name	Scott Weiland
background	solo_singer
birth name	Scott Richard Kline
born	October 27, 1967
origin	San Jose, California, U.S.
instrument	Vocals, guitar, keyboards, piano, synthesizer, organ, percussion
genre	Alternative rock, hard rock, grunge, neo-psychedelia, heavy metal
occupation	Musician, singer-songwriter
years active	1986–present
label	Atlantic
associated acts	Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Camp Freddy, The Magnificent Bastards, The Wondergirls
website	}}

Scott Weiland (born October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist, most notable for his work with Grammy Award-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Weiland is also known for his five-year career with supergroup Velvet Revolver as well as his own solo career. His onstage persona is known as being flamboyant and chaotic; he is also known for constantly changing his appearance and vocal style, as well as his use of a megaphone in concert for vocal effect. Despite his success, his career has been plagued with drug addiction, as well as several arrests. However, according to MTV News, Weiland has been free from heroin since 2002.

Early years

Weiland was born as Scott Richard Kline at Kaiser Hospital in San Jose, California. His surname was changed after being adopted by his stepfather David Weiland at age 5. Around that time, Weiland moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where he attended the Kenston School District. He moved to California as a teenager and attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach and Orange Coast College. In a 2005 interview with ''Esquire'', Weiland stated that while performing in his first bands as a teenager, his drinking "escalated" and he began using cocaine for the first time, which he referred to as a "sexual" experience. Weiland also revealed in his 2011 autobiography that he was raped at 12 years old by a senior high school student.

Stone Temple Pilots (1986–2003, 2008–present)

In 1986 Weiland met bassist Robert DeLeo at a Black Flag concert, and shortly thereafter formed the band Mighty Joe Young with DeLeo's brother Dean on guitar and Eric Kretz on drums, recording a demo tape in 1990. After signing with Atlantic Records it was discovered that the name "Mighty Joe Young" was already taken by a blues artist, so they changed their name to Shirley Temple's Pussy and then, briefly, Stereo Temple Pirates. Not long afterwards the band's name was changed again to Stone Temple Pilots, due to pressure from their record label, although they retained the initials STP.

Weiland wrote the band's lyrics and performed vocals. In 1992, they released their first album, ''Core'', spawning four hits ("Sex Type Thing", "Wicked Garden", "Creep", and "Plush") and leading them to becoming one of the most influential bands of the grunge movement, the music genre that was started in Seattle in the late 1980s and became rock and roll's central movement in the early-mid 1990s. The band was widely accused of imitating bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana in an attempt to cash in on the scene's burgeoning popularity. Critics also pointed out that Weiland's vocal style at the time was very similar to that of Layne Staley's and Eddie Vedder's. Weiland has rejected such comparisons, however, citing Jim Morrison and David Bowie as more influential on his vocal techniques and sound. Despite negative reviews from critics, ''Core'' was extremely successful, eventually being certified 8x platinum by the RIAA. In 1994, Weiland and STP released their second record, ''Purple'', which saw the development of a more distinctive identity for the band. While still a clear continuation of their previous techniques, the album featured a more "classic rock" sound, and had a mixture of punk, bossa nova, and acoustic songs. Like ''Core'', ''Purple'' was a big success for the band, spawning three hit singles ("Big Empty", "Vasoline", and "Interstate Love Song") and selling over 6 million copies. The year prior, STP toured with the Butthole Surfers and Weiland developed a heroin addiction, claiming Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes introduced him to heroin, which Gibby denies.

In 1995, Weiland was caught and convicted of buying crack cocaine. He was sentenced to one year's probation. Issues with drug use did not clear up after his sentence. As his drug problems increased, Weiland moved into a hotel for two months with Courtney Love and claimed to have "shot drugs the whole time" with her. STP was forced to cancel most of their 1996-1997 tour in support of their third release, ''Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop''. Although ''Tiny Music...'' was certified 2x platinum, the canceled tour caused the album to fall quickly off the charts. STP went on a hiatus soon after the album was released, with Weiland focusing on a solo career before serving a stint in jail for heroin possession.

His period in jail had apparently helped to wean him from his habit, and once released, he rejoined Stone Temple Pilots. In 1999, the band released ''No. 4''. The album contained the hit single "Sour Girl" which featured a surreal music video with Sarah Michelle Gellar. That same year, Weiland also recorded two songs with the short-lived supergroup The Wondergirls.

In November 2000, Weiland was invited to perform on the show VH1 ''Storytellers'' with the surviving members of The Doors. Weiland did vocals on two Doors songs, "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "Five to One". That same month Stone Temple Pilots appeared on The Doors tribute CD, ''Stoned Immaculate'' with their own rendition of "Break On Through" as the lead track.

In late 2001, Weiland was arrested on domestic violence charges in Las Vegas, apparently for shoving his wife, Mary Forsberg. However, the charges were eventually deferred upon the couple agreeing to counseling. Soon after, Forsberg filed for divorce but the couple eventually reconciled. Weiland's career also took a hit, with an altercation between Weiland and Dean DeLeo on the final gig of STP's ''Shangri-La Dee Da'' tour, leading to the band's official demise with much of the speculation surrounding Weiland's inability to balance personal issues.

In 2008, Stone Temple Pilots announced a 73-date U.S. tour on April 7 and performed together for the first time since 2002. The reunion tour kicked off at the Rock on the Range festival on May 17, 2008. According to Dean DeLeo, steps toward a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started with a simple phone call from Weiland's wife. She invited the DeLeo brothers to play at a private beach party, which led to the reconciliation of Weiland and the DeLeo brothers. However, Weiland stated in a 2010 radio interview to promote the band's self-titled release that the reunion was the result of Dean calling him and asking if he'd be interested in reuniting the band to headline the Coachella Festival.

On April 28, 2008, Weiland was sentenced to 192 hours in county jail for his November 2007 DUI. He was also required to complete an 18-month alcohol program, as well as pay $2000 in fines, and will be on probation for four years. Weiland entered a Los Angeles County jail on May 12, but was released later that same day.

STP's reunion tour was a success, and the band continued to tour throughout 2009 and began recording its sixth studio album. STP's first album since 2001, ''Stone Temple Pilots'', was released on May 25, 2010.

In September 2010, STP announced it was rescheduling several U.S. tour dates so that the band could take a "short break." This announcement comes a few days after Weiland said the following at a show in Houston, Texas: "I started drinking again. My brother died, I got divorced (from) my wife, and my whole world basically spun around. So you know what? I'm going to take care of myself because that's what I need to take care of. Instead of just having a few shows, I want to have a whole hell of a lot of shows."

The Magnificent Bastards (1995)

In 1995, Weiland formed the alternative rock band The Magnificent Bastards with session drummer Victor Indrizzo in San Diego, California. The band included Zander Schloss and Jeff Nolan on guitars and Bob Thompson on bass.

Only two songs were recorded by The Magnificent Bastards. "Mockingbird Girl", composed by Nolan, Schloss, and Weiland, appeared in the film ''Tank Girl'' and on its soundtrack, and a cover of John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep?" was recorded for the tribute album, ''Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon''.

Weiland would re-record a longer version of "Mockingbird Girl" for his first solo album ''12 Bar Blues'' in 1998, and he performed the song while promoting his second solo album, ''"Happy" in Galoshes''.

Weiland rejoined Stone Temple Pilots in the fall of 1995, and The Magnificent Bastards quietly disbanded without releasing a full LP.

Solo career

While STP went on hiatus after the release of ''Tiny Music...'', the other members of the band created the group Talk Show with lead singer Dave Coutts in 1997. Weiland, meanwhile, adopted an androgynous look and released a solo album in 1998 called ''12 Bar Blues''. Weiland wrote most of the songs on the album, and collaborated with several artists, notably Daniel Lanois, Sheryl Crow, Brad Mehldau and Jeff Nolan. The album was a commercial failure but it managed to achieve some critical acclaim. It was also during this time that Weiland was caught in Manhattan buying heroin, dressed like a pimp, ending his brief tour. A previous conviction in Los Angeles, coupled with numerous probation violations, earned Weiland jail time.

On November 25, 2008, Weiland released his second solo album, ''"Happy" in Galoshes'', produced by Weiland and songwriting-producing partner Doug Grean. Weiland went on tour in early 2009 to promote the album.

On November 17, 2009, Weiland released a cover of the classic Christmas song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to iTunes.

Weiland has stated that he has plans for a third solo album.

On May 17, 2011, while promoting his memoir, Weiland revealed in an interview that he has recorded a covers album that he intends to include with an additional version of his memoir sometime later this year. He also plans to release it by itself, saying "[it] actually turned out so well that we’re going to release a single and put it out on its own, ‘cause I think it’s…it’s sort of my ''Pinups'', I guess you’d say."

Velvet Revolver (2003–2008)

After the breakup of STP and while briefly staying at the home of ex-Suicidal Tendencies/Los Cycos guitarist Anthony Gallo, Weiland was arrested on his birthday on October 27, 2003 in Hollywood, California, after a traffic collision. He was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. His charges were eventually dismissed after he successfully completed rehab and subsequent drug tests.

Around this time, Weiland was asked by former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan to front a band with Duff and the former GNR members Slash and Matt Sorum, as well as Dave Kushner. The band used the working title "The Project". Slash initially suggested the name "Revolver". Weiland later suggested the name "Black Velvet Revolver", and eventually the name was shortened to "Velvet Revolver", after a suggestion by Slash.

Velvet Revolver's debut album ''Contraband'' was released in June 2004 to much success. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and has sold over three million copies worldwide to date. Two of the album's songs, "Slither" and "Fall to Pieces", reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song "Slither" also won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal in 2005, an award Weiland had won previously with STP for the song "Plush" in 1994. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, Weiland (along with the rest of Velvet Revolver) performed the Beatles song "Across the Universe" along with Bono, Brian Wilson, Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Steven Tyler, Billie Joe Armstrong, Alison Krauss, and Alicia Keys.

That same year, Weiland appeared on ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' and performed a new solo song, "The Man I Didn't Know", a country-style ballad that deals with his relationship with his father. "The Man I Didn't Know" would go on to appear on the deluxe edition of Weiland's second solo album in 2008.

Velvet Revolver released their second album, ''Libertad'', on July 3, 2007. ''Libertad'', along with Stone Temple Pilots's ''Core'' and ''Stone Temple Pilots'', are the only albums Weiland has recorded sober. The album sold a little under 100,000 copies during its first week and has sold over 230,000 copies as of September 2007, which fell short of expectations in failing to even meet the first week sales of ''Contraband''. In December 2007 Weiland was arrested and charged with DUI, his first arrest in over four years (since October 27, 2003). On February 7, 2008, Blabbermouth.net officially reported that Weiland checked himself into rehab. This resulted in the cancellation of Velvet Revolver's Australian tour (which had initially been postponed for two months already). The article does not mention why Weiland, who has claimed sobriety since 2003, entered the facility. He left rehab in early March, according to his lawyer.

