tears by Dion's voice and decided to make her a star. In 1981, he mortgaged his home to fund her first record, "La voix du bon Dieu", which later became a local No. 1 hit and made her an instant star in Quebec. Her popularity spread to other parts of the world when she competed in the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo, Japan, and won the musician's award for "Top Performer" as well as the gold medal for "Best Song" with "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi".
Celine Dion | 1968–1989: Early life and career beginnings
Born Shirley Ann Agin on October 26, 1922 in the Bronx, New York, United States, Charlot began her singing career at an early age. She moved to Los Angeles as a young girl and quickly found success as a singer, which was followed by acting roles in plays and movies.
Juli Lynne Charlot | Early life
She continued to tour, and sang on bills with Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Big Maybelle, LaVern Baker and others. She recorded later in the decade for ABC-Paramount and the small U-C label, but mainstream success eluded her and she was bypassed by the growth of rock and roll. In 1960, she began recording for Epic Records, releasing several singles and, in 1961, the LP "Joan Shaw Sings For Swingers", recorded with the Bellino Ramaglia Orchestra and with liner notes by Leonard Feather. Her second LP, "Joan Shaw In Person", was released by Sue Records in 1963.
Salena Jones | Early life and career
In 2005, under a new contract with Sony Music, Lauper released "The Body Acoustic", an album that featured acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her repertoire. The album also included two new tracks including "Above the Clouds". Guest performers on the album included Shaggy, Ani DiFranco, Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday, Jeff Beck, Puffy AmiYumi, Sarah McLachlan, and Vivian Green. "Time After Time" with Sarah McLachlan charted on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart. She made appearances on Showtime's hit show "Queer As Folk" in 2005, directed a commercial for "Totally 80s" edition of the board game "Trivial Pursuit" in 2006, served as a judge on the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards and made her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated "The Threepenny Opera" as Jenny.
Cyndi Lauper | 2005–2007: "The Body Acoustic"
She taught and lectured for many years from the '70s onward upon returning to Los Angeles. She served on the music advisory panel of the National Endowment for the Arts in the late 1970s. In 1989 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Jazz Society. In 2001 she received the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award from the Kennedy Center.
Vi Redd | Life and career
After her recording career, Maessen turned to cabaret and club work by the mid-1970s.
Liv Maessen | Biography