The Pointer Sisters

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1999

First Recording: 1973

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

The Pointer Sisters
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Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
The Pointer Sisters (1973)
Steppin' (1975)
Energy (1978)
Special Things (1980)
Black & White (1981)
Break Out (1983)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Fire (1978)
He's So Shy (1980)
Slow Hand (1981)
I'm So Excited (1982)
Jump (For My Love) (1983)
Automatic (1983)
Neutron Dance (1983)

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The Pointer Sisters

01. Bonnie Pointer (1969–1978)
02. June Pointer (1969–2006)
03. Anita Pointer (1969–present)
04. Ruth Pointer (1972–present)

Posted by Roy on Wednesday, 03/27/2013 @ 19:28pm


Love them.

Posted by Benny on Friday, 04/5/2013 @ 21:19pm


Yupper.

Posted by Crayzay on Saturday, 04/13/2013 @ 12:42pm


I saw the Pointer Sisters last night and I must say, there were AMAZING! Extremely talented and the energy of their songs was EXCITING! They are definitely an act that is worthy of Rock Hall induction. Ruth and Anita have carried the torch well for the Sisters.

Posted by Kirk Harrington on Tuesday, 05/14/2013 @ 08:46am




I saw the Pointer Sisters last night and I must say, there were AMAZING! Extremely talented and the energy of their songs was EXCITING! They are definitely an act that is worthy of Rock Hall induction. Ruth and Anita have carried the torch well for the Sisters.

Posted by Kirk Harrington.

What about Bonnie ?

Posted by Bill G. on Wednesday, 07/3/2013 @ 09:55am


Yes! Most definitely The Pointer Sisters deserve to be in the RRHOF! If they are not inducted, then its the HOFs loss. These ladies can make a song just explode and then it takes one more leap right to your innards - yes I said innards! They sure made me do a double take when I heard them and I said to myself, they deserve to be in the RRHOF.

Posted by Ali on Sunday, 09/29/2013 @ 05:46am


Just pure sweet talent Yes

Posted by Happy on Friday, 11/8/2013 @ 02:43am


The Pointer Sisters are still ANOTHER reason why the RRHOF's ban on Black R&B acts is...just STUPID!!!

Posted by Bill G on Tuesday, 01/7/2014 @ 01:30am


Amen to above comment. The RRHOF nominating committee once had a baloney sandwich who thought highly of himself, and he had very little regard for The Pointer Sisters. I will not name him. He was foolish and said foolish things. Last I heard he was seen exiting a RRHOF banquet with a sandwich in hand as he left. Now it remains for someone to open up the PS dossier and re-exam the contents. That these fabulous ladies have yet to even get "consideration" is mind-boggling to me. Cleveland is needing their excitement, get a space for them.

Posted by Telarock on Tuesday, 07/8/2014 @ 18:58pm


Yes Dey Can Can.

Posted by bubba on Monday, 07/28/2014 @ 16:28pm


Bonnie would of course be on board if Pointer Sisters ever get in. She maybe dropped out before they went platinum in the 80s but she was a big impetus in the formative years leading up.

Posted by Worm on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 20:26pm


I hereby appoint the Pointer Sisters to the RRHoF. No lie, those sisters kicked serious ass!

Posted by Worm on Sunday, 09/7/2014 @ 13:04pm


I met Ruth Pointer at Cleveland Hopkins airport where I work and asked if she could volunteer to go the next day for a travel certificate. I asked her if she stayed overnight to get to Boston that i could take her to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. I was joking with her and she was serious,she said "I will not step foor in there until we are nominated" I could not believe she was not already with her sisters in there. Donna Summer is in there and there and they should be too!!!

Posted by sue mazzone on Monday, 10/6/2014 @ 16:23pm


The Pointeer Sisters were some very hot sistas and they kicked big ass. Why the hell they not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Shame? It's a crime. Put them on the ballot now or Cleveland you aint nothin but ass!

Posted by Dippy on Saturday, 01/10/2015 @ 15:57pm


Should have been inducted YEARS ago .

Posted by Bill G. on Thursday, 08/13/2015 @ 03:25am


I just finished listening to the Pointer Sisters' Blue Note albums. Based on those recordings alone, the Pointers should have been inducted long ago. That they had major pop and R&B success in the late 70's through the 80's is just icing on the cake.

Posted by Paul on Friday, 08/21/2015 @ 14:14pm


Total Agreement ,Paul !!!

