Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, music director and vocalist. Her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Rushen had great success on the R&B and dance charts, but "Forget Me Nots" was the only one to crack the Top 40 pop chart.
| Full Name | Patrice Louise Rushen |
| Net Worth | $7 Million |
| Date Of Birth | September 30, 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Height | 4' 10" (1.47 m) |
| Occupation | Musician, composer, record producer, music director, educator |
| Profession | Record producer, Jazz Pianist, Multi-instrumentalist, Keyboard Player, Teacher, Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Music Director, Forget Me Nots, Haven't You Heard, Feels So Real |
| Education | University of Southern California |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Marc St. Louis |
| Children | Cameron St. Louis |
| Parents | Allen Rushen, Ruth Rushen, Forget Me Nots, Haven't You Heard, Feels So Real |
| Nicknames | Patrice Rushen, Rushen, Patrice |
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| Awards | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards for Most Performed Songs From Motion Pictures |
| Music Groups | CAB |
| Nominations | Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, Forget Me Nots, Haven't You Heard, Feels So Real |
| Movies | Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years, Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz |
| Star Sign | Libra |
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| 1 | Sister of Angela Ross. |
| 2 | Currently performing with a new jazz quartet "Canela", with Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario & Alex Acuna [May 2006] |
| 3 | Touring SE Asia and Australasia with Lee Ritenour, Will Kennedy & Melvin Davis [March 2008] |
| 4 | Performing a variety of dates on the West Coast with Lee Ritenour, Alex Acuna & Brian Bromberg [August 2007] |
| 5 | Also performs on the international jazz scene at concerts in Europe, Asia and South America. |
| 6 | Occasionally performs in a duo setting with actor/singer T C Carson |
| 7 | Performs regularly on the LA jazz scene with the jazz-fusion ensemble CAB, alongside Tony McAlpine (g), Bunny Brunel (b) & Virgil Donati (dr) |
| 8 | May 2006 - has joined forces with Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna & Justo Almario in the new jazz quarter Canela!, making their debut in Santa Monica. |
| 9 | Prince's "I Feel For You", successfully covered by Chaka Khan, was purported to be intended for Patrice as Prince had a crush on her at the time of writing! |
| 10 | Patrice works closely with the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, NARAS's Grammy In The Schools program and other organizations dedicated to establishing music education for inner-city youth. |
| 11 | Is a much sought after session player who has an impressive resume, having worked with Stanley Turrentine, Jean-Luc Ponty, Donald Byrd, Lee Ritenour, Flora Purim, Hubert Laws, Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Sheena Easton, Natalie Cole, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke and many, many more. |
| 12 | Musical Director for the 46th, 47th and 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2004, 2005, 2006). |
| 13 | Awarded Honarary Doctorate of Music from Berklee for outstanding contribution to contemporary music (Sept 2005) |
| 14 | Also known for her 1982 classic R&B hit "Forget Me Nots" that Will Smith sampled for the hip-hop song Men in Black (1997), which served as that film's theme song. |
| 15 | Quincy Jones is her long time friend and mentor. |
| 16 | She was the first woman in 43 years to serve as head composer/musical director for television's highest honor, the Emmy Awards. |
| 17 | She was the first woman to serve as musical director for the NAACP Image Awards broadcast, an honor she has held for ten consecutive years. |
| 18 | She has been the only female musical director/composer for the Peoples Choice Awards, HBO's Comic Relief, and the only female musical director-conductor-arranger for a late-night television talk show, The Midnight Hour, which aired on CBS. |
| 19 | She was also named musical director/composer for Newsweek's first American Achievements Awards, broadcast on CBS in the USA from the Kennedy Center |
| 20 | Won a solo competition at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1972. |
| 21 | Musical prodigy who was enrolled in music classes at USC by her parents at the age of three. |
| 22 | She served as the musical director for Janet Jackson's "Janet" world tour. |
| 23 | She plays a variety of musical instruments, including piano, percussion, clarinet, and flute. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | 2006 | TV Special musical director |
| The 47th Annual Grammy Awards | 2005 | TV Special musical director |
| The 10th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Smokey Robinson | 2004 | TV Movie musical director |
| The 46th Annual Grammy Awards | 2004 | TV Special musical director |
| The 9th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Aretha Franklin | 2003 | TV Special musical director |
| The 8th Annual Walk of Fame Honoring Stevie Wonder | 2002 | TV Special musical director |
| The Steve Harvey Show | 1996-2002 | TV Series musical director - 122 episodes |
| The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1993 | TV Special composer: theme music |
| The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1992 | TV Special musical director |
| The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1991 | TV Special musical director / orchestrator |
| The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime | 1991 | TV Special documentary musical director |
| The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards | 1990 | TV Special composer: theme music |
| The Women of Brewster Place | 1989 | TV Series special musical consultant - 2 episodes |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Normal Heart | 2014 | TV Movie performer: "Forget Me Nots" / writer: "Forget Me Nots" |
| Dancing with the Stars | 2009 | TV Series writer - 1 episode |
| Clubbed | 2008 | performer: "Forget Me Nots" |
| Norbit | 2007 | performer: "Looking for You" / writer: "Looking for You" |
| The South Bank Show | 2006 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode |
| Indigo Prophecy | 2005 | Video Game performer: "Hang it Up" |
| Idol | 2004 | TV Series writer - 1 episode |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1999 | TV Series writer - 3 episodes |
| Música sí | 1998 | TV Series writer - 1 episode |
| Brit Awards 1997 | 1997 | TV Special writer: "Fastlove" |
| Men in Black | 1997 | writer: "Men In Black" |
| Waiting to Exhale | 1995 | performer: "And I Gave My Love To You" |
| Indecent Proposal | 1993 | producer: "The Nearness of You" |
| Big | 1988 | performer: "Forget Me Nots" - as Patricia Rushen / writer: "Forget Me Nots" |
| Dominick and Eugene | 1988 | performer: "Somewhere" |
| Hollywood Shuffle | 1987 | lyrics: "Not Just One in a Million" Bobby's Theme, "Closer to You" / music: "Not Just One in a Million" Bobby's Theme, "Closer to You" / performer: "Not Just One in a Million" Bobby's Theme, "Closer to You" |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Unsung | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Girls in the Band | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
| Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
| Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz | 2008 | Documentary | Narrator |
| The Music Makers | 2005 | TV Series documentary |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 2004 | Video documentary | Herself |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| 100 Greatest Dance Songs of Rock & Roll | 2000 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| 30th NAACP Image Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself |
| Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years | 1998 | Video documentary | Herself - Hostess |
| 28th NAACP Image Awards | 1997 | TV Special | Herself |
| 26th NAACP Image Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| Comic Relief V | 1992 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime | 1991 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The Midnight Hour | 1990 | TV Series | Herself (Musical Director) (1990) |
| Ebony/Jet Showcase | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
| New American Bandstand 1965 | 1980-1984 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 25th Annual Grammy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Herself |
| Soul Train | 1980-1982 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Herself - Guest / Guest |
| Top of the Pops | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1980 | TV Series | Herself - Disco Vocalist |