In 2007, Dean DeLeo discussed with Weiland an offer from a concert promoter to headline several summer festivals. Weiland accepted and said he had cleared the brief tour with his Velvet Revolver bandmates. He explained, "everything was cool. Then it wasn't", and stated that the rest of the band stopped talking to him.

On March 20, 2008, Weiland revealed at Velvet Revolver's show in Glasgow that this would be the band's final tour. Matt Sorum posted a message on his website the next day discussing the band's situation and said, "You could tell who was unhappy last night," and "some people in this business don't realize how great of a life they have." Weiland shot back by telling Blabbermouth.net, "Well, first of all, the state of my family affairs is really none of his business, since he is too immature to have a real relationship, let alone children. So don't attempt to stand in a man's shoes when you haven't walked his path." Slash hinted in an interview with ''Classic Rock'' magazine that, contrary to Weiland's assertions, Velvet Revolver will continue beyond its current tour. When asked "With Scott singing?", Slash replied "I have no comment on that", and laughed. On Tuesday, April 1, it was announced by a number of media outlets that Weiland would no longer be in Velvet Revolver.

In a ''Spin'' magazine interview Weiland revealed that he's also not ruling out a Velvet Revolver reunion. "Slash and I always got on pretty well," he says. "So who knows?"

In March 2010, Weiland revealed in an interview that "the wives and 'petty jealousies'" had led to the downfall of Velvet Revolver.

Other projects

In 2006, Weiland launched his own record label, Softdrive Records. Around the same time as Softdrive Records was launched, he announced plans for a second solo album, as well as plans to write an autobiography and start his own clothing line with Von Dutch. Weiland also re-recorded the STP outtake "Learning to Drive", for the 2007 horror film ''Bug''. After an altercation at a hotel, Weiland's wife, Mary Forsberg, went home and torched $80,000 worth of her husband’s clothing in their front yard. Coincidently, Weiland had just announced that his label signed the up-and-coming rock band, Something to Burn.

Weiland and his son Noah were featured on comedian David Spade's ''The Showbiz Show with David Spade'' during a comedy sketch about discouraging music file sharing in 2005. Noah has a line during the sketch in which he asks a little girl, "Please buy my daddy's album so I can have food to eat".

Weiland has also confirmed he is writing his autobiography, ''Not Dead & Not for Sale'', with David Ritz. The book, originally expected in February 2010, is now set for release on May 17, 2011.

On December 19, 2008 Weiland signed a publishing deal with Bug Music, allowing Weiland to "receive funding to pursue the development of creative projects and writers for Bug Music through his co-founded label, Softdrive Records." The deal includes Weiland's share of the Stone Temple Pilots catalog and future solo projects.

On January 21, 2009 Weiland announced the launch of his clothing line, Weiland for English Laundry, in partnership with designer Christopher Wicks.

It was announced in March 2009 that VH1 will begin airing new episodes of the popular documentary series ''Behind the Music'', which originally ran from 1997 to 2006. Weiland, along with rapper Lil Wayne, have both signed on for their own episodes. However, for unknown reasons, Weiland's episode has since been indefinitely shelved.

On February 25, 2010, Billboard reported that Weiland will appear on Carlos Santana's album ''Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time'', performing a cover of The Rolling Stones song "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." The album was released on September 21 of the same year.

Personal life

Weiland married Janina Castaneda on September 17, 1994, but the couple divorced in 2000. He married model Mary Forsberg on May 20, 2000. They have two young children, Noah (born 2000) and Lucy (born 2002). However, in late 2007, Weiland and Forsberg divorced. Despite this, both Scott and Mary have stated they remain friends. In a 2007 interview with Blender Magazine, Weiland mentioned that he is a practicing Catholic.

Weiland's younger brother Michael died of a drug overdose in early 2007. The Velvet Revolver songs "For a Brother" and "Pills, Demons, & Etc" from the album ''Libertad'' are about Michael. Weiland stated in an interview with MTV News in November 2008 that several songs on ''"Happy" in Galoshes'' were inspired by the death of his brother and his separation from Mary. In the same article, MTV News reported that Weiland has not done heroin since December 5, 2002. Weiland also admitted that he went through "a very short binge with coke" in late 2007. Despite Weiland's sobriety from drugs, he admits to still drinking alcohol.

Weiland has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, yet according to an interview with VH1.com, he is not under medication, consequently suffering from mood swings. Weiland had a brief friendship with Courtney Love around 1998 and he admitted they used drugs together.

Weiland is a Notre Dame football fan, as his stepfather is an alumnus. In September 2006, Weiland performed at the University of Notre Dame's Legends Restaurant on the night before a football game. He sang several of his solo songs, as well as "Interstate Love Song" and a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here".

Discography

''See also: Stone Temple Pilots discography and Velvet Revolver discography'' ;Albums rowspan="6">Atlantic Records1998 in music1999 in music2004 in music2008 in music2010 in music2011 in music

		Release !! Label !! Band
''Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)	Core''	1992 in music>1992	Atlantic |	Stone Temple Pilots
''Purple (album)	Purple''	1994 in music>1994
''Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop''	1996 in music>1996
''12 Bar Blues (album)	12 Bar Blues''	1998 || Solo
''No. 4 (album)	No. 4''	1999 |	Stone Temple Pilots
''Shangri-La Dee Da''	2001 in music>2001
''Contraband (Velvet Revolver album)	Contraband	2004 |	RCA || rowspan="2" | Velvet Revolver
''Libertad (Velvet Revolver album)	Libertad''	2007 in music>2007
''"Happy" in Galoshes''	2008 ||	Softdrive Records>Softdrive	Solo
''Stone Temple Pilots (album)	Stone Temple Pilots''	2010 ||	Atlantic	Stone Temple Pilots
''Most Wonderful Time of the Year''	2011 ||		Solo

;Soundtrack

2002 in film2003 in film rowspan="2">2007 in film

Year !! Song
''The Crow (film)	The Crow''	1994 in film>1994	"Big Empty"
''Tank Girl (film)	Tank Girl''	1995 in film>1995
''Great Expectations (1998 film)	Great Expectations''	1998 in film>1998
''Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me''	1999 in film>1999
''Not Another Teen Movie''	2001 in film>2001
''Italian Job''	2002 || "Money"
''Hulk (film)	Hulk''	2003 || "Set Me Free"
''The Fantastic Four (film)	The Fantastic Four	2005 in film>2005
''Bug (2006 soundtrack)	Bug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''	2007 || "Beautiful Day"
''Evan Almighty''	Revolution (song)>Revolution"

References

External links

Scott Weiland Official Site

Scott Weiland Official MySpace Site

SPIN's Review of '"Happy" in Galoshes'

Scott Weiland in SPIN's Dec. '08 Issue

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Name	Cyndi Lauper
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
Birth date	June 22, 1953
Spouse	David Thornton
Origin	New York City, New York, U.S.
Instrument	Vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, zither, guitar, recorder, omnichord, trombone, percussion, electric bass, piano, banjo, ukulele
Associated acts	Blue Angel
Genre	Pop rockDance-rockNew WaveBlues
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, producer, actress (film & stage)
Years active	1977–present
Label	Portrait, Epic, Downtown
Associated acts	Blue Angel
Website	www.cyndilauper.com }}

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album ''She's So Unusual'' and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album. Lauper has released 11 albums and over 40 singles, and as of 2008 had sold more than 30 million records worldwide.

Life and career

1953–1979: Early life

The daughter of Fred and Catrine Lauper, Cyndi Lauper was born and raised in Ozone Park in a Catholic family, in the borough of Queens in New York City. Her mother uses the stage name "Catrine Dominique" for the music videos in which she has appeared. Her father was of German and Swiss descent and her mother is Italian American (from Sicily). She has an older sister, Ellen, and a younger brother, Fred (nicknamed Butch).

After Lauper's parents divorced, her mother remarried, divorced again, and went to work as a waitress. It was during this time that Lauper began listening to artists like Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and the Beatles. Her mother encouraged her independence and creativity. At the age of twelve, Lauper learned how to play an acoustic guitar, which her sister had given to her, and she started to write her own lyrics. She had a great love of art and music and tried to find ways to express herself. Even at this early age, Lauper started dyeing her hair different colors and wearing radical fashions. Lauper was accepted in a special public high school for students with talent in the visual arts, but she was held back and eventually dropped out, earning her GED sometime later. At the age of seventeen, she left home, planning to study art. Her journey would take her to Canada, where she spent two weeks in the woods with her dog, Sparkle, trying to find herself. She eventually wound up in Vermont, where she took art classes at Johnson State College. She supported herself by working at various odd jobs.

In the mid 1970s, Lauper performed as a vocalist with various cover bands (such as Doc West and Flyer, who still perform under the names Gap Wilson Band and Red, White and Blues Band), in the New York metropolitan area, singing hits by bands such as Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, and Bad Company. Even though Lauper was now performing on stage, she was not happy singing cover songs. In 1977, Lauper damaged her vocal cords and took a year off. She was told by three doctors that she would never sing again. Vocal coach Katie Agresta helped Lauper regain her voice by teaching her proper vocal exercises.

1980–1981: Blue Angel

In 1978, after Lauper regained her voice, she met saxophone player John Turi through her manager Ted Rosenblatt. Turi and Lauper became writing partners and formed a band called Blue Angel. They decided to put everything they had into making an album of original material. A few demos were recorded and the tape found its way over to Steve Massarsky, who was managing The Allman Brothers Band. Massarsky said the tape was horrible, but he was attracted to Lauper's voice. He saw them play live and eventually started managing the band after buying their contract out for $5,000. Many people wanted to sign Lauper only if she would sign on as a solo artist. Lauper held out, wanting the band to be included in any deal she made. Polydor Records eventually signed them as a band. In 1980, they released a self-titled album on Polydor Records. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine later included it as one of the 100 best new wave album covers (2003). Lauper hated the cover, often saying they made her look like Big Bird. Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly (or "went lead", as Lauper says) and the band broke up. Polydor Records had a regime change, and the label would not let the band back into the studio unless they had a hit. 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. This suit forced Lauper into bankruptcy.

Lauper started working in retail stores such as the New York high-end thrift store Screaming Mimi's to make ends meet, and she still sang in local clubs. Her most frequent gigs were at El Sombrero. Music critics that saw Lauper perform with Blue Angel thought that she had star potential since she had a wide singing range (four octaves), perfect pitch, and a vocal style all her own. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager (and at some point became romantically involved with her) and got her signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records. Wolff had been working with a band called Arc Angel.

1983–1985: ''She's So Unusual''

On October 14, 1983, ''She's So Unusual'' was released and peaked at #4 in the US becoming a worldwide hit. With help from Rick Chertoff, Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman (of The Hooters) as her primary studio musicians, ''She's So Unusual'''s popularity spread like wildfire. At the time, Lauper became popular with teenagers and critics, in part due to her hybrid punk image, crafted by stylist Patrick Lucas.

