Lauper’s involvement with wrestling began when “Captain” Lou Albano was cast in her music video for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” The two developed a feud that played out on TV and ...

Cyndi Lauper started working with WWE and was added to a fun storyline. She was matched up with wrestling manager “Captain” Lou Albano. In the story, they became rivals and each picked a ...

The Fabulous Moolah stepped in on Albano's behalf, while Lauper went with Wendy Richter as her proxy fighter. Richter had entered the wrestling industry in the early 1970s, and was one of many ...

Pro wrestlers and music videos are no stranger to each other, as anyone who remembers Captain Lou Albano's appearance in Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" video can recall.

The WWE Hall of Fame is an institution created to honour the past of World Wrestling Entertainment. For over thirty years, WWE has enshrined hundreds of men and women who have had a lasting impact on ...

Cyndi Lauper had a huge role in bringing WWE into the mainstream in the 1980s. Lauper was a massive pop star at the time and she had "Captain" Lou Albano play her father in the iconic "Girls Just ...

In 1983, wrestling manager Captain Lou Albano appeared in the music video of Cyndi Lauper's iconic anthem Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Soon after, he began taking credit for making Lauper popular ...

The nostalgia people have for the 1980s is still strong in the modern era, with fashion, music, and even movies still borrowing from this iconic decade as it was the first to truly embrace ...

LOS ANGELES — Captain Lou Albano, the charismatic professional wrestler who appeared in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” video, has died. He was 76.

Prior to the performance, Lauper namechecked 80s pro wrestlers like Wendy Richter, the Fabulous Moolah, the Iron Sheik and manager Captain Lou Albano, all of whom appeared not just in a series of ...

Cyndi Lauper and Captain Lou Albano made magic for pro wrestling in the 1980s. Four decades later, the WWE is dipping back into that nostalgia well.