Legacy of Patrice Rushen
Artists and genres Patrice Rushen directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
Brenda RussellartistBrenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses R&B, pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations, winning in 2017 for writing the music for The Color Purple.
Amel LarrieuxartistAmel Eliza Larrieux is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, the following year on Epic Records.
Ntjam RosieartistNtjam Rosie, born as Rosie Boei, is a Dutch-Cameroonian singer/songwriter from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her style is a mix of pop music, jazz and soul. She moved to the Netherlands at the age of nine where she grew up in Maastricht.
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Fastloveartist"Fastlove" is a song by the English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 22 April 1996 as the second single from his third album, Older (1996). It was written by Michael, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington and Terri McFaddin and produced by Michael and Jon Douglas. It interpolates Rushen's 1982 single "Forget Me Nots". Virgin and Aegean Records issued the song worldwide while DreamWorks Records issued it in the United States.