Lauper knew she could write songs, but the record company had a lot of material they wanted her to record. She altered a lot of the songs that were thrown her way, often changing the lyrics to suit her. An example is her Platinum-certified "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"; Lauper says the original lyrics of the song dealt more with a girl pleasing a man, and therefore she changed the lyrics, wanting the song to be more of an anthem as she felt the original song seemed misogynistic. The album's second single was the ballad "Time After Time". Lauper co-wrote "Time After Time" with Rob Hyman when her producer, Rick Chertoff, suggested to the band that the album could use one more song. The record label did not have much faith in Lauper as a songwriter, but they gave her the chance to prove herself. "Time After Time" hit #1 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It earned Lauper Gold certification with sales of 500,000 from the RIAA and was one of the biggest hits of 1984. It has been covered by more than 100 artists. Lauper came up with the title for "Time After Time" while reading ''TV Guide''—''Time After Time'' was a 1979 science fiction movie starring Malcolm McDowell as H. G. Wells, portraying him inventing and then traveling in a time machine. "She Bop" was the album's third single release. It reached #3 on the Hot 100 and earned Cyndi another Gold certification of 500,000 from the RIAA. This was followed by "All Through the Night" which was written by Jules Shear and reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. . Jules Shear and Cyndi Lauper went on to co-write the song "Steady." The song reached #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.

The album also includes a cover of The Brains' New Wave track "Money Changes Everything" which reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. In some countries, "When You Were Mine", a cover of a Prince song found on his 1980 album "Dirty Mind", was released as a promotional single in 1985. Lauper spent 1984 touring and promoting ''She's So Unusual''. By the end of the year, she was the first female to have four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 Top Five hits from one album. The LP itself stayed in the Top 200 charts for more than 65 weeks and has since sold 16 million copies worldwide. In 1985, The Women in Crystal Film Awards awarded her with the New Directions Award, given to those who are known for their creativity and originality.

The video for "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" made Lauper an MTV staple. The video ran constantly on MTV and featured the late professional wrestling manager "Captain" Lou Albano as Lauper's father, and her real-life mother, Catrine, as her mother. Also in the video are her attorney, her manager and her brother, Butch. It won the first-ever award for Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards. All three of Lauper's first videos were directed by Edd Griles, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "Time After Time" and "She Bop". The videos featured many of Lauper's family members and her dog, Sparkle. Lauper was on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine in May 1984. The photo on the cover had been reversed to make room for the title. She also appeared on the cover of ''Time'' and ''Newsweek'' with the headline "Women In Rock". Lauper was voted by ''Ms.'' magazine one of its women of the year. During this time period, Lauper appeared on the cover of People magazine twice. The video for "Money Changes Everything" was shot during a concert at the Summit in Houston, Texas. The concert was broadcast over the radio and HBO, and fans were told to show up wearing white T-shirts. The video featured a 14 year old fan named Jennifer Payson hugging Lauper onstage.

She started 1985 by participating on USA for Africa's famine-relief fund-raising single "We Are the World", singing the climactic soprano part of the bridge. During the taping of the song, the audio engineers were having problems discovering what was causing a clicking noise in the recording. It was discovered to be coming from Lauper's jewelry. Also, in 1985, Lauper won a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category. At the event, she appeared with WWF Superstar Hulk Hogan, who played her "bodyguard." Lauper, in return, made many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation's "Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection" events, including the inaugural WrestleMania event, where she was the manager of Wendi Richter. Their entrance music was "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

Steven Spielberg had asked Lauper to be the musical director of his latest film ''The Goonies'', an adventurous family film about lost treasure. Lauper had the power to choose whom she wanted on the soundtrack, so she tried to make the album very diverse. The Bangles were just one of the bands that contributed to the soundtrack. Lauper stated in a 1986 interview that she had been working 12 hour days and had gynecological problems. Lauper had a minor operation and spent some time in the hospital. Her doctors told her that she needed some rest, preventing her from participating in the Live Aid concert. The music video for "The Goonies R Good Enough" featured many guest stars, including WWF personalities such as the Iron Sheik, Captain Lou Albano, Roddy Piper, André the Giant, "Classy" Freddie Blassie, The Fabulous Moolah, and Nikolai Volkoff, members of the Goonies cast, and the Bangles. The video was split up into two acts, making Lauper the very first artist to have a two-part video. Spielberg even allowed her access to the set pieces from the film. The soundtrack album reached #73 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The song reached #10 on Billboards Hot 100 chart in 1985. Lauper received a Best Female Rock Performance Grammy nomination for the B-side song "What a Thrill". Lauper has been quoted as saying that she had long despised the song because of Richard Donner's insistence on everything being perfect for the video shoot. In behind-the-scenes footage of the video, you can see Lauper physically exhausted from the work on the video. The video was released in two parts. The first part premiered on MTV before ''The Goonies'' was released in theaters, and the second part came after the movie had opened. While the song and the movie have become 1980s cult classics, working on the soundtrack postponed Lauper's second album.

Lauper stopped performing "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough", in concert around 1987. During the Australian leg of her 2004 "At Last" tour, at the request of the crowd she performed an a cappella version of the first verse and chorus at several shows. It was at a show in Baltimore on Lauper's 2006 tour that she finally played it in full again. The crowd was chanting "Goonies" and she sang the song a cappella to an ecstatic crowd. She finally agreed to play the song again on her "True Colors" tour in 2007, and it was featured in her 2008 tour of Australia as the second number performed at each show. During the video commentary for "The Goonies", actor Sean Astin can be heard thanking Lauper for the song. He says that they all appeared tired on the set of the video because of the rigorous shooting schedule, but they really did love the song. Astin apologizes to Lauper again in footage that can be seen in the upcoming "Goonies Documentary".

1986–1988: ''True Colors''

Lauper released her second album, ''True Colors'', on September 15, 1986. It reached #4 on the Billboard 200. For this album, she increased her involvement both in production and songwriting. Guests on the album included Angela Clemons-Patrick, Nile Rodgers, Aimee Mann, Billy Joel, Adrian Belew, The Bangles, Ellie Greenwich, and Rick Derringer. Lauper co-wrote most of the album with Essra Mohawk, John Turi, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Although the album was not as commercially successful as its predecessor was, it contained three high-charting singles, including the title track, "True Colors" which became Cyndi's second song to hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, "Change of Heart" (#3) and a cover of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" (#12) followed. The album also featured an older song called "Maybe He'll Know", which was on the ''Blue Angel'' album. The album covers for both ''She's So Unusual'' and ''True Colors'' were composed by photographer Annie Leibovitz. "True Colors" was licensed to Kodak for use in its commercials. Lauper had no control over the song, which was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. The fourth single from the album, "Boy Blue", became Lauper's first solo non-top-40 single. The proceeds of the song were donated to AIDS research. The album sold 2 million copies in the United States.

In 1986, Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album ''The Bridge'' on a song called "Code of Silence". Lauper also sang the theme song for the series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" the same year, though she was credited as "Ellen Shaw". Playhouse star Paul Reubens appeared on the ''True Colors'' album track "911" as an emergency operator. In 1987, David Wolff produced a concert film for Lauper called ''Cyndi: Live in Paris''. The concert was broadcast on HBO that same year and received a Grammy nomination for Outstanding Long Form Music Video.

Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy ''Vibes'', alongside Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands, Elizabeth Peña and Peter Falk. Lauper played a psychic in search of a city of gold in South America. The film was produced by Ron Howard and David Wolff acted as the film's associate producer.

To prepare for the role, Lauper took a few classes in finger waving and hair setting at the Robert Fiance School of Beauty in New York and studied with a few Manhattan psychics. The film was poorly received by critics and commercially flopped. Lauper contributed a track called "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" but the song was not included on the soundtrack. A video was released, which was a high energy, comic action/adventure romp through a Chinese laundry. The song stalled at a disappointing #54 on the US charts, but fared better in Australia, peaking at #8 and becoming her fifth and final Top 10 single in Australia. It was performed as the opening song on her 2008 Australian tour.

1989–1992: ''A Night to Remember''

''A Night to Remember'' – Lauper's third album – was released in the spring of 1989. The album spawned only one big hit, the #6 single "I Drove All Night", for which Lauper received a Grammy nomination for Rock Vocal Performance as well as another Gold certification of 500,000 from the RIAA in January 1990. The song was originally penned for and sung by Roy Orbison, although his version was not released until 1992, three years after Lauper's version and four years after his death. She also wrote and produced most of the album. Contributing writers were Desmond Child, Christina Amphlett of Divinyls, Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, Diane Warren, and Frank Previte. Guest musicians include Bootsy Collins, Larry Blackmon, Batkini Khumalo, Eric Clapton, and Nile Rodgers. The video for "My First Night Without You", released in 1989, was one of the first to be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

The disappointing sales of the album "A Night To Remember", a canceled United States tour due to low ticket sales and the pressures of celebrity led Lauper to "retire" from her "singing." She toured South America and Japan successfully into the early stages of 1990 and then retreated into acting.

On July 21, 1990, Lauper joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of ''The Wall'' in Berlin, performing "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II". She also performed on the song, "The Tide Is Turning" with Waters, Joni Mitchell, Bryan Adams, Paul Carrack and Van Morrison. Lauper wore a school girl outfit, performing to over 300,000 people. The concert was watched live by over five million people worldwide.

Lauper had become close friends with Yoko Ono. In 1990 she took part in a John Lennon tribute concert in Liverpool, performing the Beatles song "Hey Bulldog" and the John Lennon song "Working Class Hero". The concert was aired on the Disney Channel. She also took part in a project Ono and Lennon developed called "The Peace Choir". They performed a new version of Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance". The reworked "Give Peace a Chance" was written by Sean Lennon. In 1990, Lauper co-wrote the song "Paper Heart" (a song about drug addiction) with Go-Go's alumna Jane Wiedlin. The song appeared on Wiedlin's CD ''Tangled''.

Lauper worked on the movie originally titled ''Moon Over Miami'', which later became ''Off and Running'' with David Keith, Richard Belzer and David Thornton, whom she started seeing romantically. Lauper claims that Miami was a great place to fall in love. The film was released in Europe but never made it off the ground in the US market. (David Wolff was the music supervisor for the film.) On November 24, 1991 Cyndi and David Thornton were married at the Friends Meeting House in New York. Rock and Roll pioneer Little Richard, who at one time gave up Rock and Roll to become a minister performed the ceremony. Patti LaBelle sang Procol Harum's classic "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and Lauper's grandmother served as the matron of honor. Other guests included Paul Reubens, best known for his Pee-wee Herman character, and John Turturro. Lauper had threatened to dress like a lighted Christmas tree, but settled on a traditional white wedding dress.

In 1992, Lauper contributed two tracks to the European musical ''Tycoon'', an English version of the hit French-Canadian stage show ''Starmania''. She scored another Top 20 hit in Europe (it went to #2 in France, earning a 2x platinum certification there) with "The World Is Stone", penned by Tim Rice, Michel Berger, and Luc Plamondon. She also recorded "You Have To Learn To Live Alone". The two tracks were included on a compilation released in the U.S. in 2000. Lauper recorded "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", a duet with Frank Sinatra, which was released on the album ''Very Special Christmas II''. Sinatra's vocals were taken from his original recording and mixed with Lauper's in the studio.

