Irene Cara, одна из мородерских девочек Опции

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Irene Cara



A Brief History of Irene Cara.

Being Honored by the entertainment industry with an Academy Award, two Grammy's, a Golden Globe, plus a nod from fans via a People’s Choice won all within the same year might, for some, be considered the pinnacle of a performer’s career. For actress/dancer/singer/songwriter Irene Cara, who garnered all of these awards for co-writing and performing What a Feeling, the title song from the motion picture blockbuster Flashdance, it simply serves as an auspicious beginning to the productive years ahead.

First captivating audiences, specifically her family, sometime after her fifth birthday playing piano by ear, Irene soon moved into serious studies of music, acting, and dance. As a child, she began working professionally singing and dancing on spanish television. She went on to appear in various theatrical shows both on and off broadway such as the Obie Award winning musical The Me Knowbody Knows and Maggie Flynn starring Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy.

Her first national TV series was by way of a year's stint on the Electric Company, playing a member of the rock group, The Short Circus delivering musical grammar lessons through the educational program. The series starred Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno, and a very young Morgan Freeman.Ms. Cara had already recorded her first record in Spanish for the Latin Market by age 8 and a Christmas LP in English soon after.

She was the youngest member of an all star ensemble concert tribute for Duke Ellington featuring Stevie Wonder, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Roberta Flack. The concert was held at the infamous Madison Square Garden in New York.

As a pre-teenager, she starred in the title role of her debut motion picture Aaron Loves Angela which lead to the title role in the cult-classic musical drama Sparkle.

Ms. Cara is one of the select group of mega-talented performers who have successfully made the transition from theater-to television, -to records, -to feature films, having combined the latter with a recording career. Television brought Irene international acclaim for serious dramatic roles in two outstanding mini series, Roots: The Next Generation, the critically acclaimed adaptation of Alex Haley’s moving novel and The Guyanna Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.

However, it was the box office smash Fame, in 1980, which catapulted Irene to stardom. As Coco Hernandez she sang both the title song Fame and the film’s second hit single Out There On My Own, resulting in a multi-platinum soundtrack that shot to the top of the charts. She went on to make Academy Award history that year when, for the first time, two songs from one film were nominated in the same category. Additionally, Irene is the only performer ever to sing two Academy Award nominated songs, Fame and Out There On My Own in one evening. It would be Fame that would go on to win the coveted award that year.

Fame's impact, provided largely by Ms. Cara, brought her 1980 Grammy nominations for "Best New Female Artist" and "Best New Pop Artist," as well as a Golden Globe nomination for "Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical." Billboard Magazine named Irene "Top New Single Artist," while Cashbox awarded her both "Most Promising Female Vocalist" and "Top Female Vocalist".

In 1982 she received the Image Award for Best Actress when she co-starred with Diahann Carroll and Rosalind Cash in the NBC Movie of the Week, Sisters . Further demonstrating her diversity, Irene portrayed Myrlie Evers in the PBS movie about Civil Rights Leader Medger Evers.The film called For Us the Living, cast Irene opposite Howard Rollins of A Soldier's Story fame in which Miss Cara received an NAACP Image Award Best Actress nomination for her portrayal as Mylie Evers.

In 1983, for her success with Flashdance, She was presented with five major awards, including "Top Female Vocalist-Pop Singles,""Black Contemporary Female Vocalist-Pop Singles,""Top Pop Crossover Artist-Black Contemporary Singles," and "Pop Single of the Year." As a songwriter Irene’s talent earned her an Academy Award, two Grammy's, a Golden Globe and a People’s Choice Award for Flashdance…What a Feeling.

In 1985 she starred opposite Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds and Richard Roundtree in the Warner Brothers gangster comedy City Heat in which Irene played a speak easy night club singer. Ms. Cara co-wrote the movie's theme song sung by the legendary jazz vocalist Joe Williams.

She has toured throughout Asia and Europe and made major appearances in Atlantic City and on all the top television shows in Europe, Latin America and Japan. She is currently working on a new cd with an all female band of the most talented musicans very aptley called Hot Caramel.

