Pointer Sisters

Beyond Beyoncé: Black Women of Country, Past and Present

Listen to songs from Rhiannon Giddens, Rissi Palmer, Linda Martell and more.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Black People Charles, Ray Country Music Jackson, Millie Knowles, Beyonce Martell, Linda Pointer Sisters Richie, Lionel Rucker, Darius Turner, Tina

Black Pop Artists Have Long Gone Country. Here’s a Brief History.

When Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” arrives next week, it’ll join a lineage of albums by stars including Ray Charles, the Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner and more.

By Hank Shteamer

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Anita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies at 74

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.

By Alex Traub

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