Flashdance

…his first major success with Flashdance (1983), which he coproduced with Don Simpson. The two men formed a production company and went on to create a string of blockbusters, including the comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984), which featured Eddie Murphy, Top Gun (1986), which established Tom Cruise as a star,

…for her collaboration on the Flashdance soundtrack. In 1983 she teamed up with producers Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey to compose the film’s joyful theme song “Flashdance…What a Feeling,” which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remained there for six weeks. Later that year she released…

…score for the 1983 movie Flashdance, Carnes shared an award with 14 other cowriters when the album won a Grammy that year. Her single “What About Me?”, recorded with Rogers and American rhythm and blues artist James Ingram, became a hit in 1984. Nearly a decade later Carnes released Gypsy…