Rushen, Patrice
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Website: http://www.patricerushen.com
Born On: September 30 1954
Born In (Town): Los Angeles, California
Born In (Country): U.S.A.
Genres: R&B
Styles: Disco, Soul, Jazz, Urban, Crossover Jazz, Quiet Storm, Post-Disco
Instruments: Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
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UK Charts (Updated Until December 31 2005)
Highest Place In Charts (Albums): 24
Total Weeks In Charts (Albums): 17
Highest Place In Charts (Singles): 8
Total Weeks In Charts (Singles): 25
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Rushen, Patrice Biography
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a Grammy Award winning African-American R&B singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist.
Biography
Rushen 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 talent, Patrice Rushen has achieved 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."
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. Won 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.
| Artist | Rushen, Patrice + |
| Artist Type | Artist + |
| Bd | September 30 1954 + |
| Birth Date | 30 September 1954 + |
| Born In (Country) | U.S.A. + |
| Born In (Town) | Los Angeles, California + |
| Genre | R&B + |
| Instrument | Vocals +, Keyboards +, Piano +, and Synthesizer + |
| Member Of | Meeting + |
| Page Type | Main Info Page + |
| RID | 2,276,106 + |
| Style | Disco +, Soul +, Jazz +, Urban +, Crossover Jazz +, Quiet Storm +, and Post-Disco + |
