How Cyndi Lauper made pro wrestling what it is today
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Recording industry legend Cyndi Lauper, who turns 65 on June 22, has racked up a dazzling array of accomplishments throughout her 30-plus year career. She’s got stacks of platinum records, a trophy room’s worth of artistic awards spanning multiple mediumHow Cyndi Lauper made pro wrestling what it is today
Recording industry legend Cyndi Lauper, who turns 65 on June 22, has racked up a dazzling array of accomplishments throughout her 30-plus year career. She’s got stacks of platinum records, a trophy room’s worth of artistic awards spanning multiple mediums (just an Oscar shy of an EGOT) and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But for music fans of a certain age, it’s impossible to recall Lauper’s meteoric rise to stardom without marveling over her most unusual and unsung achievement: she made professional wrestling what it is today. What would eventually be known as the “Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Connection” kicked off with a cameo by outsized WWF personality Captain Lou Albano in the music video for Lauper’s debut single, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” The hirsute Albano played Lauper’s disapproving father, whom Lauper affectionately hammerlocks into their apartment wall. With Albano now instantly recognizable to millions of Gen X-ers, Lauper’s manager, Dave Wolff (a pro wrestling fanatic), arranged for his client Read more