All the Right Moves,' directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, has more in common with 'Flashdance' than you'd ...

T he 1980s were packed with iconic films, and many of them feature songs that defined the decade. Some were previously released records that played during a particular point in th ...

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 ...

And it all turned “Flashdance” into a surprise hit. It became 1983’s No. 3 movie at the domestic box office, sold nearly 20 million copies of its Grammy-winning soundtrack album and earned ...

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 ...