Editing She's So Unusual (section)

== Background ==
In 1978, Lauper met saxophonist John Turi and formed the band [[Blue Angel (band)|Blue Angel]]. They recorded a demo tape of original music. [[Steven Massarsky|Steve Massarsky]] heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought out Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager.

Lauper received many offers to go solo, but rebuffed any offer that did not include the rest of the band. Blue Angel was eventually signed by [[Polydor Records]] through which they released the album [[Blue Angel (Blue Angel album)|''Blue Angel'']] in 1980. Despite some positive critical attention, the album was a commercial failure. The members of Blue Angel also had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager. He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy.<ref name="Cyndi Lauper" />

After Blue Angel broke up, Lauper spent time working in retail stores and singing in local clubs. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager. With his help, Lauper signed with [[Portrait Records]], a subsidiary of [[Epic Records]], in the spring of 1983 and soon began recording her first solo album.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Chiu|first=David|url=https://time.com/65952/cyndi-lauper-shes-so-unusual/|title=Cyndi Lauper Looks Back at the Unusual Record That Made Her a Star|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=April 18, 2014|access-date=November 29, 2021}}</ref>