Totally shocking that JUNE, RUTH,BONNIE, AND ANITA have never even been NOMINATED !!! They were a multi-talented group of sisters that did EVERYTHING well :Pop, R&B, Country, 40's Big Band...you name it !!! and they had a string of hits that were the envy of the industry...and are still well remembered today !!!

The ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME has REALLY BEEN DROPPING THE BALL on inducting deserving R&B acts in recent years...
No offense to Bill Withers...but for him to be inducted BEFORE :

LOU RAWLS ?
THE POINTER SISTERS?
DIONNE WARWICK ?
MARY WELLS ?
THE SPINNERS ?
THE MARVELETTES?
BEN E. KING?
JERRY BUTLER ?
JOHNNIE TAYLOR ?
JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS ?

Sorry. I just don't SEE it.

Posted by Bill G. on Friday, 08/21/2015 @ 14:47pm


Now lissen up people! The Pointer Sisters in the decade of the 80's alone had some 18 songs hit in the Billboard Hot 100. I submit for you:
1980 He's So Shy
1981 Slow Hand
1981 Could I Be Dreaming
1982 Should I Do It
1982 American Music
1983 If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady
1983 I Need You
1984 Jump (For My Love)
1984 I'm So Excited
1984 Automatic
1985 Neutron Dance
1985 Freedom
1985 Dare Me
1985 Baby Come and Get It
1986 Twist My Arm
1986 Goldmine
1987 All I Know Is the Way I Feel
1987 Be There (Beverly Hills Cop II)

Now that's just the 80s. In the 70s they recorded Yes We Can Can, Wang Dang Doodle, Fire, etc. They also wrote and recorded Fairytale, a song Elvis called the "story of my life" and often sang in his concert performances. The P.S. got 3 Grammy awards and many more Grammy nominations. So much for the "Fame" part of Hall of Fame. They continued to record successfully well into the 90s.

So why no "consideration" as of yet for the RRHoF? These ladies been left out in the cold for far too long now.

Posted by Telarock on Thursday, 02/18/2016 @ 15:12pm


Why are the Pointer Sisters not in yet???

Posted by dick on Thursday, 10/20/2016 @ 13:34pm


****The POINTER SISTERS****

The Pointer Sisters are still ANOTHER reason why the RRHOF's undeclared ban on Black R&B acts is...just STUPID!!!

Totally shocking that JUNE, RUTH,BONNIE, AND ANITA have never even been NOMINATED !!! They were a multi-talented group of sisters that did EVERYTHING well :Pop, R&B, Country, 40's Big Band...you name it !!! and they had a string of hits that were the envy of the industry...and are still well remembered today !!!
*They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
* They are multiple Grammy Award winners.
* They were the FIRST R&B group (ever) to play the Grand Ol' Opry.
* Their songs have been used in movies and T.V. commercials
* They wrote much of their own material.
They have won 3 American Music Awards
*They have had no less than 8 U.S. Certified Gold Albums, two of which went Platinum and one Multi-Platinum
They have had 3 of their albums go Platinum in Canada, one of which went 4 times Platinum.
Thet have had some 41 Pop and R&B charting singles...including 13 Top 20 singles and 7 Top 10's.
*They have recorded hits on the Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, and R&B/Soul Charts...
* They had charted hits in the United States, Canada, the U.K.,Australia,The Netherlands,Belgium,Austria,Germany,Ireland,Sweden, and New Zealand....
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME?? Not even a NOMINATION ?
Careful, RRHOF.... your Racism and Rockism is beginning to show..

Posted by Bill G on Thursday, 12/1/2016 @ 17:35pm




****The POINTER SISTERS****

The Pointer Sisters are still ANOTHER reason why the RRHOF's undeclared ban on Black R&B acts is...just STUPID!!!

Totally shocking that JUNE, RUTH,BONNIE, AND ANITA have never even been NOMINATED !!! They were a multi-talented group of sisters that did EVERYTHING well :Pop, R&B, Country, 40's Big Band...you name it !!! and they had a string of hits that were the envy of the industry...and are still well remembered today !!!
*They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
* They are multiple Grammy Award winners.
* They were the FIRST R&B group (ever) to play the Grand Ol' Opry.
* Their songs have been used in movies and T.V. commercials
* They wrote much of their own material.
They have won 3 American Music Awards
*They have had no less than 8 U.S. Certified Gold Albums, two of which went Platinum and one Multi-Platinum
They have had 3 of their albums go Platinum in Canada, one of which went 4 times Platinum.
Thet have had some 41 Pop and R&B charting singles...including 13 Top 20 singles and 7 Top 10's.
*They have recorded hits on the Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, and R&B/Soul Charts...
* They had charted hits in the United States, Canada, the U.K.,Australia,The Netherlands,Belgium,Austria,Germany,Ireland,Sweden, and New Zealand....
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME?? Not even a NOMINATION ?
Careful, RRHOF.... your Racism and Rockism is beginning to show..