1993–1995: ''Hat Full of Stars''/''Twelve Deadly Cyns''

In June 1993 Lauper released her fourth album, ''Hat Full of Stars'', which tackled such topics as homophobia, spousal abuse, racism and abortion. Despite significant accolades – and decent sales in France and Japan – it was a sales failure (moving less than 120,000 copies) in the United States. The album peaked at #112 on the Billboard charts, largely because the album suffered from a lack of promotion. Lauper appeared on the ''Howard Stern Show'' to promote the album. Lauper said the song "Hat Full of Stars" was written as a message to David Wolff. The video for "Who Let in the Rain" features a picture of David Wolff in a frame. "A Part Hate" was written collaboratively by Lauper and husband David Thornton. The video for "Sally's Pigeons" features the then unknown Julia Stiles as the young Cyndi.

Tommy Mottola, president of Sony Music, told Lauper to go out and make her own ''Graceland'' (referring to Paul Simon's album). Lauper wanted to write her own material and stop doing cover songs. She wrote some songs on the album with other people, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ailee Willis, Nicky Holland, Tom Gray, Hugh Masekela and The Hooters. The same year, Lauper recorded "Boys Will Be Boys" with The Hooters. The song "Private Emotion" was dedicated to her by The Hooters. Both songs appeared on the Hooter's CD ''Out of Body''. Lauper also returned to acting, playing Michael J. Fox's ditzy secretary in 1993's ''Life with Mikey,'' which also starred Nathan Lane.

''Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some,'' was released worldwide in 1994 (except in the U.S., where it was held back until the summer of 1995). The album was a greatest hits compilation that included two re-recorded tracks, "I'm Gonna be Strong", first recorded with her band Blue Angel, and a reworking of her first big hit, newly christened "Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)". The Japanese edition of the CD includes the single "Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)" as the final track. The album was released under a number of different titles, and had different packaging and track listings for certain countries. ''Twelve Deadly Cyns'' sold over 5 million copies worldwide and Lauper began a world tour to promote the album. It was especially popular in the UK, "(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" hit number four (the single also returned Lauper to the US Hot 100, albeit briefly). The song includes special appearances by Snow and Patra. The album also included a hot reggae influenced song, "Come On Home", which was remixed by Junior Vasquez with a special appearance by Demetrius "Sir Jam" Ross.

Lauper won an Emmy Award for her role as Marianne on the sitcom ''Mad About You''. A ''12 Deadly Cyns'' VHS tape featuring most of Lauper's videos was released.

1997–2000: ''Sisters of Avalon''

In 1997, Lauper announced that she was expecting a child. Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper was born on November 17 of that year; he was named after Elvis Costello (whose first name is Declan) and William Wallace. He was born while Lauper was putting the finishing touches on her new album.

Her fifth album, ''Sisters of Avalon'' (released in Japan in 1996 and everywhere else in 1997) failed in America – spending a single week on the ''Billboard'' album chart at #188. The album was quickly embraced by the gay community for its dance and club styling. The album was written and produced with the help of Jan Pulsford (Lauper's keyboard player) and Producer Mark Saunders. Guest musicians include, Bush lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford on "You Don't Know" and "Love to Hate". The album was written and recorded in Tennessee and Connecticut and finished in an old mansion in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., where she lived and worked at that time.

The song "Ballad of Cleo and Joe" addressed the complications of a drag queen's double life. Lauper started writing the song around 1994. "Brimstone and Fire" painted a portrait of a lesbian relationship, and "You Don't Know" showed Lauper flexing more political muscle than on her previous albums. The song "Say a Prayer" was written for a friend of hers who had died from AIDS. The song "Searching'" was used in one of Baywatch's episodes. "Unhook the Stars" was used in the movie of the same name starring Marisa Tomei, Gerard Depardieu, Gena Rowlands and David Thornton.

Lauper's sister Ellen had come out as a lesbian and Lauper considered her to be a role model. Ellen was doing a lot of charity work for the gay community, and was working out of a clinic, helping people who were suffering from AIDS. Lauper began performing as a featured artist at gay pride events around the world (as early as 1994, she had performed at the closing ceremonies for Gay Games IV in New York City). She also served as the opening act for Tina Turner's summer tour, which was one of the highest grossing tours that year. Lauper took up the Appalachian dulcimer, taking lessons from David Schnauffer.

Lauper released her last album for Epic in late 1998. ''Merry Christmas...Have A Nice Life'', as the title implies, was a Christmas collection of original material and standards. It is a combination of folk-rock, Cajun and Celtic music. Her version of "Silent Night" was used in a Pampers commercial. Rob Hyman co-wrote the album opener "Home on Christmas Day", and provides accordion and organ accompaniment on a number of tracks. Producer William Wittman, who has been behind a mixing board for Lauper since her debut album ''She's So Unusual'', was once again in a co-producing and mixing role. Lauper is ably assisted by Jan Pulsford, the keyboardist who tours with Lauper and co-produced her last disc, ''Sisters of Avalon''. The Christmas album was recorded at Lauper's home in Connecticut. Declyn was the major inspiration on ''Merry Christmas'', "December Child" was written for him. Declyn makes his vocal debut on "First Lullaby", Jan tickled him, grabbed the mike, and the results are on tape. Lauper reprises two holiday-themed tracks for previous albums that blend seamlessly with the newer material: "Feels Like Christmas", a Cajun-spiced tune from ''Hat Full of Stars'' and "Early Christmas Morning" from ''Sisters of Avalon''. She closes the album with a stark rendition of "Silent Night" in memory of Peter Wood, the close friend and musician to whom Lauper dedicated her hits compilation, ''Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some''. Wood was a keyboardist who toured with the singer and performed in the studio on many of her tracks.

On January 17, 1999, Lauper appeared on ''The Simpsons''. Lauper appeared on the show as herself singing the National Anthem to the melody of ''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun''. The episode was called "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken". The same year, Lauper opened for Cher's ''Do You Believe? Tour'' alongside Wild Orchid. Lauper and Cher performed "Turn Back Time" on VH1 Divas. She also garnered critical plaudits for her roles in several independent films including ''Mrs. Parker And The Vicious Circle'', and ''The Opportunists''.

Lauper contributed a cover version of The Trammps's classic "Disco Inferno" to the soundtrack for the film ''A Night at the Roxbury''. The remixed version became a club hit and received a Grammy nomination that year for Best Dance Recording. The single was released as an EP, featuring several remixes. In 2000, Lauper contributed a song called "I Want a Mom That Will Last Forever" for the children's movie ''Rugrats in Paris''. The song was written with Mark Mothersbaugh (of the new wave group Devo). Also in 2000, Lauper co-wrote a song, "If You Believe", with Faye Tozer of the British pop group Steps. It appeared on the band's third studio album, "Buzz", and was subsequently released in the US in July 2001.

2001–2003: ''Shine'' / ''At Last''

Lauper prepared her sixth studio album in 2001, ''Shine'', which saw her returning to her early pop/rock sound. It featured Japanese pop superstar Ryuichi Sakamoto, and George Fullan of Train. Just weeks before the album's scheduled release on September 11, 2001, her label, Edel America Records, folded, and the tracks were leaked to the public. Although a five song EP of the same name was made available through her website and at Tower Records, the full-length album concept was scrapped. The five song EP was released in June 2002. An album of ''Shine'' remixes was eventually released through Tower Records. The complete ''Shine'' album was released on April 21, 2004, exclusively in Japan. The album has become a collector's item.

On October 12, 2000, Lauper took part in a television show called ''Women in Rock, Girls With Guitars''. The show featured Sheryl Crow, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Grant, Wynonna Judd, and Destiny's Child. Lauper performed the Paul McCartney hit "Maybe I'm Amazed" with Ann Wilson of Heart. She also sang the R&B; classic "Ooh Child" with the girl group Destiny's Child. She also performed a new song called "Water's Edge" with Ann Wilson. The song was well received and critics saw that performance as one of the highlights of the night. A CD was issued that contained the studio versions of some songs performed during the concert. The CD was exclusively released to Sears stores from September 30 to October 31, 2001 and $1.00 of each sold went to breast cancer research. In 2003 while on tour with Cher she broke her ankle.

Lauper's former label Sony issued a new best-of CD entitled ''The Essential Cyndi Lauper''. She re-signed with Sony/Epic Records and a cover album entitled ''At Last'' (formerly ''Naked City''), was released in 2003. Lauper received a Grammy nomination in 2005 for the category, "Best Instrumental Composition Accompanying a Vocal." Lauper took part in ''VH1 Divas Live'' with Patti LaBelle, Jessica Simpson, Debbie Harry, Ashanti, Sheila E., and the Pussycat Dolls.

2005–2007: ''The Body Acoustic''

Under a new contract with Sony Music, Lauper released ''The Body Acoustic'', an album that featured acoustic reinterpretations of tracks from her back catalog. Two new tracks were also written and recorded, one of which is "Above the Clouds". Guests 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 Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

Though she had not released an album of new material since 1997's ''Sisters of Avalon'', Lauper remained busy through the years. She made appearances on Showtime's hit show ''Queer As Folk'' in 2005, making her Broadway debut in ''The Threepenny Opera'' in 2006 and directing a commercial for ''Totally 80s'' edition of the board game ''Trivial Pursuit''. Lauper appeared on a VH1 Classics special called ''Decades Rock Live''. The show featured Lauper performing with many artists such as Shaggy, Scott Weiland of Velvet Revolver/Stone Temple Pilots, Pat Monahan of Train, Ani DiFranco, and The Hooters.

On October 16, 2006, she was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, she sang "Beecharmer" with Nellie McKay on McKay's ''Pretty Little Head'' album, and "Letters To Michael" with Dionne Warwick.

Lauper headlined the ''True Colors Tour'' for Human Rights through the United States and Canada, in June 2007. The tour also included Deborah Harry, Erasure, The Dresden Dolls, and Gossip, with Margaret Cho as MC and special guests in different cities. The tour, sponsored by Logo, the MTV Networks channel targeting gay audiences, provided information to fans who attended, as well as purple wristbands with the slogan "Erase Hate" from The Matthew Shepard Foundation. A dollar from every ticket sold was earmarked for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Lauper was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.

2008–2009: ''Bring Ya to the Brink''

Lauper took a role and wrote a song for the Serbian movie ''Here and There'', which stars her husband, David Thornton, in one of the main roles.

