Patrice Rushen

Patrice Rushen is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer best known for her Grammy-nominated and often-sampled hit “Forget Me Nots.” ∙ Rushen began taking piano lessons at age three, and she was giving classical recitals by the time she was six.

∙ The R&B-oriented Pizzazz broke her into the mainstream in 1979, reaching No.

39 on the Billboard 200 and No.