IRENE CARA. 1959. HISTORIA DE UNA SOLISTA + Video Y Letra: FAME + WHAT A FEELING.

Irene Cara (nacida como Irene T. Escalera el 18de marzo de 1959 en el Bronx, Nueva York) es una actriz y cantante estadounidense.

Se inició en la televisión de habla hispana cantando y bailando.

La máxima popularidad de su carrera llegó al actuar en la película de 1980 Fama en el papel de Coco Hernández, así como interpretar el tema principal y participar en otros temas de la banda sonora de esta película.

Participó también en la banda sonora de la película Flashdance. El tema principal, Flashdance... What a Feeling, le otorgó en 1983 el Oscar a la mejor canción original así como el Premio Grammy a la Mejor interpretación vocal femenina pop' en 1984.

Lanzó a la venta dos álbumes durante los años ochenta: Anyone Can See (1982), y What A Feelin' en 1983.

Se casó con Conrad Palmisano, doble para escenas arriesgadas de Hollywood, en 1986. Se divorciaron en 1991.

Actualmente actúa como cantante junto con su banda, Hot Caramel.

 VIDEO ORIGINAL TEMA: FAME. IRENE CARA.

 
FAME
Baby you look at me
and tell me what you see
you ain't seen the best of me yet
give me time i'll make you forget the rest
I got more then you
and you can set it free
i can catch the moon in my hand
don't you know who i am
remember my name
Fame
i'm gonna live for ever
i'm gonna learn how to fly
i feel it coming together
people will see me and cry
i'm gonna make it to heaven
light up the sky like a flame
i'm gonna live forever
baby remember my name
Baby you hold me tight
cause you can make it right
you can shoot me stright to the top
give me love and take all i got
Baby i'll return
to much is not enough
i can ride your heart till it breaks
oh i got what it takes
Fame
i'm gonna live for ever
i'm gonna learn how to fly
i feel it coming together
people will see me and cry
i'm gonna make it to heaven
light up the sky like a flame
i'm gonna live forever
baby remember my name
Fame
i'm gonna make it to heaven
light up the sky like a flame
i'm gonna live forever
baby remember my name
Fame
i'm gonna live for ever
i'm gonna learn how to fly
i feel it coming together
people will see me and cry
i'm gonna make it to heaven
light up the sky like a flame
i'm gonna live forever
baby remember my name
(fade out)

VIDEO ORIGINAL TEMA: WHAT A FEELING. IRENE CARA.
 
WHAT A FEELING 
First when there's nothing
but a slow glowing dream
that your fear seems to hide
deep inside your mind.
All alone i have cried
silent tears full of pride
in a world made of steel,
made of stone.
Well, i hear the music,
close my eyes, feel the rhythm,
wrap around, take a hold
of my heart.
what a feeling.
bein's believin'.
i can have it all, now i'm dancing for my life.
take your passion
and make it happen.
pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life.
Now i hear the music,
close my eyes, i am rhythm.
in a flash it takes hold
of my heart.
what a feeling.
bein's believin'.
i can have it all, now i'm dancing for my life.
take your passion
and make it happen.
pictures come alive, now i'm dancing through my life.
what a feeling.
what a feeling i am music now
bein's believin'. i am rhythm now
pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life.
what a feeling. you can really have it all
what a feeling. pictures come alive when i call
i can have it all i can really have it all
have it all pictures come alive when i call
call call call call what a feeling
i can have it all bein's believin
bein's believin' take your passion
make it happen
make it happen what a feeling
what a feeling bein's believin' (fade)