Lauper recorded an album of all new material during 2007. The working title given to the project was ''Savoir-faire'', but she announced at her Perth, Australia concert in February 2008 that the name of the album was ''Bring Ya to the Brink'' and that it would be released in the spring. In preparation for the album, Lauper visited England and France during summer 2007 to write for the album and wrote songs with dance artists like Axwell, The Scumfrog, Basement Jaxx, Digital Dog, Dragonette, Kleerup and others. She described it as a mainly dance album with good rhythm. Most of the album was recorded in Sweden. The first single released in Japan was "Set Your Heart" which gained significant airplay there and was used in the advertising campaign for the 2008 Toyota Car Model (Mark X ZIO) starring actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro. Lauper embarked on an Australian tour playing at the Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth, supported by Katie Noonan and Kate Miller-Heidke on February 22, 2008, and she was the headline and final act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, on March 2, 2008. She sang "Same Ol' Story" followed by a newly remixed version of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". "Same Ol' Story" was released as the album's first worldwide single and was released as a download only on May 6, 2008. Several remixes of the track were released to DJs. The album was released on May 27, 2008 in the United States.

thumb|left|Cyndi Lauper performing in 2008The ''True Colors Tour 2008'' debuted on May 31, 2008. Joining Lauper at various venues were Rosie O'Donnell, The B-52's, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Cliks, Indigo Girls, Kat Deluna, Joan Armatrading, Regina Spektor, Tegan and Sara, Nona Hendryx, Deborah Cox, Wanda Sykes, among others. The MC was Carson Kressley from ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy''. Sarah McLachlan was also featured at the Burnaby, British Columbia show.

In August 2008, Lauper contributed an article titled "Hope" to ''The Huffington Post'' which encouraged Americans to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming United States presidential election. Lauper also performed alongside Thelma Houston, Melissa Etheridge and Rufus Wainwright at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

David Byrne stated in his blog that he has collaborated with Lauper on a track for his upcoming ''Here Lies Love''. He described her performance as "amazingly fine-tuned" and "very impressive." Lauper recorded a special Christmas duet with Swedish band The Hives, entitled "A Christmas Duel", on CDsingle and 7" vinyl, in Sweden only, on November 19, 2008. It reached number 4 in the Swedish charts.

In December 2008, ''Bring Ya to the Brink'' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Lauper also signed a book deal for an autobiography that is scheduled to come out at the end of 2009 or early 2010. Lauper also performed on the "Girls Night Out", headlining it with Rosie O'Donnell in the US. She appeared on many TV shows in 2009 including the American soap opera, ''As the World Turns'', supporting gay rights, and promoting her True Colors tour and album, Bring Ya to the Brink. She performed "Into the Nightlife" and dedicated a rendition of "True Colors" to one of the show's characters; Luke Snyder. She appeared on the live finale of the eighth season of ''American Idol'' on May 20, 2009, performing a duet of "Time After Time" with top-13 finalist Allison Iraheta, accompanying the song on Appalachian dulcimer. She appeared on the 2009 TV Land Awards on April 19 dressed as the "Emperess of Evil" to perform the theme song for Electra Woman and Dyna Girl as part of a musical tribute to Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft. Lauper performed a duet with Leona Lewis on VH1 Divas on September 19, 2009 singing "True Colors" and also appeared along side hip hop artist Eminem for a comedy skit at the MTV VMA's in September 2009. In addition, Lauper played herself alongside Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Michael McDonald, and Mary J. Blige on ''30 Rock'''s third season finale. She also played Avalon Harmonia, a psychic on the Season 5 premiere of ''Bones''.

Cyndi Lauper was also one of the celebrities who designed a T-shirt for the second Fashion Against Aids campaign in 2009, a collaboration between H&M; and Designers Against Aids to raise HIV/AIDS awareness worldwide, particularly amongst youngsters.

On November 17, 2009, Lauper performed a collaborative work with Wyclef Jean called "Slumdog Millionaire" and performed it live on ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. The collaborative effort stems from Jean's latest album: ''Toussaint St. Jean: From the Hut, To the Projects, To the Mansion''.

2010–present: ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' and ''Memphis Blues''

In January 2010, American toy company Mattel released a Cyndi Lauper Barbie doll as part of their "Ladies of the 80s" series.

On March 2010, NBC began airing, the ninth season of ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' featuring Lauper and other celebrities such as Sharon Osbourne and Bret Michaels. The show had been filmed from October 19, 2009 to November 12th, 2009. Donald Trump fired her on the May 9, 2010 episode, leaving her in sixth place. Lauper donated her winnings to her own True Colors Fund.

On April 1, 2010, Lauper launched the Give a Damn campaign to bring a wider awareness of discrimination of the GLBT community as part of her True Colors Fund. The campaign is to bring straight people to stand up with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered community and stop the discrimination. Other names included in the campaign are Whoopi Goldberg, Jason Mraz, Elton John, Judith Light, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Kardashian, Clay Aiken, Ricky Martin, Sharon Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne. Anna Paquin is also part of the campaign and came out as bisexual. This news clogged the Give A Damn website.

Lauper appears on the 22-track, 2-disc collaboration, ''Here Lies Love'', by Talking Heads' David Byrne and Fatboy Slim. On the album, she sings the song ''Eleven Days'', as well as the duet ''Why Don't You Love Me'' with Tori Amos.

On June 22, 2010, ''Memphis Blues'' was released. It debuted on the Billboard Blues Album Chart at #1, and it debuted on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart at #26. The album remained #1 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart for 14 consecutive weeks; ''Memphis Blues'' fell to #2 on October 16, 2010 and then to #3 on October 23, 2010. ''Memphis Blues'' is Lauper's eleventh album.

In August 2010, she licensed her song and performance of ''It's Hard to Be Me'', from her album ''Shine'', to be used as the theme song for the new TV Pilot, and potentially the series, ''Hard to Be Me''.

In July 2010, she signed a deal with Mark Burnett to produce a reality show that will focus on her career and her everyday life with her husband David Thornton and their son Declyn.

In December 2010, ''Memphis Blues'' was ranked ''Billboard'''s #1 Blues Album of The Year, and was nominated for the Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy Award.

Lauper made international news in March 2011 while waiting for a delayed flight at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires. There, she gave an impromptu performance of ''Girls Just Want to Have Fun,'' as other passengers joined in and sang along with her. A video of the performance was later posted on YouTube.

Personal life

Lauper has been married to David Thornton since 1991. They have one son, Declyn Wallace Thornton, born November 19, 1997. Lauper was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic school. She refers to herself as a "Recovering Catholic".

Discography

1983: ''She's So Unusual''

1986: ''True Colors''

1989: ''A Night to Remember''

1993: ''Hat Full of Stars''

1996: ''Sisters of Avalon''

1998: ''Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life''

2001: ''Shine''

2003: ''At Last''

2005: ''The Body Acoustic''

2008: ''Bring Ya to the Brink''

2010: ''Memphis Blues''

2011 or 2012: ''TBA''

Tours

;Headlining

The Fun Tour (1984–85)

True Colors World Tour (1986–87)

A Night to Remember World Tour (1989)

Hat Full of Stars Tour (1993–94)

Twelve Deadly Cyns World Tour (1994–95)

Sisters of Avalon Tour (1996–97)

Shine Tour (2001)

At Last World Tour (2003–04)

Body Acoustic Tour (2005–06)

Australian Tour (2008)

Bring Ya to the Brink Tour (2008)

Memphis Blues Tour (2010–11)

;Co-headlining

True Colors Tour (2007, 2008) (with various artists)

Girls Night Out (2009) (with Rosie O'Donnell)

From Memphis to Mardi Gras (2011) (with Dr. John)

;Supporting act

Wildest Dreams Tour (1997) (supporting Tina Turner)

Living Proof: The Farewell Tour (2002) (supporting Cher)

Filmography

''The Goonies'' ''Vibes (film) ''Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme'' ''Off and Running'' ''Life with Mikey'' ''Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' ''Sesame Street Elmocize'' ''The Happy Prince'' ''The Opportunists'' ''Here and There (film)

colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1984	''Prime Cuts''	Herself
1985	|	Herself	Music video appearance
1988	Vibes'' ||	Sylvia Pickel	Main Role
rowspan=2	1990	|	Mary (Had a Little Lamb)	made for television (Disney Channel)
''The Wall – Live in Berlin''	Young Pink
	1991	|	Cyd Morse	Main Role
	1993	|	Geena Briganti	Main Role
	1994	|	Picnic Guest	uncredited
	1996	|	Herself	Direct-to-video
	1999	|	Pidge	Home Box Office>HBO)
rowspan=2>2000	|	Sally Mahon	appearance
''Christmas Dream''	TBA
rowspan=2	2009	Here and There''||	Rose	Main Role
''Section B''	Betty

Television

''Higglytown Heroes'' ''That's So Raven'' ''The Backyardigans'' ''Gossip Girl'' ''30 Rock''

colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Television guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989		''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''		Herself
1993			"A Pair of Hearts" (episode 9, season 2) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
1995	"Money Changes Everything" (episode 20, season 3) Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series
rowspan=4>1999	"Stealing Burt's Car" (episode 18, season 7)
"The Final Frontier" (episode 21, season 7)
''Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child''	Pidge
''The Simpsons''	Herself
2004	|	Operator Hero	"Smooth Operator/Stinky Situation" (episode 6, season 1)
rowspan=2	2005	|	Miss Petuto	"Art Breaker" (episode 13, season 3)
''Queer as Folk (North American TV series)	Queer as Folk''	Herself
2007	|	Herself	Performed the song "The Lady in Pink" in the double-length episode "International Super Spy"
rowspan=2	2008	|	Herself	"Bonfire of the Vanity" (episode 10, season 2)
''As The World Turns''	Herself
rowspan=2	2009	|	Herself	"Kidney Now" (Episode 22, Season 3)
''Bones (TV series)	Bones''	Avalon Harmonia
2010		The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)>The Celebrity Apprentice''		Herself	"Playing for Charity – True Colors of Stonewall Community Foundation"
2011		Made (TV series)		Herself	Season 11, Episode 29

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Lauper won one award from 13 nominations. |- |rowspan="5"|1985 |Cyndi Lauper |Best New Artist | |- |''She's So Unusual'' |Album of the Year | |- |"Time After Time" |Song of the Year | |- |rowspan="2"|"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" |Record of the Year | |- |Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | |- |1986 |"What A Thrill" |Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | |- |rowspan="2"|1987 |"True Colors" |Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | |- |"911" |Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | |- |1988 |"Cyndi Lauper in Paris" |Best Performance Music Video | |- |1990 |"I Drove All Night" |Best Female Rock Vocal Performance | |- |1999 |"Disco Inferno" |Best Dance Recording | |- |2005 |"Unchained Melody" |Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) | |- |2009 |"Bring Ya To The Brink" |Best Electronic/Dance Album | |- |2010 |''Memphis Blues'' |Best Traditional Blues Album | |-

MTV Video Music Award

1984 – Video of the Year for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Nominated)

1984 – Best New Artist for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Nominated)

1984 – Best New Artist for "Time After Time" (Nominated)

1984 – Best Female Video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Won)

1984 – Best Female Video for "Time After Time" (Nominated)

1984 – Best Concept Video for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Nominated)

1984 – Viewer's Choice for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Nominated)

1984 – Best Overall Performance for "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Nominated)

1984 – Best Direction for "Time After Time" (Nominated)

1985 – Best Female Video for "She Bop" (Nominated)

1987 – Best Female Video for "True Colors" (Nominated)

1987 – Best Cinematography for "What's Going On" (Nominated)

American Music Awards

1985 – Favorite Pop/Rock Female Video Artist (Won)

1985 – Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist (Won)

Rolling Stone Awards

1985 – Best New Artist (Won)

1985 – Best Female Video Artist (Won)

Emmy Award

1994 – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You" (Nominated)

1995 – Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Mad About You" (Won)

Women in Film Crystal Awards

1985 – New Directions Award (Won)

See also

List of number-one hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (US)

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

References

External links

Paul Burston, ''Cyndi Lauper is Back, and the Girl still wants to Have Fun (interview),'' The Times, 2 August 2008

NYTimes feature, 2010

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name	Patrick Monahan
background	solo_singer
born	February 28, 1969Waterford, Pennsylvania, United States
genre	Rock, pop rock
instrument	Vocals, guitar, saxophone, percussion, harmonica, mandolin, flute, violin, clarinet, trumpet, trombone
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, actor
associated acts	Train }}

Patrick Monahan (born February 28, 1969) is the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy award winning band Train. He also has recorded a solo album, and has collaborated with multiple artists.

