Once Upon a Time there was Irene Cara

[samovar]

Not anymore. She took a leave at 63. Thinking how she acted and sang in Fame...

and remembering how she won a Grammy with Flashdance, a movie featuring one of her best songs ("What a Feeling") and one of the greatest boombox scenes ever:

 

[floyd]

I think just about all of us know who she was. rest in peace. and that Boombox is a Panasonic RX 5025.

 

[Radio raheem]

flash dance a great album, i bought it with my first boombox the akai pj 33 the first album i had on cassette, Rip lass

 

[Hisrudeness]

Not anymore. She took a leave at 63. Thinking how she acted and sang in Fame...

and remembering how she won a Grammy with Flashdance, a movie featuring one of her best songs ("What a Feeling") and one of the greatest boombox scenes ever:

That’s a shame. Very young. She did the soundtrack and a guest spot in the 1983 comedy DC Cab.

 

[floyd]

That’s a shame. Very young. She did the soundtrack and a guest spot in the 1983 comedy DC Cab.View attachment 56081

I absolutely love this movie.
I lived about an hour from dc when they were making this movie. Wouldn't even take that long but traffic through rockville silver spring and Bethesda is like l.a.during rush hour but all damn day long lol.

 

[ford93]

She was one of my teenage crushes and boy did I blasted "What a Feeling" on my M-90 whenever it used to come on!

My songbird is gone man.

R.I.P. Baby girl

 

[floyd]

She was one of my teenage crushes and boy did I blasted "What a Feeling" on my M-90 whenever it used to come on!

My songbird is gone man.

R.I.P. Baby girl

Her music was a defining sound of the '80s along with many other artists but you'll always remember her if you were around then.