Reply With QuoteHow about "Feels so real" from 1984? What a groove!
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Forgotten Heroes? PATRICE RUSHEN
What has become of her, the girl that hit the floors with
"Forget Me Nots"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWvc...elated&search=
"Don't Blame Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBRU...elated&search=
"Watch Out"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmnGh...elated&search=
and my favo "Haven't You Heard" Sorry, No vid yet!
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How about "Feels so real" from 1984? What a groove!
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She's been busy. She served as musical director for some awards show recently (can't remember which one though), she did the theme music for the "Steve Harvey Show" and her music has been sampled recently by George Michael, Faith Evans and Will Smith. Possibly others too, but that's all the ones I know of. And since everyone here is naming their favorite Patrice Rushen songs, I'd add "My Love's Not Going Anywhere" and "I Was Tired Of Being Alone." And I think she's teaching music somewhere in Southern California. She never got the credit her talent deserved, probably because she kept her clothes on.Originally Written by Videoskooter
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Patrice Rushen - another love affair of mine.And "Forget Me Nots" what a groove...
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Last year Kirk Franklin released "Looking for you" which borrowed heavily off "Haven't you heard" and it's so good you have to go out and either buy,borrow or steal it.
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She's still releasing music, likely to be heard on more Jazz oriented stations.
Here's AMG's Bio
Biography by Ed Hogan
Keyboardist/singer/songwriter/arranger/musical director Patrice Rushen has had an outstanding career with several Top Ten R&B hits, including "Haven't You Heard," "Forget Me Nots," "Feels So Real," and "Watch Out." "Forget Me Nots" was the basis of Will Smith's "Men in Black" from the blockbuster movie of the same name on Big Willie Style. R. Kelly's "Remind Me" was sampled from her "You Remind Me," a popular radio-aired LP track from Straight From the Heart. Others who have sampled Rushen's music are Def Jeff (Rushen's "Hang It Up") and Zhane ("Groove Thang").
Born September 30,1954, in Los Angeles, CA, Rushen's parents enrolled her in music classes at U.S.C. when she was three. In her teens, she won a solo competition at the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival. The attention garnered from this earned her a contract with Prestige Records. After recording three albums and becoming an in-demand session player, Rushen signed with Elektra Records in 1978. Forging an engaging jazz/R&B/funk fusion, she regularly hit the R&B charts. Her five albums for the label were Patrice, Pizzazz, Posh, Straight From the Heart, and Now. Some of these sides can be found on Haven't You Heard:The Best of Patrice Rushen.
In 1993, Rushen signed with Disney's Hollywood Records. Her first and only release was the excellent Anything but Ordinary, which yielded the inspiring single "My Heart, Your Heart." Hollywood wasn't satisfied with the album and shelved it. Sindrome Records bought the rights to the album and reissued it with the single, and some LP tracks received airplay on R&B and smooth jazz radio stations. Rushen became a member of the jazz collective the Meeting, appearing on several releases. Her busy schedule includes session dates and being the musical director for several different tours and TV specials. 1997's Signature found Rushen returning to her jazz roots for this solid album of instrumentals.
In fall 2000, Patrice Rushen appeared as a part of Sisters Being Positively Real, an act on Brown Baby Entertainment Group.
And some of my favorite Patrice jointz....
Haven't You Heard
Look Up!
Number One
You Remind Me
High in Me
Settle For my Love
I Was Tired of Being Alone
Never Going To Give You Up
A well rounded artist, who's releases included great dance tunes and awesome ballads consistantly!
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Big fan here of patrice.... Love the single WATCH OUT and the album was good as well
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My favourite LP was 'Posh' from 1980. Her pure jazz LPs from the mid 70s are really rather good too if u like that sort of thing. Her production work with Eddie Henderson was excellent too.
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Was it Patrice who had the song - Tender Lovin? A great track.
No. 1 was probably my favourite.
Forget me nots was good and I remember George Michael borrowing it for one of his songs.
I used to take the Haven't you heard 12"single to parties, very popular with my party friends. A similar groove to this track was one called
A Piece of Patrice by Lasette Wilson, I learned this from an old episode of
the smooth groovers podcast. This was some kind of tribute to patrice.
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Even though she's best known for Forget Me Nots, she put out a pretty funky track in the mid 70's called 'The Hump'. It was on a BGP CD compilation. I think she cut her teeth in the Jazz Funk genre during that era.
Would that be Fast Love? The only George Michael thing I own, except for a Wham 45 of Careless Whisper, which I bought dirt cheap (something like 10 cents). :)I remember George Michael borrowing it for one of his songs.
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When I hear "forget me nots" it reminds me of when disco had died and the music industry was scrambling to find out what the next music would be to fill the void left by disco.
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Yes, It was Fast Love. I rather liked that too!
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