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Sisters June and Bonnie started the original group in 1969. By 1973, the group had expanded to include their two sisters, Anita and Ruth. The group’s first major pop hit was, “Yes We Can Can,” written by Allen Toussaint, “a funky unity anthem.” The Pointer Sisters’s fiddle-driven 1974 ballad, “Fairytale,” written by Bonnie and June, was a hit on the country charts and scored the group its first of three Grammys. In the 1970s and 1980s the group had a string of hits beginning with their version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire” that reached No. 2 on the U.S. pop charts in 1978. 

Other big successes included “He’s So Shy” and “Slow Hand,” “I’m So Excited,” “Neutron Dance” and “Jump (For My Love).”

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/anita-pointer-sisters-dead-obituary-1234654976/amp/

 

Of all the recent losses, this one hits the hardest for me! The Pointer Sisters were my favorite group of all time, and they made the best dance music of the early 80s in my opinion. Jump For My Love (12” Version) is one of my three favorite non-Madonna songs ever. RIP Anita!

RIP, legend! 

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Oop, remember our chat from some weeks ago?

oh no  didn’t her sister say that she couldn’t perform on masked singer because she was sick? ugh RIP queen

8 minutes ago, Bussea said:

oh no  didn’t her sister say that she couldn’t perform on masked singer because she was sick? ugh RIP queen

i had forgotten about that. my favorite by them was sort of ballad though was one of their biggest hits.

 

https://www.goldderby.com/article/2021/ruth-pointer-the-masked-singer-cupcake-unmasked-interview/

 

 

 

On no! I love The Pointer Sisters. In fact, I got their "Break Out" album a few months ago. Such a good album.

RIP icon

I'm So Excited and Jump are such classics. RIP legend.

RIP.  She was amazing & Break Out is a classic album.  Let me stream it in her honor.

RIP LEGEND 

RIP to a Pop icon. So grateful for all the godly bops.

 

One of the biggest French daytime TV show has been playing Jump (For My Love) everyday for years and they just talked about her death on the evening news. Global things.

So many truly important / influential people leaving us recently … rip

RIP. 

RIP, a Legend. I am honestly sad at this death. She was part of my childhood.

RIP to a legend! 

RIP 

Streaming Jump for my love back to my playlist out of respect