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| - Musical quartets
- Atlantic Records artists
- Musical groups established in 1969
- Grammy Award winners
- American soul musical groups
- Crossover (music)
- Sibling musical trios
- American dance music groups
- American funk musical groups
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- Musical groups from Oakland, California
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- Pointer musical family
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| - The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B singing group from Oakland, California, that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985.The group had its early origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969 as %22Pointers, a Pair.%22 The line-up grew to a trio when sister Anita Pointer joined them. They scored a record deal with Atlantic Records and released several unsuccessful singles. The trio grew to a quartet when sister Ruth joined in December 1972. They then signed with Blue Thumb Records, recorded their debut album, and began seeing more success, winning a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Vocal Performance for %22Fairytale%22 (1974). Bonnie left the group in 1978 to commence a solo career with only modest success.The group achieved its greatest commercial success as a trio during the 1980s consisting of the line-up of June, Ruth, and Anita, winning two more Grammys for the top 10 hits %22Jump (for My Love)%22 (1984) and %22Automatic%22 (1984). The group's other U.S. top 10 hits are %22Fire%22 (1979), %22He's So Shy%22 (1980), %22Slow Hand%22 (1981), the remixed version of %22I'm So Excited%22 (1984) and %22Neutron Dance%22 (1985). June Pointer, who left the group in 2004, died of cancer in 2006. She was replaced by Ruth's daughter Issa Pointer. This trio had a number two hit in Belgium in 2005, covering %22Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves%22 with Belgian singer Natalia. Since 2009, the group has consisted of Anita, Ruth, Issa, and Ruth's granddaughter Sadako Pointer. While all four women remain in the group, they most often perform as a trio rotating the lineup as needed.
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- The Pointer Sisters
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- Anita, June & Ruth
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- June, Anita And Ruth
- P. Sisters
- Pointer Sister
- Pointer Sisters (Anita, Bonnie And June)
- Pointer Sisters - Anita, June, Patricia
- Pointer Sisters, The
- Pointer Sisters: Bonnie, June, Anita
- Pointer's Sista
- Ruth, Anita And June
- The Pointer Sister
- The Pointer Sisters - Anita, Ruth, June
- The Pointer Siters
- The Pointers Sisters
- ポインター・シスターズ
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