Irene Cara In-depth Biography
Irene Cara} is best known as a singer of movie themes, though she worked as an actress since childhood. Raised in New York City, she appeared on Broadway in 1967 in the musical Maggie Flynn} at age eight and can be heard on the cast album for the show The Me Nobody Knows}. From the age of 16, she was turning up on television and in films, including a part in the TV mini-series Roots 2} in 1979. In 1980, she was catapulted into stardom and a singing career by her appearance in the film Fame}, for which she sang the title song, an Oscar-winning Top Ten hit. Also from the film was her Top 40 hit "Out Here on My Own."} In 1983, she topped the charts with "Flashdance...What a Feelin'"} from the movie Flashdance}, a song she co-wrote that won another Oscar, and Cara} won a couple of Grammys for her contributions to the soundtrack. Her What a Feelin'} album included the hits "Why Me?"} and "Breakdance,"} and she also made the Top 40 with a third movie theme, "The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream),"} from DC Cab}. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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