Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Day 87: A song by an artist beginning with the letter "i"



Out Here On My Own 
Irene Cara 

Irene Cara is an American singer and actress. She became famous for her role in the 1980 film  Fame, earning her a Golden Globe nomination, and her recording of the song "Fame" became and international hit. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance ... What a Feeling, which also became an international hit." 

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The 1980 hit movie Fame catapulted Irene Cara to stardom. Cara was originally cast as a dancer, and when production heard her voice they re-wrote the role of Coco Hernandez. As Coco Hernandez, she sang both the title song "Fame" and the film's other single "Out Here on My Own." These songs helped make the film's soundtrack a chart-topping, multi-platinum album. Further history was made when at the Academy Awards that year: It was the first time two songs from the same film were nominated in the same category and both sung by the same artist. Thus, Cara had the opportunity to be one of the few singers to perform more than one song at the Oscar ceremony. "Fame." written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford, won the award that year. Cara earned Grammy nominations in 1980 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 her Top New Single Artist, while Cashbox Magazine awarded her both Most Promising Female Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist. www.wikipedia.org 



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