6 Best Moments from Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Grammy Salute’ Special Featuring Joni Mitchell, Cher, SZA & More: ‘A Once-in-a-Lifetime-Badass’

Forty years aft Cyndi Lauper won the Grammy for champion caller artist, CBS is acceptable to air A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live From the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, Oct. 5 (8-10 p.m. ET/PT). The peculiar was filmed successful August arsenic she concluded her year-long Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour, billed arsenic her past amusement connected the road. Guests see Joni Mitchell, Cher, Angélique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton, Trombone Shorty and Jake Wesley Rogers, with video testimonials from Brandi Carlile (who hails her arsenic “a erstwhile successful a beingness badass”) and Billie Eilish.

A video montage astatine the apical of the peculiar includes a vintage clip of Lauper posing the question “Who is this miss Cyndi Lauper and wherefore is she truthful unusual?” The two-hour peculiar efficaciously answers that question – she’s a talented vocalist and songwriter (she co-wrote “Time After Time,” which received a Grammy motion for opus of the year); she has a beardown ocular sense; she’s versatile; she has coagulated philharmonic chops (she plays flute connected “She Bop” and Zydeco rubboard connected Mitchell’s “Carey”).  

Though Lauper’s popular hits were concentrated successful the 1980s, she has had a agelong and fruitful career. In 1995, she won a Primetime Emmy for outstanding impermanent histrion successful a drama bid for Mad About You. In 2013, she became the archetypal pistillate to triumph a Tony connected her ain for champion archetypal people for Kinky Boots. Lauper was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame successful 2015 and volition beryllium inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame connected Nov. 8.

This is CBS’ 2nd Grammy Salute peculiar successful 2 weeks. A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September aired connected Sept. 21. Earth, Wind & Fire was joined by the LA Philharmonic, arsenic good as Stevie Wonder, Jonas Brothers, Jon Batiste and Janelle Monáe. Both the EWF and Lauper specials were filmed astatine the  Read Entire Article