Patrice Rushen Vinyl Records
A dynamite keyboardist with a sweet voice, Patrice Rushen made a major transition from cutting respected acoustic jazz material to hitting the upper reaches of the club and R&B charts. Rushen debuted as a leader at the age of 20 with Prelusion (1974), an accomplished set for the Prestige label. Within a few years, she was racking up high-profile session credits and joyful post-disco hits, reaching her commercial crossover apex with "Forget Me Nots," a Grammy-nominated Top 40 pop hit that made Straight from the Heart (1982) her most successful album for Elektra.