~~BORN 1953, BOULEVARD HOSPITAL, QUEENS NEW YORK
~~PARENTS ARE FRED AND CATRINE LAUPER
~~FIRST HOME WAS IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK
~~SIBLINGS ARE ELEN (SISTER) AND FRED/BUTCH (BROTHER)
~~PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN CYNDI WAS JUST FIVE YEARS OLD
~~CYNDI'S MOM PACKED KIDS UP & MOVED TO QUEENS
~~CYNDI JOINED PEACE MARCHES IN THE 60'S PROTESTING THE VIETNAM WAR
~~AFTER MANY WORRIES, CYNDI'S MOM SENT HER TO A CONVENT SCHOOL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. AS CYNDI COULD NOT SEE EYE-TO -EYE WITH THE NUNS, SHE WAS EXPELLED SIX MONTHS LATER.
~~CYNDI COULDN'T SEEM TO FIT IN ANY SCHOOL. SHE ATTENDED FOUR DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL YET DIDN'T GRADUATE A ONE. CYNDI GAVE UP THE BATTLE WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND WENT ON TO EARN HER GERERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
~~AT AGE 17 CYNDI LEFT QUEENS ALONG WITH HER DOG SPARKLE AND MOVED TO LONG ISLAND. NOT LONG AFTER THAT SHE AND SPARKLE MOVED TO ONTARIO CANADA. THERE THEY LIVED ALONE IN A TENT OUT IN THE WILDERNESS. ~~SOON AFTER THAT CYNDI AND SPARKLE MOVED TO VERMONT AND SETTLED (FOR AWHILE). THERE CYNDI ATTENDED COLLEGE FOR A SHORT TIME. SHE WAS INTERESTED IN PAINTING. CYNDI WORKED NUMEROUS ODD JOBS FOR MONEY.
~~AS CYNDI WAS NOT FREE TO BE HERSELF SHE QUIT COLLEGE AND SET OUT TO FULLFILL HER DREAM~~SINGING!! CYNDI BEGAN SIGING AS A CHILD. SHE SANG TO HER FAMILY AND SHE SANG TO THE OLDER LADIES IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE 70'S SHE SANG ON STREET CORNERS. IN THE LATE 70'S SHE SANG IN NEW YORK CLUBS. SHE SANG WITH SEVERAL BANDS;
1) DOC WEST, 2) FLYER, AND 3) BLUE ANGEL. OF THE THREE BANDS, BLUE ANGEL WAS THE ONLY ONE TO RELEASE AN ALBUM (1980). SADLY, THE BAND BROKE UP IN 1982. BLUE ANGEL MEMBERS: CYNDI LAUPER-VOCALS
JOHN TURI-SAX/KEYBOARDS
ARTHUR NEILSON-GUITAR
JOHNNY MORELLI-DRUMS
LEE BROVITZ-BASS
MOST SONGS WRITTEN BY LAUPER & TURI THE BLUE ANGEL BAND ENDED UP IN A COURT DISPUTE WITH THEIR FORMER MANAGER. THIS LED CYNDI INTO FILING BANKRUPTCY. THE COURT BATTLE ENDED WITH THE JUDGE SAYING, "LET THE CANARY SING." 1983 CYNDI MET DAVID WOLFF.
HE BECAME HER MANAGER AND
LONG TIME BOYFRIEND. IN JUNE 0F 1983 CYNDI LAUPER TURNED 30 YEARS OLD. LATER THAT YEAR, SHE RELEASED HER DEBUT ALBUM, 'SHE'S SO UNUSUAL', MAKING CYNDI THE FIRST FEMALE ARTIST TO SCORE FOUR TOP FIVE SINGLES FROM A DEBUT ALBUM. (GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, TIME AFTER TIME, SHE BOP, & ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT). 
IN THE MID 80'S CYNDI TOOK PART IN THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION(WWF). SHE CONQUERED WHAT WAS SAID TO BE THE IMPOSSIBLE, BRINGING HULK HOGAN AND CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO TOGETHER. 
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