What a Feeling

by Irene Cara

First when there's nothing but a slow glowing dream That your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind All alone I have cried silent tears full of pride In a world made of steel made of stone Well I hear the music close my eyes Feel the rhythm wrap around take a hold of my heart What a feeling bein's believin' I can have it all now I'm dancing for my life Take your passion and make it happen Pictures come alive you can dance right through your life Now I hear the music close my eyes I am rhythm in a flash it takes hold of my heart What a feeling bein's believin' I can have it all now I'm dancing for my life Take your passion and make it happen Pictures come alive now I'm dancing through my life What a feeling. What a feeling I am music now. Bein's believin' I am rhythm now Pictures come alive you can dance right through your life What a feeling! I can really have it all What a feeling! I can really have it all...

© Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irene Cara (born Irene Escalera on March 18, 1959 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American singer, Academy Award-winning, Grammy Award-winning, and a two-time Golden Globe-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 Cara's father, Gaspar (died in 1994), was an Afro-Puerto Rican. Her mother Louise Escalera is of French and Cuban descent. She has two sisters and two brothers. Married Hollywood stuntman Conrad Palmisano in 1986. They divorced in 1991. Cara's age has been the subject of controversy: at various times her birth year has been listed as 1954, 1959 or 1964. 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. Early life Cara first captivated the audiences of her family sometime after her fifth birthday when she began to play the piano by ear. Cara soon moved into serious studies of music, acting, and dance. At the age of three, she was one of five finalists for the Little Miss America pageant. Cara's performing career started on Spanish-language television as a child, professionally singing and dancing. She made early TV appearances on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour (singing in Spanish), The Ed Sullivan Show, and Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. By age 8, Cara recorded a Latin-market Spanish-language record; an English Christmas album soon followed. At age 10 she appeared in a major concert tribute to Duke Ellington with Stevie Wonder, Sammy Davis Jr. and Roberta Flack.