Known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, the Pointer Sisters and many others, he was one of the most reliable hitmakers in the business.
Category: Pointer Sisters
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Beyond the Blockbusters, 7 Key Songs From 1984
The Pointer Sisters, Minutemen and more sounds from a landmark year in pop music.
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Beyond Beyoncé: Black Women of Country, Past and Present
Listen to songs from Rhiannon Giddens, Rissi Palmer, Linda Martell and more.
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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.
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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.