George Rose/GettyImages As Matkosky recalled in a 2022 installment of the YouTube series Starting Small Music, he was watching television one evening when a disturbing news report kicked his ...

And the tune, performed by actress and singer Irene Cara for the soundtrack of 1983’s Flashdance, delivered, becoming a hit single and winning the Oscar for best original song in 1984.

Still, the soundtrack was a huge hit ... “In the two weeks before Flashdance came out, I literally couldn’t get anybody on the phone,” he said. “It was like everybody had run for the ...

leg warmers and a smash soundtrack, including the Oscar-winning title tune “Flashdance … What a Feeling” performed by the late Irene Cara. “People would come out of that movie and be ...

Before getting the role of Tina Tech in "Flashdance," Cynthia Rhodes had only appeared in a few music videos, and had a small role in the 1980 fantasy musical movie "Xanadu." Following her role on ...

Flashdance is essentially a musical where the characters dance their feelings rather than sing them; some contemporary critics derided it as a string of music videos loosely connected by a thin plot.

She later sang and co-wrote ‘Flashdance… What A Feeling’ for the soundtrack of the 1983 blockbuster Flashdance, for which she also won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ...

The cause of death for "Fame" and "Flashdance" singer Irene Cara has been ... gifted soul whose legacy will live forever through her music and films." Cara first broke through in the 1980 musical ...

Cara was well-known by music and movie fans for her work on the Fame and Flashdance soundtracks. She also starred in the 1980 film about student life at New York’s High School of Performing Arts ...