Life and career

Monahan was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He released his first solo album, Last of Seven, on September 18, 2007 and began a nation-wide tour in support of it. He followed the tour up with a small, intimate acoustic tour, which inspired his ''Last of Seven Acoustic'' compilation, available via digital download only. His first solo single, "Her Eyes" made the top 10 of Billboard's Hot AC chart. The album's second single was "Two Ways to Say Goodbye."

On ''Last of Seven'', Monahan duets with folk-rocker Brandi Carlile, with special guest appearances by Richie Sambora and Graham Nash. Monahan worked with Guy Chambers to co-write two songs for Tina Turner's hits album, ''Tina!: Her Greatest Hits''.

Monahan currently resides in Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California with his second wife Amber Peterson.

Monahan is also the lead voice in the children's show ''Driver Dan's Story Train'', which debuted on Sprout on November 1, 2010.

Monahan has recently contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" for the upcoming tribute album, Listen to Me: Buddy Holly to be released on September 6th, 2011.

Appearances

In November 2005, Monahan appeared as a guest vocalist on VH1's ''Decades Rock Live'', where he covered Cyndi Lauper's hit single "Time After Time". Later, he took part in ''Storytellers — The Doors: a Celebration'', paying tribute to The Doors by performing "Love Me Two Times".

Monahan and some of his fellow Train bandmates took on small acting roles in the ''CSI: NY'' episode "Second Chances". Monahan played a former homeless drug addict who becomes involved in a murder.

On August 5, 2007, Monahan performed the U.S. National Anthem at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.

On May 4, 2010, Monahan appeared with Train on Dancing With the Stars, where they performed their hit single "Hey, Soul Sister". The following month, Monahan was invited to throw out the first pitch when the Seattle Mariners played the New York Yankees at Safeco Field.

On July 12, 2010, Monahan and Train performed "Hey, Soul Sister" at the 2010 Home Run Derby at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.

On January 1, 2011, Monahan and Train performed "Hey, Soul Sister", "Drops of Jupiter" and "Marry Me" on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest at Times Square in New York City.

On April 8, 2011, Monahan and Train performed "Save Me, San Francisco" during the pregame ceremonies of the defending 2010 World Series champions San Francisco Giants' home opener at AT&T; Park. The Giants came onto the field for the first time at the end of the song. Monahan himself also sang the National Anthem.

On May 27, 2011, Monahan and INXS performed "Beautiful Girl" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

On June 29, 2011, Monahan performed "Drops of Jupiter" with Vicci Martinez on The Voice (U.S. TV series).

On July 18, 2011, Monahan performed Beautiful Girl with INXS at Chateau Ste Michelle

On August 26, 2011, Monahan and Train performed "Hey, Soul Sister", "Save Me, San Francisco", and "Drops of Jupiter" in Rockefeller Plaza during Today (NBC program).

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions
		! width="40"
2007		* Release date: September 18, 2007	* Label: Columbia Records	82

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chartpositions		Album
		! width="35"	! width="35"
As lead artist
2007		110	9
2008		—	21
As featured artist
2010	align="left"	—	17	align="left"

References

External links

Official Site

Train performing live on Sunrise

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name	Frances Farmer
birth date	September 19, 1913
birth place	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
death date	August 01, 1970
death place	Fishers, Indiana, U.S.
birth name	Frances Elena Farmer
spouse	Leif Erickson (1936–1942) Alfred Lobley (1951–1958) Leland Mikesell (1958–1963) }}

Frances Elena Farmer (September 19, 1913 – August 1, 1970) was an American actress of stage and screen. She is perhaps better known for sensationalized and fictional accounts of her life, and especially her involuntary commitment to a mental hospital. Farmer was the subject of three films, three books, and numerous songs and magazine articles.

Early life and education

Farmer was born in Seattle, Washington, to Ernest Melvin Farmer and Cora Lillian (Van Ornum) Farmer. In 1931, while attending West Seattle High School, she entered and won $100 from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a writing contest sponsored by ''Scholastic Magazine'', with her controversial essay "God Dies". It was a precocious attempt to reconcile her wish for, in her words, a "superfather" God, with her observations of a chaotic and godless world. In her autobiography she writes that the essay was influenced by her reading of Nietzsche, who "expressed the same doubts, only he said it in German: "''Gott ist Tot.''" God is dead. This I could understand. I was not to assume that there was no God, but I could find no evidence in my life that He existed or that He had ever shown any particular interest in me. I was not an atheist, but I was surely an agnostic, and by the time I was sixteen I was well indoctrinated into this theory."

Although her father was a prominent lawyer, she showed independence by becoming an usherette in a cinema, a waitress, a tutor and a factory worker to pay her university fees before winning a popularity contest that entitled her to a trip to Europe.

In 1935, as a student at the University of Washington, Farmer won a subscription contest for the leftist newspaper ''The Voice of Action''. First prize was a trip to the Soviet Union, which she took despite her mother's strong objections, in order to see the pioneering Moscow Art Theatre. These two incidents fostered accusations that Farmer was both an atheist and a Communist.

Farmer studied drama at the University of Washington. During the 1930s, its drama department productions were considered citywide cultural events and attended accordingly. While there she starred in plays including ''Helen of Troy'', ''Everyman'' and ''Uncle Vanya''. In late 1934, she starred in the school's production of ''Alien Corn'', speaking foreign languages, playing the piano, and receiving rave reviews in what was then the longest-running play in the department's history.

Career

Returning from the Soviet Union in the summer of 1935, Farmer stopped in New York City, hoping to launch a legitimate theater career. Instead, she was referred to a Paramount Pictures talent scout, Oscar Serlin, who arranged for a screen test. Paramount offered her a 7-year contract. Farmer signed it in New York on her 22nd birthday and moved to Hollywood. She had top billing in two well-received 1936 B-movies. She wed actor Leif Erickson in February 1936 while shooting the first of the movies, ''Too Many Parents''. Later that year, Farmer was cast opposite Bing Crosby in her first "A" feature, ''Rhythm on the Range''. During the summer of 1936, she was loaned to Samuel Goldwyn to appear in ''Come and Get It'', based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Both of these films were sizable hits, and her portrayals of both the mother and daughter in ''Come and Get It'' were praised by the public and critics, with several reviews greeting Farmer as a new-found star.

Farmer was not entirely satisfied with her career, however. She felt stifled by Paramount's tendency to cast her in films which depended on her looks more than her talent. Her outspoken style made her seem uncooperative and contemptuous. In an age when the studios dictated every facet of a star's life, Farmer rebelled against the studio's control and resisted every attempt they made to glamorize her private life. She refused to attend Hollywood parties or to date other stars for the gossip columns. However, Farmer was sympathetically described in a 1937 ''Colliers'' article as being indifferent about the clothing she wore and was said to drive an older-model "green roadster".

Hoping to enhance her reputation as a serious actress, she left Hollywood in 1937 to do summer stock in Westchester, New York. There she attracted the attention of director Harold Clurman and playwright Clifford Odets. They invited her to appear in the Group Theatre production of Odets' play ''Golden Boy''. Her performance at first received mixed reviews, with ''Time'' magazine commenting that she had been miscast. Due to Farmer's box office appeal, however, the play became the biggest hit in the Group's history. By 1938, when the production had embarked on a national tour, regional critics from Washington D.C. to Chicago gave her rave reviews.

Farmer had an affair with Odets, but he was married to actress Luise Rainer and didn't offer Farmer a commitment. Farmer felt betrayed when Odets suddenly ended the relationship; and when the Group chose another actress for its London run—an actress whose family funded the play—she came to believe that The Group had used her drawing power selfishly to further the success of the play. She returned to Hollywood, and arranged with Paramount to stay in Los Angeles for three months out of every year to make motion pictures. The rest of her time she intended to use for theater. Her next two appearances on Broadway had short runs. Farmer found herself back in Los Angeles, often loaned out by Paramount to other studios for starring roles. At her home studio, meanwhile, she was consigned to costarring appearances, which she often found unchallenging.

By 1939, her temperamental work habits and worsening alcoholism began to damage her reputation. In 1940, after abruptly quitting a Broadway production of a play by Ernest Hemingway, she starred in two major films, both loan-outs to other studios. A year later, however, she was again relegated to co-starring roles. In mid-1941 Clifford Odets attempted to lure her back to Broadway to star in his upcoming play ''Clash by Night'', but she refused, telling him she thought she needed to stay in Hollywood to rebuild her career. She next appeared opposite Tyrone Power in the film ''Son of Fury'' (1942) (on loan-out to Twentieth Century-Fox) and received critical praise for her performance. Despite this, though, Paramount canceled her contract in 1942, reportedly because of her alcoholism and increasingly erratic behavior during pre-production of ''Take a Letter, Darling''. Meanwhile, her marriage to Erickson had disintegrated and ended in divorce in 1942.

List of TV and movies: 1958-1964 Frances Farmer Presents (TV series)Hostess 1958 The Party Crashers 1958 Studio One (TV series) 1958 Tongues of Angels 1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series) 1958 Something Stolen, Something Blue 1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series) 1958 Reunion 1943 I Escaped from the Gestapo(montage sequence) 1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1941 Among the Living 1941 Badlands of Dakota 1941 World Premiere 1940 Flowing Gold 1940 South of Pago Pago 1938 Ride a Crooked Mile 1937 Ebb Tide 1937 The Toast of New York 1937 Exclusive 1936 Come and Get It 1936 Rhythm on the Range 1936 Border Flight 1936 Too Many Parents

Legal and psychological problems

Arrest

On October 19, 1942, Frances Farmer was stopped by the police in Santa Monica for driving with her headlights on bright in the wartime blackout zone that affected most of the West Coast. Some reports say she was unable to produce a driver's license and was verbally abusive. The police suspected her of being drunk and she was jailed overnight. Farmer was fined $500 and given a 180-day suspended sentence. She immediately paid $250 and was put on probation.

By January 1943, she failed to pay the rest of the fine and a bench warrant was issued for her arrest. At almost the same time, a studio hairdresser filed an assault charge alleging that Farmer had dislocated her jaw on the set. The police traced Farmer to the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Getting no answer, they entered her room with a pass key. They reportedly found her in bed (some stories include an episode involving the bathroom) and made her dress quickly. By all accounts, she did not surrender peacefully.