Posted by Bill G on Wednesday, 04/19/2017 @ 18:08pm


What stuns me most about the Pointers' omission is that they have a connection to the Boss. It's not a guarantee of course (see also Gary U.S. Bonds, whose career revival is closely tied to Springsteen), but usually those closely affiliated at one time or another to Bruce Springsteen get brought up in the conversation at some point, mainly because you've got both Jon Landau and Little Steven on the Nominating Committee. Between their version of "Fire", and the VERY E Street Band-like arrangements on "Should I Do It" and "American Music," you'd think they'd have been mentioned by now. Hopefully Little Steven will take a break from his crusade for Procol Harum and think of these ladies this late-summer/early autumn.

Posted by Philip on Thursday, 04/20/2017 @ 20:12pm


Some merit to comment by Philip above. "Fire" was a song Springsteen wrote originally for Elvis (The Boss and The King), but Elvis died bfor ever recording it. The song fell to the P.S. sung by Anita and bcame a huge hit for them, I think it was their 1st ever Gold single. It was a song much more suited to a female singer bcus of the lyrics.

Also "Fairytale" was a song written by the P.S. and which got them a Grammy award. Elvis loved that song, called it "the story of my life." Elvis recorded Fairytale and sang it pretty regularly in his concerts. Check it out, Elvis version below.

https://youtu.be/yswfyPEBtFM

Posted by Telarock on Monday, 06/19/2017 @ 18:26pm


Say Yes We Can Can to these fine sisters.

Posted by Dick on Monday, 08/28/2017 @ 23:22pm


Pointer Sisters are 2nd only to Supremes among girl groups they had 7 albums make it to Billboard Top 40. Supremes actually had 19. Wow! TLC and Destiny's Child both had 6.

http://celebmix.com/girl-groups-billboard-top-40-albums/

Posted by pointman on Thursday, 08/31/2017 @ 12:22pm


****The POINTER SISTERS****

The Pointer Sisters are still ANOTHER reason why the RRHOF's undeclared ban on Black R&B acts is...just STUPID!!!

Totally shocking that JUNE, RUTH,BONNIE, AND ANITA have never even been NOMINATED !!! They were a multi-talented group of sisters that did EVERYTHING well :Pop, R&B, Country, 40's Big Band...you name it !!! and they had a string of hits that were the envy of the industry...and are still well remembered today !!!
*They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.
* They are multiple Grammy Award winners.
* They were the FIRST R&B group (ever) to play the Grand Ol' Opry.
* Their songs have been used in movies and T.V. commercials
* They wrote much of their own material.
They have won 3 American Music Awards
*They have had no less than 8 U.S. Certified Gold Albums, two of which went Platinum and one Multi-Platinum
They have had 3 of their albums go Platinum in Canada, one of which went 4 times Platinum.
Thet have had some 41 Pop and R&B charting singles...including 13 Top 20 singles and 7 Top 10's.
*They have recorded hits on the Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, and R&B/Soul Charts...
* They had charted hits in the United States, Canada, the U.K.,Australia,The Netherlands,Belgium,Austria,Germany,Ireland,Sweden, and New Zealand....
BUT THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE ROCK and ROLL HALL of FAME?? Not even a NOMINATION ?
Careful, RRHOF.... your Racism and Rockism is beginning to show..

Posted by Bill G. on Friday, 11/3/2017 @ 16:48pm


Bill G. you made good points about the Pointer Sisters' Hall of Fame credentials. R&B is certainly overlooked by the voters. Of course, I mean 70s and 80s R&B. The Spinners, the Stylistics, Kool and the Gang, and the Commodores are also worthy of induction. While a fair number of rhythm and blues greats from the 50s and 60s have been honored, later performers have been mostly ignored. I do believe that the Spinners will make it soon. Unfortunately I 'm not sure if many others will. Many in the Hall seem to want to induct Chaka Khan, so maybe Miss Khan and Rufus won't have to wait much longer.

Posted by Mark Tesla on Saturday, 11/4/2017 @ 15:19pm


Last week, I published the latest blog in my 'Rock Hall Contenders' series and it focused on The Pointer Sisters. Below is the link to it.

https://audiovisualrepository.squarespace.com/blog/rockhallcontenderspointersisters

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 23:46pm


Hopefully I did Bill G. proud :)

Posted by Nick on Tuesday, 10/8/2019 @ 23:50pm


@ Nick

Sent ya an e-mail, Nick! I've seem to have a bit of technical trouble contacting on your site and went with my Yahoo Mail account instead.

