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From the 1982 Straight From The Heart
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From the 1982 Straight From The Heart
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.
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Camille Yarbrough's Take Yo Praise, I know we all know this song, but have you really listened to it!,..A Real Stroke Of Genius!!
We've come a long long way together through the hard times and the good I have to celebrate you baby I have to praise you like I should
you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine
you make me glad I'm a woman cause your a feeling thinking man and anytime I know your needing I'm going to please you every way I can
you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine
you've cleared the questions from my mind I was afraid to say I love you afraid to take and too eager to give you helped me deal with what I'm feeling with why and how I want to live
you're so rare man you're so fine I'm so glad your mine you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine
I have to praise you when you hold me when you work your way around aint a part of me left over that your sweet love aint found you make my (my) moan turn to whisper you make my whisper turn to call you make me scream and scream that I love you when you (when you) make me rise and fall you're so rare man you're so fine I'm so glad your mine you're so rare you're so fine I'm so glad your mine
oh (oh) your mine your mine you know I want the best for you baby and what you want I want for you and we can work together baby to see it, to see it all come true
cause your so rare and your so fine and lord knows I'm so very glad your mine you're so rare so rare and your so very very fine oh you cleared all the questions from my mind
we've come a we come a long long way together through the hard times and the good I'm going to take this day to celebrate you baby cause I have to stop and praise you like I should
your so rare, take yo praise and your so fine and I hope you know I'm glad your mine take yo praise, your so rare take yo praise, your so fine
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