At her hearing the next morning, she behaved erratically. She claimed the police had violated her civil rights, demanded an attorney, and threw an inkwell at the judge. He immediately sentenced her to 180 days in jail. She knocked down a policeman and bruised another, along with a matron. She ran to a phone booth where she tried to call her attorney, but was subdued by the police. They physically carried her away as she shouted, "Have you ever had a broken heart?"

Newspaper reports gave sensationalized accounts of her arrest. Through the efforts of her sister-in-law, a deputy sheriff in Los Angeles County, Farmer was transferred to the psychiatric ward of L.A. General Hospital. There she was diagnosed with "manic depressive psychosis".

First hospitalization

Within days, having been sent to the Kimball Sanitarium in La Crescenta, Farmer was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. She was given insulin shock therapy, a treatment then accepted as standard psychiatric procedure. The side effects included intense nausea.

Her family later claimed they did not give their consent to the treatment, as documented in her sister's self-published book, ''Look Back in Love'', and in court records. The sanitarium was a minimum-security facility. After about nine months, Farmer walked away one afternoon and went to her half-sister Rita's house, over 20 miles away. The pair called their mother in Seattle to complain about the insulin treatment.

Lillian Farmer traveled to California and began a lengthy legal battle to have guardianship of her daughter transferred from the state of California to her. Although several psychiatrists testified that Farmer needed further treatment, her mother prevailed. The two of them left Los Angeles by train on September 13, 1943.

Western State Hospital and later life

Farmer moved back in with her parents in West Seattle, but she and her mother fought bitterly. Within six months, Farmer physically attacked her mother. Her mother then had Frances Farmer committed to Western State Hospital at Steilacoom, Washington. There, Farmer sometimes received electro-convulsive shock treatment (ECT). Three months later, during the summer of 1944, she was pronounced "completely cured" and released.

While traveling with her father to visit at an aunt's ranch in Reno, Nevada, Farmer ran away. She spent time with a family who had picked her up hitchhiking, but she was eventually arrested for vagrancy in Antioch, California. Her arrest received wide publicity. Offers of help came in from across the country, but Farmer ignored them all. After a long stay with her aunt in Nevada, Farmer went back to her parents. At her mother's request, at age 31, Farmer was recommitted to Western State Hospital in May 1945 and remained there almost five years, with the exception of a brief parole in 1946.

Claims of ill-treatment

In the years following Farmer's death in 1970, her treatment at Western State was the subject of serious discussion and wild speculation. Kenneth Anger included a chapter relating her breakdown in ''Hollywood Babylon''. Farmer's ghostwritten, posthumously published autobiography ''Will There Really Be A Morning?'' described a brutal incarceration. It claimed Farmer had been brutalized and mistreated in numerous ways. Some of the claims included being forced to eat her own feces and act as a sex slave for male doctors and orderlies. Farmer's ghostwritten autobiography narrated her stay in the state asylum as "unbearable terror": "I was raped by orderlies, gnawed on by rats and poisoned by tainted food. I was chained in padded cells, strapped into strait-jackets and half-drowned in ice baths."

Beginning in the late 1970's, Scientology began using Farmer in their publicity materials advocating the abolition of psychiatry. The Scientology-related advocacy group the Citizens Commission on Human Rights reported the following about Western State Hospital: "Conditions were barbaric. Both criminals and the mentally retarded were crowded together, their meals thrown on the floor to be fought over. Farmer was subjected to regular and continuous electroshock. In addition, she was prostituted to soldiers from the local military base and raped and abused by the orderlies. One of the most vivid recollections of some veterans of the institution would be the sight of Frances Farmer being held down by the orderlies and raped by drunken gangs of soldiers. She was also used as an experimental subject for drugs such as Thorazine, Stelazine, Mellaril and Proxilin." Critics of the CCHR's assertions have pointed out that all of these drugs were tested and manufactured years after Farmer's release from Western State, making them highly suspect.

Lobotomy claims

In 1978, Seattle film reviewer William Arnold published ''Shadowland,'' which for the first time alleged that Farmer had been the subject of a transorbital lobotomy. Scenes of Farmer being subjected to this lobotomy procedure were part of the 1982 film ''Frances'', which had initially been planned as an adaptation of ''Shadowland'', though its producers ultimately reneged on their agreement with Arnold. During a court case against Brooksfilm (the film's producers), Arnold revealed that the lobotomy episode and much of his biography about Farmer was "fictionalized". Years later, on a DVD commentary track of the film ''Frances'', director Graeme Clifford stated, "We didn't want to nickel and dime people to death with facts."

Farmer's sister, Edith, denied that the procedure was done. She said the hospital asked her parents' permission to perform the lobotomy, but her father was “horrified” by the notion and threatened legal action "if they tried any of their guinea pig operations on her." Western State Hospital recorded all the lobotomies performed during Farmer's period there. Since lobotomies were considered ground-breaking medical procedure, the hospital did not attempt to conceal its work. Although nearly 300 patients received the procedure, no evidence supports a claim that Farmer was among them. In 1983 Seattle newspapers interviewed former hospital staff members, including all the lobotomy ward nurses who were on duty during Farmer's years at Western State, and they all stated Farmer was never a patient on that ward. Dr. Walter Freeman's private patient records contained no references to Farmer. Dr. Charles Jones, psychiatric resident at Western State during Farmer's stays, also stated that Farmer was never given a lobotomy.

Life after hospitalization

On March 23, 1950, at her parents' request, Farmer was paroled back into her mother's care. She took a job sorting laundry at the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. This was the same hotel where Farmer had been fêted in 1936 at the world premiere of ''Come and Get It''. Farmer believed her mother could have her institutionalized again. In 1953, at her own request, 10 years after the arrest at the Knickerbocker Hotel, a judge legally restored Farmer's competency and full civil rights.

After a brief second marriage to utility worker Alfred H. Lobley, in 1954 Farmer moved to Eureka, California, where she worked anonymously for almost three years in a photo studio as a secretary/bookkeeper.

Comeback attempt

In 1957, Farmer met Leland C. Mikesell, an independent broadcast promoter from Indianapolis who helped her move to San Francisco. He got her work as a receptionist in a hotel and arranged for a reporter to recognize her and write an article. This led to renewed interest from the entertainment world.

Farmer told ''Modern Screen'' magazine, "I blame nobody for my fall... I think I have won the fight to control myself." She made two appearances on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' and also appeared on ''This Is Your Life''. When asked about her alcoholism and mental illness, Farmer said she had never believed she was mentally ill. She commented, "if a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one."

In August 1957, Farmer returned to the stage in New Hope, Pennsylvania, for a summer stock production of ''The Chalk Garden''.

Through the spring of 1958, Farmer appeared in several live television dramas, some of which are preserved on kinescope. The same year, she made her last film, ''The Party Crashers'', produced by Paramount. During this period, she divorced Lobley and married Mikesell. Her national comeback ended in Indianapolis after six performances of ''The Chalk Garden'' when she accepted an offer to host afternoon movies on a local TV station. By March 1959 national wireservice reports were indicating she had separated from Mikesell and he was suing her for breach of contract. Their divorce was finalized in 1963 in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis

From 1958 to 1964 Farmer hosted a successful TV show called ''Frances Farmer Presents'' which had the top audience ranking in its time slot throughout the program's run. She was also in demand as a public speaker. During the early 1960s Farmer was actress-in-residence at Purdue University and appeared in some campus productions. However by 1964 her behavior had turned erratic again. Farmer was fired, re-hired and fired from her television program. The manager of that television station later suggested (in a 1983 interview) that her turn for the worse was triggered by an appearance he had arranged for her on NBC's ''The Today Show''. He had hoped to get her good publicity but believed Farmer had been stressed by being asked on national television about her years of institutionalization.

Farmer's last acting role was in ''The Visit'' at Loeb Playhouse on the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, which ran from October 22 to October 30, 1965. She was arrested for drunk driving during this engagement.

As a result of the guilt she felt over her illegal abortions, Farmer had for years avoided any contact with children. At this period of her life, however, she became very attached to the five little daughters of a friend, and this helped to ease away her guilt. In the summer of 1968, one of the little girls, nestling against her, whispered in her ear, "I love you so much, because you're good." Farmer was deeply moved: "No one had ever said that to me before. No one had probably ever thought it, for that matter, and it was there, at that moment, that a heart chiseled of stone melted." When the little girl left, Farmer burst into tears and it seemed to her that all the evil that had surrounded her was being washed away. She felt that God had come into her life and sensed that she "would have to find a disciplined avenue of faith and worship". Shortly after, she found herself sitting in St. Joan of Arc, the local Catholic church. She petitioned that very day to begin her instructions and was converted to the Roman Catholic faith. Farmer had a great affection for St. Joan of Arc Church and attended services there regularly. Her compulsion to drink finally left her.

Farmer and her friend, Jean Ratcliffe, attempted to start a small company producing cosmetics, but although their products were successfully field-tested, the project failed after their funds were embezzled by the man who handled their investment portfolio.

In 1970, Farmer died from esophageal cancer. She is interred at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fishers, Indiana.

Depictions

Jessica Lange played Farmer in the 1982 film ''Frances'', for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Kim Stanley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Farmer's mother. The film contained a fictional scene which depicted Farmer undergoing a transorbital lobotomy. In Hollywood style, the film also omitted numerous facts and added a fictional life-long, love-interest character named "Harry".

Susan Blakely portrayed Farmer in a 1983 television production ''Will There Really Be a Morning?'', which was named after Farmer's autobiography. Academy Award winner Lee Grant portrayed her mother in the same production.

The Nirvana song "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", which was written by fellow Washington native Kurt Cobain, was named after Farmer. In 1984, Culture Club had a #32 hit in the UK Single Charts "The Medal Song", which was also about the actress.

French singer Mylène Jeanne Gautier, changed her name into Mylène Farmer as a tribute to Frances.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1936	''Too Many Parents''	Sally Colman
1936	''Border Flight''	Anne Blane
1936	''Rhythm on the Range''	Doris Halliday
1936		Lotta Morgan/Lotta Bostrom	Alternative title: ''Roaring Timber''
1937		Vina Swain
1937	''The Toast of New York''	Josie Mansfield
1937		Faith Wishart
1938	''Ride a Crooked Mile''	Trina
1940	''South of Pago Pago''	Ruby Taylor
1940	''Flowing Gold''	Linda Chalmers
1941	''World Premiere''	Kitty Carr
1941	''Badlands of Dakota''	Calamity Jane
1941		Elaine Raden
1942	''Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake''	Isabel Blake
1943	''I Escaped from the Gestapo''	Montage sequence	Alternative title: ''No Escape''
1958	''The Party Crashers''	Mrs. Bickford
1958	''Playhouse 90''	Val Schmitt	Episode: "Reunion"
1958	''Matinee Theatre''		Episode: "Something Stolen, Something Blue"
1958		Sarah Walker	Episode: "Tongues of Angels"
1958–1964	''Frances Farmer Presents''	Host	Unknown episodes

References

Bibliography

Agan, Patrick. ''The Decline and Fall of the Love Goddesses''. Pinnacle Books, 1979. ISBN 0523406231.

