Anita Pointer: Grammy-Winning Pointer Sister Member died

Anita Pointer passed away on December 31 at her Beverly Hills home. She was a charter member of the Pointer Sisters, a multi-genre musical band. It was a 74-year-old woman.

Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters member Anita Pointer passes away at age 74.

Her spokesman, Roger Neal, claimed that cancer was to blame.

By fusing a sensual computerized motif with brassy R&B, The Pointer Sisters contributed to the creation of the music of the early 1980s. Furthermore, The trio demonstrated their breadth in records like its original “I’m So Exciting” as well as the Bruce Springsteen version “Fire,” which they base in part on the 1940s Andrews Sisters singing performance.

They earned their first Grammy Nomination for “Fairytale,” written by Anita & Bonnie Pointer, in the category of greatest country singing style by a duet or group, in their early years of singing.

Similarly, Based on a profile on the group’s website, the country song gave the Pointer Sisters the legitimacy they needed to appear at the Grand Ole Opry as the inaugural Black female group. Fairytale was cover by Elvis Presley for one of his last albums, “Today.”

Anita sang lead on their first hit, “Yes We Can,” by Allen Toussaint, which was in 1973.

Well before sister act rose to fame in the late 1970s, Bonnie quit the group to pursue a solo career. The group’s other two Grammys, for best vocal combination for “Automatic” and biggest pop performance for “Jump (For My Love),” came from the 1983 album “Break Out.”

Moreover, Ruth Pointer, the only surviving member of the original Pointer Sisters, a group of four sisters, has passed away. The 23rd of January 1948 saw the birth of Anita Marie Pointer in Oakland, California. The sisters started singing in the choir at the cathedral where their father served as a pastor.

After leaving her position as a legal office secretary, Anita started her singing career in the late 1960s. In 2015, she stopped touring.

She gathered art and collectibles by and about African Americans. Her publicist claims that she amasse such a large collection that the Pointer Sisters’ “Ever After” show was giving the whole upper floors of the Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles. Furthermore, Ruth, Anita, and Bonnie’s final photograph was taking during the exhibition before Bonnie passing away in 2020. May Pointer passed away in 2006.

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