As recently as 2001, she enjoyed a top five duet remake of Flashdance with the Swiss/German rapper DJ Bobo. The new version was a major hit throughout Europe and reached № 1 in 7 countries. She has been honored with three lifetime achievement awards since the new millenium. The first was the Prestige Award in 2004, the second was an Honorary Acknowledgement for excellence in the arts by the Ft. Lauderdale film institute in 2005. In 2006 she was given an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution in the African-American community by the Columbus Times of Georgia, which is the oldest black newspaper in the country.

Besides songwriting and producing, Irene has been writing several movie scripts in developement for her to star in.

Это интересно:
Wikipedia утверждает, что Irene Cara родилась 18 марта 1959 г.
Официальный сайт утверждает, что дата её рождения - 18 марта 1964 г.

Ох уж эти женщины! Никогда не знаешь, сколько им по-настоящему стукнуло годков.

Дискография:
1980 - Fame (Soundtrack)
1982 - Anyone Can See
1983 - Flashdance (Soundtrack)
1983 - What A Feelin'
1984 - D.C. Cab (Soundtrack)
1985 - City Heat (Soundtrack)
1987 - Carasmatic
1989 - All Dogs Go to Heaven (Soundtrack)

Что такое Саундтрек? Это DVD, обрезанный до одного звука!
Избранные альбомы Irene Cara будут выложены в APE.
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Irene Cara - Anyone Can See (1982)



Исполнитель: Irene Cara
Альбом: Anyone Can See
Год: 1982
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - 100% CDDA
Лейбл: Network Records
Жанр: Funk / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 3 части ~ 95 + 95 + 48 Мб

1. Reach Out I'll Be There (4:27)
2. My Baby (He's Something Else) (3:33)
3. Anyone Can See (3:42)
4. Don't Throw Your Love Away (3:58)
5. Slow Down (3:53)
6. Whad'Ya Want (3:35)
7. You Hurt Me Once (3:39)
8. Thunder In My Heart (3:39)
9. Why (4:49)
10. True Love (3:46)

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Irene Cara - Fame (Soundtrack) (1980)



Исполнитель: Irene Cara & V.A.
Альбом: Fame (The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Год: 1980
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - CD conclusion: CDDA, Tracks 1, 7 - MPEG
Лейбл: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Жанр: Funk / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 2 части ~ 95 + 94 Мб

1. Fame (Irene Cara)
2. Out here on my own (Irene Cara)
3. Hot lunch jam (Irene Cara)
4. Dogs in the yard (Paul McCrane)
5. Red light (Linda Clifford)
6. Is it ok if I call you mine? (Paul McCrane)
7. Never alone (Gospel Chorus)
8. Ralph and Monty (Dressing room piano) (piano by Michael Gore)
9. I sing the body electric (Laura Dean, Irene Cara, Paul McCrane, Traci Parnell, Eric Brockington)

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Irene Cara - Carasmatic (1987)



Исполнитель: Irene Cara
Альбом: Carasmatic
Год: 1987
Тип: Remaser Vinyl LP, Tau Analyzer - CD conclusion: CDDA, Track 8 - MPEG
Лейбл: Elektra Records
Жанр: Funk / Disco
Формат: потрековый APE / Extra High Compression
Размер: 3 части ~ 95 + 95 + 74 Мб

1. Get A Grip (4:58)
2. Give Me Love (3:58)
3. We're Gonna Get Up (4:42)
4. Now That It's Over (4:20)
5. Say Goodnight Irene (4:38)
6. Don't Wanna Let Go (3:32)
7. Girlfriends (4:14)
8. Be Your Number One (5:31)
9. Falling in Love (4:04)

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Release Notes:
Carasmatic is Irene Cara's third album released in 1987. It was her only album for Elektra Records. The album was mostly produced by George Duke. Many popular singers, musicians and producers also contributed to this album such as Luther Vandross, James Ingram, Patrice Rushen, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, George Johnson of The Brothers Johnson, Michael Bolton, Syreeta, Joyce Kennedy of Mother's Finest, James Newton Howard and Danny Sembello, brother of Michael Sembello.
The lead single, "Girlfriends" was well received by her fans, but not by many outside of that. The second single failed to generate any airplay. While a good album, it got lost in the shuffle.



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