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The group's first album The Pointer Sisters, featuring the backing of Bay Area stalwarts the Hoodoo Rhythm Devils, was released in 1973 and received strong reviews, with the group being lauded for their versatility and originality.
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Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer – vocals; Tom Salisbury – acoustic piano; Norman Landsberg – acoustic piano on "Old Songs" Willie Fulton – electric guitars; Ron McClure – acoustic bass, electric bass; Rod Ellicott – bass on "River Boulevard" Gaylord Birch – drums; Ed Marshall – drums on "Cloudburst" and ...
The Pointer Sisters recorded 13 U.S. top 20 hits, all of which came during their most prolific years from 1973 through 1985, including hits such as "Jump" and "I'm So Excited."
Mixing the Pointers' brand of soul with rollicking blues numbers and jazz covers, the album also included the country-flavored "Fairytale", their second Top 40 hit.The song crossed over to the country charts, enabling the group to become the first African-American vocal group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. [7]
Serious Slammin is the Pointer Sisters' 14th album in 15 years; it is the last record, to date, that the group made with longtime producer Richard Perry. Its first single, "He Turned Me Out" (also featured in the 1988 film Action Jackson), reached the R&B top 40. A second single, the ballad "I'm in Love", also reached the R&B chart.
Anita Pointer has died. The GRAMMY-winning founding member of The Pointer Sisters died surrounded by her family on New Year's Eve, her publicist, Roger Neal, said in a press release. She was 74 ...
Ultimately, the album neither revived the Pointer Sisters' faltering career nor fixed Motown's financial difficulties. The label released the group's Right Rhythm album in the summer of 1990 following the May 1990 issue of the advance single "Friends' Advice"; that single was a relative failure, only reaching #36 on the Billboard R&B charts .