Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), is an American singer, songwriter, actress and activist.
Her career has spanned over 40 years.
Her album "
She's So Unusual" (1983)
was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top-five hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100—"Girls
Just Want to Have FunTime
After TimeShe Bop", and "All Through the Night"—and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.
Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture
"The Goonies" and her second record "True Colors" (1986).
This album included the number one single "True Colors" and "Change of Heart", which peaked at number three.
Since 1983, Lauper has released eleven studio albums and participated in many other projects.
In 2010, "Memphis Blues" became "Billboard"s most successful blues album of the year, remaining at number one on the "Billboard" Blues Albums chart for 13 consecutive weeks.
In 2013, Lauper won the Tony Award for best original score for composing the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots", making her the first woman to win the category by herself.
The musical was awarded five other Tonys including Tony Award for Best New Musical.
In 2014, Lauper was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for the cast recording.
In 2016, the West End production won Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards
Lauper has sold over 50 million albums and 20 million singles.
She has won awards at the Grammys, Emmys, Tonys, the New York's Outer Critics Circle, MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), "Billboard" Awards, and American Music Awards (AMAs).
An inductee into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame
, Lauper is one of the few singers to win three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT).
Lauper won the inaugural Best Female Video prize at the 1984 VMAs for "Girls
Just Want to Have Fun".
This music video is recognized by MTV, VH1 and "Rolling Stone" as one of the greatest music videos of the era.
She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum's "Women Who Rock" exhibit.
Her debut album is included in "Rolling Stone" list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, while "Time After Time" is included in VH1's list of the 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 years.
VH1 has ranked Lauper No. 58 of the "100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll".
Lauper is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range.
Lauper has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States.
Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's second-term inauguration.
Open Your Heart (Madonna song)
" Open Your Heart" is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album" True Blue"( 1986).
It was released as the album's fourth single on November 19, 1986 by Sire Records.
It has since appeared remixed on the compilation albums" The Immaculate Collection"( 1990) and" Celebration"( 2009).
Originally a rock and roll song titled" Follow Your Heart", it was written for singer Cyndi Lauper by songwriters Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson.
Looking for new songs for" True Blue", Madonna accepted it.
She and Patrick Leonard transformed it into a dance- pop song.
" Open Your Heart" is an innuendo- laden love song where Madonna expresses her sexual desire.
The song was well received by critics, who commended its simplicity.
It was also successful commercially, reaching the top- ten of the charts in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and the top of the" Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States, thus making it Madonna's fifth number- one single in the US.
The music video for" Open Your Heart" features a story line completely different from that of the song.
In it, Madonna plays an exotic dancer in a peep- show club who befriends a little boy and subsequently escapes.
It was critically acclaimed for subverting the male gaze, but the plot point of a child entering a strip club was criticized.
The video is an homage to actresses Liza Minnelli and Marlene Dietrich.
" Open Your Heart" has been performed by Madonna in three of her world tours –
Who's That Girl World Tour( 1987), Blond Ambition World Tour( 1990), where Madonna wore her infamous conical bra during the song, and The MDNA Tour( 2012).
The performances were included in the respective video release of the tours.
" Open Your Heart" has been covered a number of times by different artists, and appeared in the Britney Spears film," Crossroads"( 2002).
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Set Your Heart
"Set Your Heart" is a song written and produced by Cyndi Lauper and Richard Morel for Lauper's 2008 album "Bring Ya to the Brink".
The song was released in early 2008 as a promo-only single in Japan, where it received considerable airplay.
The track features an interpolation of
"Where Are All My Friends" written by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen.
"
Where Are All My Friends" was a hit single for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and first appeared on their 1975 album "To Be True".
Cyndi Lauper performed the song frequently during the True Colors Tour 2007 with live drums and brass.
Panda (Astro song)
" Panda" is a song of the Chilean band Astro and is the fifth song of the homonymous album of the year 2011.
The song was composed and produced by the singer of the band Andrés Nusser and released like third single of the album on February 1, 2013.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.

Question: What is the place of birth of the performer of song Set Your Heart?
Answer: New York