The Pointer Sisters

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The Pointer Sisters is an american vocal group originally of four sisters out of the West Oakland Church of God where their father was a preacher. Under management & production of David Rubinson & later Richard Perry, the sisters became a hugely successful act throughout the 70s & 80s, creating a decades long career. Amongst the many hit tracks included “

Jump (for My Love)”, “

He’s So Shy”, “

Happiness”, “

Fairytale” and “

Neutron Dance”. They had many record labels starting with their first failed single on Atlantic on through to long periods with Blue Thumb, Planet, rca, and later Motown and even SBK.

Bonnie Pointer and June Pointer first formed a secular singing duo in the late 60’s and began performing in clubs around the San Francisco Bay area; Anita Pointer and Ruth Pointer later joined them. The Pointer Sisters hooked up with David Rubinson who was a record producer affiliated with Bill Graham. They would perform onstage with the flamboyant Sylvester of The Cockettes, and they’d done some work as background singers on recordings by Elvin Bishop, Boz Scaggs, Cold Blood and other San Francisco Bay Area groups.

Their big breakthrough was a cover of an Allen Toussaint composition originally recorded in 1970 by Lee Dorsey, the song was “

Yes We Can Can” released by The Pointer Sister’s in March 1973. The girls voices were added over funky backing tracks laid down with the help of Rubinson’s contacts like Tower of Power guitarist Willie Fulton.

1	I'm So Excited	1,324
2	Jump (for My Love) full track	708
3	Automatic full track	432
4	Fire full track	258
5	Slow Hand full track	221
5	Neutron Dance full track	221
7	Happiness full track	166
8	He's So Shy full track	134
9	Dare Me full track	94
10	Yes We Can Can full track	78
11	Don't It Drive You Crazy full track	65
12	Jump	55
13	send him back (pilooski edit)	51
14	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town full track	47
15	Im So Excited	40

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uphenvaleLardin wrote:
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darewon wrote:
last month

Don't It Drive You Crazy?

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tangueramonica wrote:
last month

Automatic toe tapping, hip swing dance music. Get up and dance-it's automatic!

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parkourkid1337 wrote:
July 2008

Where's the love for "Pinball Number Count"? Ah, alright, StrayFire12! 1, 2 , 3, FOUR, FIVE, 6, 7, 8, NINE, TEN, eleven, tweeeelve...

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snoop1974 wrote:
July 2008

We need re-issues with bonus tracks for every album from Energy onwards...we have 'Special Things' - anyone know if there are any plans for more releases?

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Tezza_Larks wrote:
June 2008

so which one is it that sounds male? i thought automatic was sang by a man D:

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StrayFire12 wrote:
June 2008

TWEEEELVE!

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sutashi wrote:
June 2008

the "Jump" scene in Love Actually.... its a classic

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voitaco wrote:
May 2008

This is THE MUSIC !!!!!

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starbot wrote:
April 2008

AAAUUUUUUTTTTOOOOOOOOMMAAAATTTIIICC!!!!

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El-kabong wrote:
April 2008

: )

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papaparanoia wrote:
April 2008

It's totally automatic!

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objeseni_sadam wrote:
April 2008

Automatic from 'Vice City' :x

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Tabletter wrote:
April 2008

No way to control it!

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Frogalezito wrote:
March 2008

Amo a estas señoronas!! La música ochentera es fabulosa!

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jclos wrote:
March 2008

adoro músicas anos 70/80

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amylou1408 wrote:
March 2008

bloody love them :D <3

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idiotsdream wrote:
February 2008

God bless the Crunchie ads.

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lollllllzzzz wrote:
January 2008

ААА)))))))))))) круто!!!))) долго я ломал голову в каком же фильме слышал... вспомнил!Горячие Головы 2, самое начала фильма)))

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Philaenas wrote:
January 2008

Go Pointer Sisters!

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