Irene Cara ~ Flashdance... What A Feeling 1983 Disco Purrfection Version

I just got Paramount Plus on my smart TV and when the "Flashdance" title card came up, I was on it! I forgot how young and sexy Michael Nouri and Jennifer Beals were, but never forgot that scene where she took her bra off from under her loose fitting low cut sweatshirt right in front of Michael Nouri's character. She conveyed so much with those big brown eyes of hers.

The soundtrack was a phenomenal success driven by two #1 pop songs, "Maniac" by Michael Sembello for two weeks and then a six week run at #1 with Irene Cara and "Flashdance...What A Feeling" with a spectacular Giorgio Moroder production that ruled the airwaves that summer. I've already reworked "Maniac" here https://youtu.be/rGQk58yOUf0. This one is for the Flashdance remixes Playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8B5M7vi-t1JlnbxG4-2w8yiFigLNyIP

Irene Cara was born Irene Cara Escalera on March 18, 1959 in The Bronx as one of five children. She was three years old when she was one of five finalists for the Little Miss America Pageant. She began performing on TV on Spanish language programs then moved to performing on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show". That got her a role as a band member of "The Electric Company".

She began recording in Spanish and English, even releasing an English lyric Christmas album. Irene continued to perform live and then the theatre bug bit her and she did many on and off Broadway shoes with the likes of Shirley Jones and Raul Julia. She participated in Roots:The Next Generation.

She hit the mainstream with her star turn acting and performing two songs for 1980's "Fame" with the title song "Fame" and "Out Here On My Own". She is the only female star to have TWO songs up for the same Grammy, performing both songs with "Fame" winning the award. That song was a #1 disco hit for one week.

In 1982 her career went into overdrive and she appeared in "DC Cab" and sang a few songs there and eventually played Dorothy in "The Wiz". The next project was with Giorgio Moroder who was scoring a movie called "Flashdance" and brought her the music track. Irene was initially averse to working with Giorgio because she did not want to face the obvious comparisons to Donna Summer. She wrote some lyrics and finished the song which turned out to be a massive hit and it won 1983 Grammies for Best Song and Best Female Pop Vocal becoming the first hispanic woman of color to win those Oscars. She continued to collaborate with Moroder from time to time.

In the fall of 1983, I was gigging a wedding and it was a party! It was for co workers relative Monica F. who sat down with me to determine what the mood of the party and what songs she wanted. It went on so long that the Hotel told me to shut down, so I played the last song. No one got up to leave and the energy was still pretty high. I was going to shut everything off but Monica had persuaded the Hotel to have another half hour and they allowed it. As soon as the bar opened I dropped the needle on this one because it starts off really slow and mellow like the sun rising.

EVERYONE recognized it and quickly got on the dance floor....no one was sitting down after that. Then I had to shut down after one more song and the obvious choice was the TGIF version of Donna Summer's "Last Dance". I made over 1000$ in tips that night and the wedding was an all around success. I hadn't intended to play either, as they were not on Monica's list. So much whooping and hollering, I wanted it to never end. The opportunity came to remix this one and I was only too happy to get this done for you. I found so many layers to listen to I hope you enjoy hearing them too!

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