Anita Pointer

The Pointer Sisters' Anita Pointer died yesterday (December 31) at the age of 74, her family has confirmed in a statement.

Ruth is the only surviving original member of The Pointer Sisters, following June’s death in 2006 and Jada died of cancer in 2003, with Pointer raising her granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer. Outside of the family group, Pointer also appeared on the hit single ‘Too Many Times’ by country star Earl Thomas Conley in 1986. Their career would see them be nominated for Grammys in categories for country, R&B and pop music, with the group winning three of the prestigious awards. Bonnie left The Pointer Sisters in 1979, with the rest of the group almost quitting too. Her love of our family will live on in each of us.

The Pointer Sisters won three Grammy Awards and had 13 U.S. top 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985, Anita Pointer's publicist said. The 1983 album "Break ...

"The Pointer Sisters would never have happened had it not been for Bonnie," she said in a statement. Bonnie Pointer left the group in 1977, signing a solo deal with Motown Records but enjoying only modest success. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long," her sister Ruth, bothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer said in the statement. The 1983 album "Break Out" went triple platinum and garnered two American Music Awards. The group's 1973 self-titled debut album included the breakout hit, "Yes We Can Can." We thought it wasn't going to work without Bonnie."

Pointer died on Saturday (31 December) surrounded by family at home in Beverly Hills, her publicist Roger Neal said. The singer was one of four sisters who ...

June Pointer died aged 52 in 2006. “She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long. [Grammy](/topic/grammy)-winning pop and R&B group. The Pointer Sisters found success in the Seventies and Eighties. Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died aged 74. The singer was one of four sisters who founded the

The singer, whose Grammy-winning group had hits including I'm So Excited and Jump (For My Love), died surrounded by her family at her home in California, ...

"She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long. Anita Pointer, a member of Grammy-winning group the Pointer Sisters - whose hits included I'm So Excited and Jump (For My Love) - has died of cancer aged 74. The singer, whose Grammy-winning group had hits including I'm So Excited and Jump (For My Love), died surrounded by her family at her home in California, her publicist says.

Anita's daughter Jada - who inspired The Pointer Sisters' 1973 song Jada, died in 2003 from pancreatic cancer aged 37. Following Jada's death, Anita raised her ...

She gave birth to daughter Jada in 1966 - the same year she and David divorced. The Pointer Sisters began as a duo with Bonnie and June Pointer in the late 60s, but Anita soon joined. Their sister Ruth began singing with the group in 1972, making it a quartet.

The Pointer Sisters were known for their mix of funk, soul and R&B, releasing their debut album in 1973. In 1975, their song 'Fairytale', won a Grammy award for ...

However, the remaining sisters stayed together and found more success with a modern sound. She and her siblings found fame with massive hits in the 1970s and 1980s including 'Jump (For My Love)', 'Fire' and 'I'm So Excited'. Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters has died, aged 74

With her sisters, Anita Pointer had such hits as "Fire", "Jump (for My Love)" and "I'm So Excited"

‘It’s all about energy.’ Thank you for your energy and passion and the music that makes me and the world love you so much.” In the 1970s and 1980s the group had a string of hits beginning with their version of Bruce Springsteen’s “ [Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9S5EZgIJck)” that reached No. and the Pointer Sisters in 1985. [Katrina Leskanich, of Katrina and the Waves, tweeted](https://twitter.com/KatrinasWeb/status/1609537750683860993) on Sunday that she remembered Anita as “was “so kind and generous with her friendship and guidance to me,” when she was on tour with Wham! The group’s first major pop hit was, [“Yes We Can Can,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckSuf4sIrE) written by Allen Toussaint, “a funky unity anthem.” The Pointer Sisters’s fiddle-driven 1974 ballad, “ [Fairytale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWgKvvbT1g),” written by Bonnie and June, was a hit on the country charts and scored the group its first of three Grammys. [Bonnie](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bonnie-pointer-dead-pointer-sisters-obit-1011816/) started the original group in 1969.

(AP) – Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of 74.

Family hail singer as 'the one that kept all of us close and together for so long'

and the Pointer Sisters in 1985. [Katrina Leskanich, of Katrina and the Waves, recalled](https://twitter.com/KatrinasWeb/status/1609537750683860993) being on a tour with Wham! The Pointer Sisters group was initially two sisters, June and Bonnie, who performed as a duo in the late 1960s. Bonnie left in 1978 and the group almost disbanded. “Her love of our family will live on in each of us. She was surrounded by family at her Beverly Hills home in California when she died on New Year’s Eve, her publicist, Roger Neal, said.

Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74.

“We did a show the night she left, but after that we just stopped. Known for hit songs including I’m So Excited, Slow Hand, Neutron Dance and Jump (For My Love), the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long.”

She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters' Top 40 hits in the group's early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s.

[died](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/arts/music/june-pointer-singer-with-the-pointer-sisters-dies-at-52.html) in 2006, and Bonnie [died](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/arts/music/bonnie-pointer-dead.html) in 2020. “They’re not going to get a corset in their face.” In 1968, she saw Bonnie and June sing to a crowd in San Francisco. She attended a racially segregated school, was forced to sit in the balcony of the movie theater and once picked cotton for money. Anita sang lead on all three of the group’s Top 40 hits in its original incarnation, including the breakout hit, “Yes We Can Can,” from its debut album, “The Pointer Sisters” (1973). “This reminds me that everybody don’t love you and that you have to prove them wrong,” Ms. The group started with four Pointer Sisters — Anita, Ruth, Bonnie and June — and became a trio when Bonnie left to pursue a solo career in 1977. [“Too Many Times.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-PFlFl3WqQ) The two performed the song at an improbable venue for [Mr. She graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1965 and was hired as a legal secretary. The Pointer Sisters charted a new course when Bonnie left the group. The Pointer women performed wearing secondhand clothes that could have been worn to church in the 1940s — and they sometimes even sourced their wardrobe from their mother's church friends. In “Slow Hand,” a love song with a soft-focus

Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74.

“We did a show the night she left, but after that we just stopped. Known for hit songs including I’m So Excited, Slow Hand, Neutron Dance and Jump (For My Love), the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long.”

Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of The Pointer Sisters, died on New Year's Eve at the age of 74, her family has confirmed in a new statement.

Jada tragically died of cancer at 37 in 2003, with Anita subsequently raising her granddaughter Roxie McKain Pointer. In 1972, the eldest sister, Ruth, joined the group to complete the foursome as they signed a new deal with Blue Thumb Records. Her love of our family will live on in each of us.