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From the 1978 Patrice Album

Rushen was born in Los Angeles, California on September 30, 1954, the eldest of two daughters born to her father and the former Ruth Harris. She demonstrated her musical potential at a young age; she was regarded as a child prodigy. In her teens, she won the prestigious 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival. She earned her degree in music from the University of Southern California. As a mature woman, she became a jazz master and top musical director.

Due to her musical talents, Rushen has made many ground-breaking achievements. She became the first woman to serve as head composer/musical director for the Grammy Awards and the Emmy Awards, the first woman to serve as musical director for the NAACP Image Awards broadcast, an honor she held for twelve consecutive years. Rushen has been the only woman to be a musical director/composer for the People's Choice Awards, HBO's Comic Relief and the only woman musical director/conductor/arranger for a late-night television talk show, The Midnight Hour which aired on CBS.

In addition, Rushen was named musical director/composer for Newsweek's first American Achievement Awards, broadcast on CBS from the Kennedy Center and she served as the musical director for Janet Jackson's World Tour, "janet."

In 2008, Rushen accepted a professorship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, in Boston. The course is Patrice Rushen: The Value of Music Education.

She also continues to play keyboard and has played in the tour bands of Lee Ritenour and Wayne Shorter in recent years.

[edit] Solo career

Rushen has also achieved great success as a singer. A classically trained pianist, Rushen has spent great deal of time channeling her skills towards making great music. Winning a competition at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival put Patrice into the spotlight. The attention garnered from this earned her a contract with Prestige Records in 1973.

After recording three albums and becoming an in-demand session player, including with artists such as Jean-Luc Ponty, Rushen signed with Elektra Records in 1978. Forging an engaging jazz/R&B/funk fusion, this fresh mixture of styles gave her great success with a string of Top Ten R&B hits, including "Haven't You Heard," "Forget Me Nots," "Feels So Real," "Watch Out," "You Remind Me," and "Never Gonna Give You Up" from her first five albums (Patrice, Pizzazz, Posh, Straight From the Heart, and Now). Rushen also performed her single I Need Your Love on the hit show Soul Train in 1981. She also penned the opening theme for The Steve Harvey Show. Her mentor and friend is Quincy Jones. Rushen also plays multiple instruments including flute, piano, percussion, and clarinet.

ASCAP Songwriter's Award, 1988; USC Black Student Assembly, Legacy of Excellence Award, 1992; Crystal Award, American Women in Film, 1994; AS CAP Award, Most Performed Song in Motion Pictures for 1997 for "Men in Black," 1998.

Comments

8 years ago

Jamal Graham

Such a great arranger and producer

8 years ago

D. Monet

This is all I listen too

8 years ago

UBZUKKI

BEAUTIFUL

8 years ago

Jamal Graham

Creative genius

8 years ago

Daniel Stafford

Nice song!!!

8 years ago

Jamal Graham

Soothing voice

9 years ago

Julia Jones

Ah, bittersweet unrequited love! No song expresses the longing, abiding love and heartache better. 

9 years ago

Keith Harrison

Good lawd, soooo soulful & slept on!!!

9 years ago

marlin branch jr

Ok! OOOOKKAAYY!! Here comes the NUTT!! Takes me back to my first LOVE! Yeahh

9 years ago

Chris Lewis

another one i found from digging into sample sources ... #PatriceRushen #soulmusic #cratedigging 

9 years ago

Roger James

I remember my babysitter love Patrice Rushen and every time I hear this song along with "You Remind Me" this makes me remember the good times of my childhood back in the late 70's going to her house watched over by her and her siblings. I had a crush on her

9 years ago

onehart99

I missed time when there were singers that could express their love for music by their voice. Soul stirring

9 years ago

Darrell Hatchett

Thank you Dear Lord for the opportunity to be a witness to the beauty that you instill in us as individuals. Ms. Patrice, you are a true musician, in every sense of the word.

9 years ago

Kim Jones

Ole altadena gyrl, u no u da shit patrice, come bck home, n give us ALTADENEANS, A FREE CONCERT AT FARNSWORTH! U noooo!!!

10 years ago

Christopher Jones

Parts used in Hieroglyphics' "You Never Knew". 

10 years ago

KarateWrestler205

0:53 Its lyk that and uh HIEROGLYPHICS YEA

10 years ago

justchekingin1

Unsung...Hello...You need to do an episode on this incredible underrated musician.Would love to know what she is doing lately and if she is performing still. I miss real soulful music.

10 years ago

mitchwheresmybunny

listened to this song a 100x and this is the 1st time I've heard bass player plucking the strings. Forget what that technique is called. I know you can use it to tune your bass. Sounds nice. Subtle but effective.

10 years ago

hanslesolo

Emeli sande this how you write a great slow song without making it dull

10 years ago

skinfan jay

MUCH AGREED @TERRYCHRIST IF YOU WOULD GO TO PATRICE RUSHEN AT DISCOGRAPHY AND LOOK UNDER THE PERSONNEL ON THE CD AND ALBUMS SHE PLAYS NOT ONLY THE BASS BUT THE ELCTRIC PIANO, CELESTA,DRUMS,PERCUSSION ON THIS SONG...SHE IS AN AWESOME MULTI-INSTURMENTALIST ALONG WITH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE...SHE ALWAYS PLAYS THE BASS ON HER 1980 MEGA HIT "LOOK UP" REMEMBER THE SONG

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