Cyndi Lauper Then: Cyndi Lauper (Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper) took up playing the guitar and writing lyrics at the age of twelve. She performed as a vocalist with various cover bands in the New York metropolitan area until extensively damaging her vocal cords in 1977. In 1980, after a full year of therapy, Cyndi's voice was back and soon Cyndi and multi-instrumentalist John Turi formed a new band, Blue Angel. A selt-titled debut album was released which included "Maybe He'll Know" and an inspiring version of Gene Pitney's "I'm Gonna Be Strong." Her first solo album, 1983's She's So Unusual, went on to sell more than 4.5 million copies in the United States alone on the strength of the songs "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," "Time After Time," "She Bop" and "All Through The Night." Many music awards followed an extensive touring. In '86, True Colors hit the shelves. Many musical admirers lent their talents to this album including: The Bangles, Aimee Mann, Nile Rodgers, Rick Derringer and Billy Joel. Cyndi received a Grammy nomination for the title track "True Colors." She would also write a song for the soundtrack to the movie Vibes which she would star in with Jeff Goldblum. In 1989, Cyndi recorded the album A Night To Remember of which some songs were re-released on a single in January 1990. Now: She again received a Grammy nomination now for the single "I Drove All Night." She would also star as a mermaid in the movie Paradise Paved. She got married to actor David Thornton on November 24th 1991 where Patti Labelle sang the wedding theme "Come What May". Cyndi's fourth album Hat Full Of Stars got more critical acclaim than ever before. In addition to co-producing and co-writing this album, Cyndi she directed three videos from it, making her one of the few artist/directors in the pop world today. In 1994, Cyndi released Twelve Deadly Cyns... And Then Some. This album contains a lot of the singles hits. In 1997, Sisters Of Avalon, was released worldwide. For the first time, Cyndi took part in the writing of every song. Jan Pulsford, the keyboardist co-wrote 11 songs. They are now "Sisters Of Avalon". Lauper and Thornton expand the family that year when Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper is born on November 19th. The next year Cyndi started work on a sitcom that remains in progress. In October, she released her Christmas album, the last album of her Sony contract. 1999 has been the year of Cyndi. After two appearances on Mad About You, a lot of buzz has been created about a spin-off starring Lauper. Last reports had her on the road with Cher and looking for a new record label.