Patrice Rushen
Patrice Rushen (* 30th September 1954 in Los Angeles / California ) is an American rhythm-and-blues - singer , pianist and composer .
Life
Rushen received classical piano training from the age of three. In 1972 she won a solo competition at the Monterey Jazz Festival and received a contract with Prestige Records , where she released three albums. In 1978 she came to Elektra Records , where another five albums were released. With titles like Haven't You Heard , Forget Me Nots , Feels So Real , Watch Out , You Remind Me and Never Gonna Give You Up , she reached the top ten of the rhythm and blues charts. The track Forget Me Nots , for which she received a Grammy nomination , was used as a sample several times, for example for the theme song of the film Men in Black .
In 1978 worked Rushen on debut album For You by Prince with and since the mid-1990s she regularly works with the group The Meeting , next to Stevie Wonder , Herbie Hancock , Lionel Hampton , Carlos Santana , George Benson , Jean-Luc Ponty , Tom Jones , Nancy Wilson , Michael Jackson , Dianne Reeves , Sheena Easton , Stanley Turrentine , Lee Ritenour and Joshua Redman .
Rushen has composed the music for various television films and series such as Emmy- nominated The Killing Yard (with Alan Alda ) and Just A Dream, as well as Our America , which received the Sundance Film Award ; also for movies like Waiting To Exhale , Without You I'm Nothing and Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle . She was also musical director of CBS - talk show The Midnight Hour and the world tour of Janet Jackson .
In 2000/2001 she was composer in residence with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has since composed several orchestral works, including a symphony . In addition, she devotes herself to the musical promotion of young people in Los Angeles, including in NARAS's Grammy In The Schools program .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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 US
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| 1977 | Shout it out | - |
US164 (4 weeks) US |
Prestigious
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| 1978 | Patrice | - |
US98 (6 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
| 1979 | Pizzazz | - |
US39 (22 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
| 1980 | Posh | - |
US71 (18 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
| 1982 | Straight from the heart |
UK24 (14 weeks) UK |
US14 (28 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
| 1984 | Now |
UK73 (3 weeks) UK |
US40 (25 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
| 1987 | Watch out! | - |
US77 (19 weeks) US |
Elektra
|
More albums
- 1974: Prelusion (Prestige)
- 1975: Before the Dawn (Prestige)
- 1990: The Meeting (GRP, with Ndugu Chancler , Alphonso Johnson )
- 1994: Anything But Ordinary (Sin-Drome)
- 1997: Signature (Discovery)
- 2001: Jazz Straight Up (Vertical Jazz, with Ndugu Chancler and Stanley Clarke )
- 2002: Piano, Bass and Drums (Aix, DVD-Audio, with Ndugu Chancler and Darek Oleszkiewicz )
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
|
US
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| 1980 | Haven't you heard |
UK62 (3 weeks) UK |
US42 (9 weeks) US |
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| 1981 | Never Gonna Give You Up Posh |
UK66 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
| 1982 | Forget Me Nots Straight From The Heart |
UK8 (12 weeks) UK |
US23 (16 weeks) US |
|
| I Was Tired Of Being Alone Straight From The Heart |
UK39 (5 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| 1984 | Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) Now |
UK51 (3 weeks) UK |
US78 (6 weeks) US |
|
| 1987 | Watch Out Watch Out! |
UK78 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
Web links
- Sound carrier by Patrice Rushen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Patrice Rushen's website
- Patrice Rushen at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrice Rushen . In: GRAMMY.com . May 22, 2018 ( grammy.com [accessed November 22, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rushen, Patrice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rhythm and blues singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California, USA |