Cyndi Lauper

Artist:  Cyndi Lauper
Birth Name:  cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper
Born:  June 22, 1953.  Astoria, Queens, New York City, USA
Genre:   Pop, Rock, New Wave, Synthpop, Blues, Soul, Contemporary Pop
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Activist
Instruments:  Vocals

Cyndi Lauper is an American Singer, Songwriter, Actress and Activist.  She was one of the biggest stars of the early MTV era, selling five-million copies of her debut album She's So Unusaul, as well as four Top Ten Hits from the record on the Billboard Hot 100- "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "Time After Time", "She Bop" and "All Through The Night".  She earned the Best New Artist Award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1995.  Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture The Goonies.  She was winning awards at the Grammy, Emmy, Tony, MTV VMA, Billboard and AMA Awards.  She is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Museum's Women Who Rock Exhibit.  Her debut album in included in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.

Title:  Detour  (2016)
Genre:   Country, Country Rock, Country Blues, Adult Contemporary
Label:  Sire Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Funnel Of Love  (3:16)
 2.  Detour  (2:56)
 3.  Misty Blue  (3:19)
 4.  Walkin' After Midnight  (2:16)
 5.  Heartaches By The Number  (3:11)
 6.  The End Of The World  (3:13)
 7.  Night Life  (2:59)
 8.  Begging To You  (3:24)
 9.  You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly  (3:43)
10. I Fall To Pieces  (3:01)
11. I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart  (3:14)
12. Hard Candy Christmas  (3:54)

Personnel:

Cyndi Lauper:  Lead Vocals, Producer
Willie Nelson:  Acoustic Guitar, Duet Vocals on Track 7
Vince Gill:  Acoustic, Electric Guitar, Duet Vocals on Track 9
Emmylou Harris:  Duet Vocals on Track 2
Alison Krauss:  Duet Vocals on Track 12
Jewel:  Duet Vocals on Track 11
Kenny Greenberg:  Acoustic, Electric Guitar
Tony Brown:  Piano
Tom Bukovac:  Acoustic, Electric Guitar
Dan Dugmore:  Steel Guitar
Bryan Sutton;  Acoustic Guitar
Jeff Taylor:  Accordion
Richard Madenfort:  Acoustic, Electric, 12 String Acoustic
Steve Nathan:  Hammond B-3 Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer Guitar
Aubrey Haynie:  Fiddle, Mandolin
Jimmie Lee Sloas:  Bass
Willie Weeks:  Bass
Greg Morrow:  Drums
Chad Cromwell:  Drums
Eliane Caswell:  Background Vocals
Perry Coleman:  Background Vocals
Neal Coomer:  Background Vocals
Kim Keyes:  Background Vocals

Detour is a country music album and the eleventh studio album by Cyndi Lauper, was released on May 6, 2016 by Sire Records.  The album was recorded in Nashville and reached No. 1 on UK Country Albums Chart and No. 4 on US Billboard Top Country Albums Chart.