in Black". Rushen was credited as writer and composer, along with Will Smith and Terri McFadden. The same chorus can be heard in George Michael's song "Fastlove". "Forget Me Nots" previously found its way into the trampolining scene in the film Big. Her song "Haven't You Heard" was sampled in Kirk Franklin's Looking For You from the Norbit soundtrack. In 2021 her song "Forget Me Nots" was used in a dance challenge on TikTok. Rushen was the first woman to serve as music director for the 46th, 47th, and 48th Grammy Awards. She was the only woman music director/conductor/arranger for a late-night show titled The Midnight Hour, which aired on CBS in 1990. Awards Grammy awards Rushen has received three Grammy nominations. Other awards Number One Record "Feels So Real", Radio & Records (R&R) National Chart - Writers: Patrice Rushen & Fred Washington, 1984 ASCAP Songwriter's Award, 1988 USC Black Student Assembly, Legacy of Excellence Award, 1992 Crystal Award, American Women in Film, 1994 ASCAP Award, Most Performed Song in Motion Pictures for 1997 for "Men in Black," 1998 NAACP Image Award Nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Recording for “Signature”, 1998 Honorary Doctorate Berklee College of Music, 2005 The California Jazz Foundation NICA award for lifetime achievement, 2019 The Ramo Music Faculty Award, 2020 Trailblazer Award, Salute Them Awards, 2021 Make Them Hear You Award, 2023 -by the Hamilton Garrett Center for Music and Arts, Boston, MA [] Discography Solo albums Singles Appearances With Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival (Liberation Entertainment, 2007) With The Meeting The Meeting (GRP, 1990) Update (Hip-Bop, 1995) With Kenny Burrell Heritage (AudioSource, 1980) With Herbie Hancock Lite Me Up (Columbia, 1982) With Eddie Henderson Heritage (Blue Note, 1976) Comin' Through (Capitol, 1977) With Jean-Luc Ponty Upon the Wings of Music (Atlantic, 1975) Aurora (Atlantic, 1976) With Letizia Gambi Introducing Letizia Gambi (Via Veneto Jazz, 2012) With Wallace Roney A Place in Time (HighNote, 2016) With Cindy Blackman Another Lifetime (4Q, 2010) Filmography Agents of Change (2016) Burning Sands (2008) For One Night (2006, TV) Just a Dream (2002) Our America (2002, TV) Baby of the Family (2002) Piano, Bass and Drums (2002 Aix Entertainment, DVD Audio) The Killing Yard (2001, TV) Fire & Ice (2001, TV) Cora Unashamed (2000, TV) Ruby Bridges (1998, TV) America's Dream (1996, TV) A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom (1996, TV) The