Ahhh, a post written for me...

The Fame album is a live album from a concert by the TV series cast that was born from the movie. Irene Cara, didn't want to reprise her role as Coco as she wanted to focus on her music. The role of Coco was given to Erica Gimpel, who was primarily a dancer.
One of the actors from the film who did make it to the TV show was the amazing Debbie Allen, an incredibly talented dancer, choreographer and actor.

Anyway, you'll be happy to hear that the Kids from Fame are still touring intermittently right up until the present day.

By the way. Sadly, Irene Cara had a heart attack and died about 4 years ago at only 61.

Enjoy the clip and enjoy the vinyl!