Born 3/18/59.

Still remember when she almost married Rerun on "What's Happening". lol

onlyforaminute said:

She would be a great topic for an Unsung episode

onlyforaminute said:

What she doing these days? I agree, she doesn't get enough recognition. Of course right now I'm wondering if she has a P letter stashed away somewhere.

Is there not a woman on earth that this man didn't go after?

jjhunsecker said:

onlyforaminute said:

What she doing these days? I agree, she doesn't get enough recognition. Of course right now I'm wondering if she has a P letter stashed away somewhere.

When I worked in the music business, I often dealt directly with Irene Cara. I'll just say that she had "issues ", and leave it at that

Oh, okay. Poor thing. Still lovely memories.

back in spring 1984,this was one of the coolest songs on the radio,imo

"Breakdance" by Irene Cara (1984)

SoulAlive said:

Happy B'Day here is one of my favs....the classic Why Me (1984)

IRENE CARA - OUT HERE ON MY OWN from Fame (1980)

Another great tune ......Hot Lunch Jam from Fame (1980)

I loved the OG Sparkle (1976)

And I loved this song.......Look Into Your Heart Irene and Phillip were magic

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Goddess4Real said:

SoulAlive said:

Goddess4Real said:

IRENE CARA - OUT HERE ON MY OWN from Fame (1980)

the best part of that movie is when she sings this song

And Irene's version is THE BEST!!!!!!!

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I need to look for my "Sparkle" DVD.

SoulAlive said:

back in spring 1984,this was one of the coolest songs on the radio,imo

"Breakdance" by Irene Cara (1984)

i had a 7" single with that photo as the cover...it straight imprinted on my 10 year old mind what would be defined as 'sexy' for the rest of my life.

RJOrion said:

One of my Favorites by Irene "Anyone Can See"

very talented woman, i didn't know until a few years ago that she was a fine pianist. word on the street was she was blackballed, i read one account where they said she was mentally unstable, because she had issues with the people in the business. I don't know if that's true or not but not everyone wants their life ruled by some asshole. women have it much, much worse than men in that business, always has to be a svengali figure behind them, well, if a woman has the talent she doesn't need that. Men have that too but in a different way and they stand up for themselves a lot faster, elvis had the colonel, michael had a slew of mentors who he'd fire, bruce springsteen gave up a couple years of his career to get out of a bad contract, women seem to either just take it or implode like whitney.

SoulAlive said:

speaking of Prince....I always had this crazy idea that,when Vanity left the Purple Rain movie project,Irene Cara should have pursued that role I think she and Prince would have been a cool pairing onscreen.The only thing is,I don’t know if Irene would have been comfortable playing such a “sexy” role and parading around in lingerie,singing a song like “Sex Shooter”,lol.

wasn't jessica beal considered, even met with prince but she was like 6 feet tall or something.

Abdul said:

One of my Favorites by Irene "Anyone Can See"

yeah,her ballads are really nice here's another one that I really like

"You Were Made For Me" by Irene Cara (1984)

fun fact: initially,Irene didn't want to work with producer Giorgio Moroder.The reason? Everyone was saying that Irene sounds alot like Donna Summer and she didn't want to invite further comparisons by working with Donna's old producer.But in 1983, she gave it a try and the song ("Flashdance....What A Feeling") became a Number One hit.

Pete...You're thinking of Jennifer Beals. Yes, supposedly she was considered as a co-star in "PR", but I think she was continuing her studies in college...Jessica Biel was born in 1982..(lol). I think actress Gina Gershon auditioned for the role too.