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Creem Profiles

CYNDI LAUPER

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

December 1, 1984

HOME: The Fun House.

AGE: Just a girl.

PROFESSION: She Bopper.

HOBBIES: Clothes shopping at second-hand stores; boppin’ all through the night; watching old Betty Boop flicks; having fun; just being so unusual.

LAST BOOK READ: Run, Spot, Run! by Pee Wee Herman.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Actually getting a song about autoeroticism into the Top 10.

QUOTE: “They just a-wanna, they just a-wanna...”

PROFILE: After failing with Blue Angel, a rockabilly/girl group blend the critics loved but the public avoided like the plague, this fave daughter from Brooklyn kept persevering, hooked up with wrestling champ (and NRBQ manager) Captain Lou Albano, recorded a hook-filled solo debut LP, made enchanting videos starring her mom, and became the first female pop singer since Petula Clark (!) to get her first three singles in the Top 5.

BEER: Boy Howdy!

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