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Coming up, a great underdog story of a rookie artist who went through hell to get to the top. Cyndi Lauper beat the odds to hit #1 in 1984 with Time After Time… First of all, she lost her voice due to a collapsed vocal chord and didn’t know if she’d ever sing again. She also got sued for $80k and had to declare bankruptcy leaving her penniless. But Nothing could break Lauper’s spirit or grit. When she finally got her break, her label, Portrait Records was trying to push her to only cover songs even though she was a prolific writer. She rebelled and wrote a song with another up-and-coming artist named Rob Hyman that was partly inspired by the TV Guide as well as an alarm clock that wouldn’t die. She even threw it into the shower and closed the door but the loud ticking kept her awake. Luckily, it did become a #1 smash called Time After Time that ruled the charts and went on to become the most covered song of the 80s. It was so good when they were recording it, the producer wouldn’t let anyone near the studio in fear that someone would steal the song. UP next, an interview with the cowriter and co-singer Rob Hyman of the Hooters on the story of an absolute 80s standards. Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper from her best-selling album She’s So Unusual!
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So it’s time for another edition of our series Revelations where artists take us for a deep dive into their greatest songs and albums. Today we get an in-depth look into one of the greatest standards of the 80s. It hit #1 in 1984 and has amassed more cover versions than any other song from the decade. And we have an interview with the co-writer and co-singer. I’m talking about the ultra-hypnotic and bittersweet masterpiece, Time After Time, by Cyndi Lauper.
Cyndia faced insurmountable odds when she was trying to make it. She was fired from her first band. then she started a band of her own called Flyer. During this time Cyndi could only afford cheap PA systems so she could never hear herself sing. So, she opted to just sing louder. Without any voice training her voice became hoarse after every show. She’d start with a full vocal range and completely use it up by the night’s end. This pattern led to Cyndi losing her voice for good, or so she thought at the time. She said, “I was devastated, and so scared because I had to stop singing for two months. I couldn’t talk-I had to write everything down
In the meantime, Flyer moved on and hired another vocalist. but Cyndi wouldn’t give up..as she visited with doctors, she learned that one of her vocal cords had collapsed. And she was told that singing rock and roll would be impossible. So, she got a second opinion. And a third. The consensus was that she had..