Arnold, William. ''Shadowland''. McGraw-Hill Education. December 1978. ISBN 0070023115.

Elliot, Edith Farmer. ''Look Back in Love''. Gemaia Press, 1979. ISBN 0960223215.

Farmer, Frances. ''Will There Really Be a Morning?'' Allison & Busby, 1973. ISBN 0850311098.

External links

''Shedding Light on Shadowland'' - Essay debunking many commonly believed myths about Farmer, with a wealth of previously undisclosed information about her

Frances Farmer biography by HistoryLink, Washington State

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name	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
type	Christmas song
artist	The King Cole Trio
b-side	"In the Cool of Evening" (Capitol 311)"Laguna Mood" (Capitol 15201)"(All I Want for Christmas Is) My Two Front Teeth" (Capitol F90036; Capitol F2955)"The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot" (Capitol 3561)
published	1944
released
recorded
format	10-inch, 7-inch
genre	Christmas, Jazz, Pop
length	(1946 recording) (1953 recording)
label	Capitol 311 (1946)Capitol 15201 (1948)Capitol F90036 (1953)Capitol F2955 (1954)Capitol 3561 (1956)
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"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé (aka The Velvet Fog), and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer. In an effort to "stay cool by thinking cool", the most-performed (according to BMI) Christmas song was born.

"I saw a spiral pad on his piano with four lines written in pencil", Tormé recalled. "They started, "Chestnuts roasting..., Jack Frost nipping..., Yuletide carols..., Folks dressed up like Eskimos.' Bob (Wells, co-writer) didn't think he was writing a song lyric. He said he thought if he could immerse himself in winter he could cool off. Forty minutes later that song was written. I wrote all the music and some of the lyrics."

The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song early in 1946. At Cole's behest and over the objections of his label, Capitol Records a second recording was made the same year utilizing a small string section, this version becoming a massive hit on both the pop and R&B; charts. Cole again recorded the song in 1953, using the same arrangement with a full orchestra arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, and once more in 1961, in a stereophonic version with orchestra conducted by Ralph Carmichael. Nat King Cole's 1961 version is generally regarded as definitive, and in 2004 was the most loved seasonal song with women aged 30–49, while Cole's original 1946 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974. Mel Tormé recorded the song himself in 1954, and again in 1961, 1966 and 1992.

The Nat King Cole recordings

First recording: Recorded at WMCA Radio Studios, New York City, June 14, 1946. Label credit: The King Cole Trio (Nat King Cole, vocal-pianist; Oscar Moore, guitarist; Johnny Miller, bassist). Not issued until 1989, when it was (accidentally) included on the various-artists compilation ''Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits (1935–1954)'' Rhino R1 70637(LP) / R2 70637(CD).

Second recording: Recorded at WMCA Radio Studios, New York City, August 19, 1946. First record issue. Label credit: The King Cole Trio with String Choir (Nat King Cole, vocal-pianist, Oscar Moore, guitarist; Johnny Miller, bassist; Charlie Grean, conductor of 4 string players, a harpist and a drummer) Lacquer disc master #981. Issued November 1946 as Capitol 311 (78rpm). This is featured on a CD called ''The Holiday Album'', which has 1940s Christmas songs recorded by Cole and Bing Crosby. In 2005 Capitol restored and re-released it for the 25 bit re-mastered Cole album "The Christmas Song", which also contains tracks from his 1960 and 1963 holiday albums.

Third recording: Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, August 24, 1953. This was the song,s first magnetic tape recording. Label credit: The King Cole Trio with String Choir (Actual artists: Nat King Cole, vocal; Nelson Riddle, orchestra conductor) Master #11726, take 11. Issued November 1953 as the "new" Capitol 90036(78rpm) / F90036(45rpm) (Capitol first issued 90036 in 1950 with the second recording). Correct label credit issued on October 18, 1954 as Capitol 2955(78rpm) / F2955(45rpm). Label credit: Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra Conducted by Nelson Riddle. This recording is available on the 1990 CD ''Cole, Christmas and Kids,'' as well as the various-artists compilation ''Casey Kasem Presents All Time Christmas Favorites''. It was also included, along with both 1946 recordings, on the 1991 Mosaic Records box set ''The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio''.

Fourth recording: Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York City, March 30, 1961. This rendition, the first recorded in stereo, is widely played on radio stations during the Christmas season, and is probably the most famous version of this song. Label credit: Nat King Cole (Nat King Cole, vocal; Charles Grean and Pete Rugolo, orchestration; Ralph Carmichael, orchestra conductor). The instrumental arrangement is nearly identical with the 1953 version, but the vocals are much deeper and more focused. Originally done for ''The Nat King Cole Story'' (a 1961 LP devoted to stereo re-recordings of Cole's earlier hits), this recording was later appended to a reissue of Cole's 1960 holiday album ''The Magic of Christmas''. Retitled ''The Christmas Song'', the album was issued in 1963 as Capitol W-1967(mono) / SW-1967(stereo) and today is in print on compact disc. This recording of "The Christmas Song" is also available on numerous compilation albums. Some are Capitol pop standards Christmas compilations while others are broader-based. It's available on WCBS-FM's ''Ultimate Christmas Album Volume 3'', for example.

There were several covers of Nat Cole's original record in the 1940s. The first of these was said to be by Dick Haymes on the Decca label, but his was released first not recorded first. The first cover of "The Christmas Song" was performed by pop tenor and bandleader Eddy Howard on Majestic. Howard was a big Cole fan, and also covered Nat's versions of "I Want to Thank Your Folks" and "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons", among others.

Selective list of notable recordings

"The Christmas Song" has been covered by numerous artists from a wide variety of genres, including:

Trace Adkins

Christina Aguilera

Clay Aiken

Herb Alpert

Thomas Anders

India.Arie and Stevie Wonder (winner of the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2003)

Aska

Babyface

Tony Bennett

Polly Bergen (who sang the song on the December 14, 1957 airing of her NBC variety show, ''The Polly Bergen Show'')

Justin Bieber and Usher (#58 in US, #59 in Canada)

Michael Bolton

Toni Braxton

Garth Brooks

James Brown

Les Brown and his Orchestra (with Doris Day on lead vocal)

Michael Bublé (his version, bearing close similarities to Celine Dion's recording of the song, reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart in December 2003.)

Kenny Burrell

The Canadian Brass (from their 1985 Christmas album ''A Canadian Brass Christmas'')

The Carpenters (from their 1978 Christmas album ''Christmas Portrait'')

Celtic Woman

Charice

Chicago

Christmas Who? (a SpongeBob Christmas special. SpongeBob and Patrick in a Christmas song sing as a lyric "...chestnuts roasting and burns in the third degree" before the ending of their song.)

Charlotte Church

Rosemary Clooney

Natalie Cole

Bing Crosby

Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass (1970)

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Doris Day (from her 1964 Christmas album ''The Doris Day Christmas Album'')

Gavin DeGraw

Celine Dion

Vanessa Doofenshmirtz (voiced by Olivia Olson on the album ''Phineas and Ferb Holiday Favorites'')

Bob Dylan

Gloria Estefan

Connie Francis

Aretha Franklin

Judy Garland, who sang the song in a duet with its composer, Mel Torme, on a Christmas-themed episode of her television show in December 1963.

Amy Grant (from her 1983 Christmas album ''A Christmas Album'')

Josh Groban (from his 2007 holiday album, ''Noël'')

Robert Goulet

Hampton String Quartet

Eddie Higgins

Hootie and the Blowfish

Whitney Houston

Ramon "RJ" Jacinto (from his 1988 Christmas album ''Pasko Na Naman'')

The Jackson 5

Alan Jackson (from his 2007 Christmas album ''Let It Be Christmas'')

Joni James (from her 1956 ''Merry Christmas from Joni''). Joni's version alters the lyric: "I'm offering this simple phrase, for kids from one to ninety-two" to "... kids from one to ninety-one".

Al Jarreau

Joe

Wynonna Judd

Peggy Lee

Damien Leith (from a special limited Christmas edition of his 2007 album ''Where We Land'')

The Lettermen

Lovedrug

Aimee Mann (from her 2006 album ''One More Drifter in the Snow'')

Johnny Mathis

Martina McBride

Reba McEntire

Brian McKnight

*NSYNC

Ricky Nelson (on the episode of TV's ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' titled "A Busy Christmas")

Aaron Neville

New Kids on the Block

Des O'Connor (from a Tesco Christmas advert)

Alexander O'Neal

Olivia Olson (from a 2010 Christmas album ''Phineas and Ferb: Holiday Favourites'')

The Partridge Family (from their 1971 Christmas album ''A Partridge Family Christmas Card'')

Les Paul

CeCe Peniston (from the 1996 Christmas album ''Merry Arizona II: Desert Stars Shine at Christmas'')

LeAnn Rimes (on her first holiday album ''What a Wonderful World'')

Raven-Symoné

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles (from their 1963 Christmas album ''Christmas with The Miracles)

Linda Ronstadt (from her 2000 Christmas album ''A Merry Little Christmas'')

SWV

Diane Schuur (nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female in 1990)

Neil Sedaka (from his 2008 first-ever holiday album, ''The Miracle of Christmas'')

Jessica Simpson

Frank Sinatra (including two recordings: a virtual duet with Nat King Cole, and an actual duet with Bing Crosby)

Tom Smith (of the Editors) and Agnes Obel (on the 2011 Smith and Burrows album, ''Funny Looking Angels'')

George Strait

Donna Summer

Demi Lovato

The Supremes (remained unreleased until their 1965 Christmas album, ''Merry Christmas'', was re-released in 1999 with additional tracks)

Kim Taeyeon (of the South Korean pop group Girls' Generation)

Take 6

James Taylor

Team Rocket (voiced by Rachael Lillis, Eric Stewart and Maddie Blaustein on the album ''Pokémon Christmas Bash'')

The Temptations

Mel Tormé recorded by the writer four times (1954, 1961, 1966 and finally in 1992 as part of his album "Christmas Songs")

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Luther Vandross

Andy Williams

Stevie Wonder (from his 1967 Christmas album ''Someday at Christmas'')

Dwight Yoakam

Ascap entry for song showing numerous other covers

Parodies

The title of ''The Simpsons'' episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" is a parody of the song.

Bob Rivers parodied the song with his 2000 album, and the title track from said album, "Chipmunks Roasting On an Open Fire".

Stan Freberg's "Green Chri$tma$" includes several snippets of holiday songs. One segment begins with a sincere-sounding "Chestnuts roasting..." and quickly segués into a mock 1950s radio or TV ad, for a brand of chestnuts, being described as if they were toothpaste or cigarettes.

Twisted Sister parodied the song in his 2006 album ''A Twisted Christmas''.

Footnotes

External links

Mark Evanier on Tormé and "The Christmas Song"

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