Posted by The Dude on Wednesday, 10/9/2019 @ 11:26am


To Nick, nice blog post. These ladies are long overdue for nomination.

Posted by Ivan on Thursday, 11/7/2019 @ 18:28pm


Rest in Peace Bonnie Pointer, 1950-2020.

Posted by Joe on Monday, 06/8/2020 @ 19:52pm



Going up to Bonnie Pointer, Rest in Peace.
Here is an early song of P.S. with Bonnie on lead vocal.
Send Him Back
https://youtu.be/VxqhoIaXK3o
It's still gets play on the Northern Soul circuit.

Posted by Telarock on Tuesday, 06/16/2020 @ 21:32pm


Loved these comments. Just good to see so much love for the group. Perhaps their time is coming soon.

Posted by Ms. Ty on Thursday, 07/9/2020 @ 03:00am


The Pointer Sisters should be in the Rock and Hall of fame. Never have I heard such chemistry rhythm and vocal power as these three sisters. Put these queens on their throne.

Posted by Muhammad L on Monday, 07/13/2020 @ 11:32am


Where are The Pointer Sisters? This is ridiculous! Rock Hall get the Sisters on the ballot, you incredible stoops!

Posted by Ivan on Saturday, 01/15/2022 @ 08:14am


Where are The Pointer Sisters? This is ridiculous! Rock Hall get the Sisters on the ballot, you incredible stoops!

Posted by Ivan on Saturday, 01/15/2022 @ 08:40am


STUDIO ALBUMS

The Pointer Sisters

01. 1973 - The Pointer Sisters
02. 1974 - That's A Plenty
03. 1975 - Steppin'
04. 1977 - Having A Party
05. 1978 - Energy
06. 1979 - Priority
07. 1980 - Special Things
08. 1981 - Black & White
09. 1982 - So Excited!
10. 1983 - Break Out
11. 1985 - Contact
12. 1986 - Hot Together
13. 1988 - Serious Slammin'
14. 1990 - Right Rhythm
15. 1993 - Only Sisters Can Do That

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 05/26/2022 @ 13:06pm


Tweet to the Pointer Sisters, Ruth Pointer, Anita Pointer

Only Sisters Can Do That is the only Pointer Sisters album that is not available to purchase on iTunes. Is there any way you can get SBK Records / Universal Music Group / Capitol Music Group / EMI to put it on iTunes?

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 05/26/2022 @ 17:33pm


My god first the Jeremiah Green news now this (both broke within an hour of each other). RIP to another true legend, Anita Pointer

https://consequence.net/2023/01/anita-pointer-pointer-sisters-dead/

Posted by Mat R on Sunday, 01/1/2023 @ 00:35am


Rest in Peace Anita Pointer, 1948-2022.

Posted by Joe S. on Sunday, 01/1/2023 @ 04:21am


RIP Anita Pointer

Only Ruth remains!

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 01/1/2023 @ 15:52pm


RIP Anita Pointer

Posted by J.W. on Monday, 01/2/2023 @ 02:32am


The Pointer Sisters - The Les Brown Show 1993 (full episode)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4cY-n0MXEw

Pointer Sisters - Don't Walk Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arRdwlosQLs

The Pointer Sisters - Don't Walk Away LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmarjS04rvg

Posted by Roy on Monday, 01/2/2023 @ 18:44pm


Ruth Pointer - born in 1946 - 77 years old in March
Anita Pointer - born in 1948 - died in 2022 - 74 years old
Bonnie Pointer - born in 1950 - died in 2020 - almost 70 years old
June Pointer - born in 1953 - died in 2006 - almost 53 years old

The Bee Gees and the Pointer Sisters - the oldest child lives the longest - Barry Gibb and Ruth Pointer - the only ones that remain - Why?

Posted by Roy on Monday, 01/9/2023 @ 00:06am


Only Sisters Can Do That from 1993 is now on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube

https://open.spotify.com/album/1ztVguP2V4PzMNCXYK0eJy

Posted by Roy on Monday, 10/9/2023 @ 06:44am


At least should be discussed.

On the same level with the Spinners.

Posted by power on Friday, 12/22/2023 @ 07:21am


The Pointer Sisters should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame already (Feb. 2024)

Posted by John on Sunday, 02/11/2024 @ 02:17am


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