Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), is a Grammy Award-winning singer (who possesses a four-octave vocal range) and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. Her melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s and New Wave — the decade and genre in which she first came to fame. Born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. She began her career in a cover band, but soon began performing her own songs - though she almost quit singing altogether due to strained vocal chords in 1977). By 1980 she'd released a rockabilly album on Polydor with the band Blue Angel.
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See the way she walks down the street?
Watch the way she shuffles her feet.
May she holds her head up high as she goes walking bye.
And she throws her hands out so fast.
And she's not just one of the pack.
My baby always the one to try the things they've never done.
And just because of that they're saying:
She's a rebel and she'll never be any good.
She's a rebel cuz she never, never does what she should.
And just because she doesn't do, what everybody else does.
That's the reason why i can give her all my love.