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Irene Cara
12+ albums
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Irene Cara (born on March 18, 1959 in New York City, NY, died November 26, 2022 in Largo, FL) was an American singer, Academy Award-winning songwriter and actress of African, Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing Flashdance...What a Feeling. She is best known for her recordings of the songs Fame and Flashdance... What a Feeling. She also starred in the 1980 film version of Fame. Personal Her father Gaspar (died in 1994) is an Afro-Puerto Rican. Her mother Louise is of French and Cuban descent. She has 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Married Hollywood stuntman Conrad Palmisano in 1986. They divorced in 1991. Her age has always been a confusing mystery by biographers who stated her birth year as either 1959 or 1964 from the day she shot to fame. In July 2004 the Associated Press claimed to have found her voter registration record in Florida, where she lives. However, Ms. Cara has never voted or registered to do so in Florida. Ms. Cara disputes this and claims that she has never voted. Her date of birth is March 18th 1962 on Twitter. Career Irene first captivated the audiences of her family sometime after her fifth birthday when she began to play the piano by ear. Irene soon moved into serious studies of music, acting, and dance. Her career started on Spanish-language television as a child, professionally singing and dancing. By age 8, Cara recorded a Latin-market Spanish-language record; an Englis
top songs
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Flashdance...What a Feeling - Radio Edit
308,7572Fame
276,1303What a Feeling
269,6534Flashdance...What a Feeling
141,1655Flashdance... What a Feeling
47,3476Flashdance, What a Feeling
27,8797Out Here On My Own
26,0988Fame - Rerecorded
22,3309Flashdance
17,80210Flashdance... What a Feeling - Extended Remix
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