#throwbackthursday to a great time and a great place! #acting #music #travels #citylife #lifestyle #city #throwback #musician #feelings #songs #life #actress #irenecara
Throwback photo with the legendary 🎺Louis Armstrong #Satchmo #irenecara
Hi friends, we are now on Anchor – check me out! https://anchor.fm/irene-c-escalera The Back Story With Irene Cara Take a journey with Grammy and Oscar winning singer, actress and songwriter Irene Cara as she tells many interesting stories regarding the production and collaborations of her music.
Happy Monday, beautiful people! Hope you all have a wonderful week 🤗
When I played a young Bertha Haley in Roots: The Next Generations.
📸 by famed photographer Harry Langdon. #photooftheday #irenecara
Behind the scenes with the late Northern Calloway during a rehearsal for the 1970’s Off-Broadway Musical: The Me Nobody Knows. This went on to win an Obie Award for Best Musical 🎭 🎤
Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.
All smiles backstage with The High Priest of Soul, Ray Charles 🎹
Me & Lee Curreri on the iconic #Fame movie poster 📽 #cocohernandez #birthdayfun #irenecara #fbf
Here’s Luther Vandross working on an arrangement of Fame for the record. This quote from Dean Pitchford says it best: “He came in, listened down to the track. We got to the end of the chorus and he said, ‘Back it up, back it up! Check this out.’ And Irene Cara sang, ‘Baby remember my name,’ and he went, ‘Remember, remember, remember…’ and we all went, ‘Oh! That’s terrific!’ Luther Vandross is the one who not only came up with ‘remember, remember, remember…’ but he also stacked the voices on top of, ‘I’m going to learn how to fly high.’ He did that. He made a couple of other contributions around the edges, but the ‘remember’ was the major one.”
Doing the 🐰 bunny hop with the cast of “Maggie Flynn”. My first Broadway musical, starring Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones.
Here is the updated video for Part 3 of my Music Video Podcast. This is my tribute to Luther Vandross. Link to the full video is in my bio! • Since he passed away over a decade ago, the world has mourned the loss of one of the most brilliant artist of his generation. As a singer his sultry voice was one of a kind. As a producer he was loved and cherished for his dynamic songwriting and sophisticated productions bringing success to everyone lucky enough to work with him. • My personal memories of him are an indelible part of my formative years. I first met him when I was just fifteen years old running around New York City streets in search for my dream to make it in show business and learning all I could from the great singers around me. Luther was playful and fun never taking himself too seriously but always, without having to proclaim it, being a teacher and mentor to all of us who learned so much from him. Whether we were singing background vocals for others or singing commercials for major ad agencies or producing our own demo tracks in the hopes of getting a record deal, Luther was the man we looked to for advice, for technic of our craft and most of all for his genuine and unwavering friendship. • Please donate to “The Luther and Mary Ida Vandross Fund” • Be sure to Like/ Follow/ Subscribe & to check out the full podcast on YouTube now! • #IreneCara. The Cara website has been updated so please check out www.irenecara.com
In his directorial debut, Sam O’Steen was a truly wonderful man. Known throughout the industry for his work as an Editor, winning Oscars for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, “Chinatown” and “Silkwood”, Sparkle was the only feature length, theatrical film that he directed in his storied career. #trivia #sparkle #irenecara
Many thanks to all of you who have been following me on Instagram. I am excited to share with you all my photos but also my new projects as they come up. So grateful to you all!
What an incredible group of talented women. Can you name everyone in this photo?
What song is helping you get through the day? #lyrics #music #songs #livinglife #lifestyle #jazz #playlist #vocals #artist
I’d like to share this beautiful flower that visits my back yard this time of year.
Sunrise to sunset !
Look at my Firecrackers blooming just in time for the 4th of July
This song is called One Step Closer from Volume 2 of my album: Irene Cara Presents Hot Caramel. Enjoy!
Here’s a fantastic Florida sunset. I’m so lucky to live in the sunshine state!!!
We send prayers to all the people in the #Bahamas at this time – #destruction #care #work #hurricane #hardtimes #cometogether #prayers
