DIE US-AMERIKANISCHE POP-, DISCO- UND SOULSÄNGERIN ANITA POINTER (THE POINTER SISTERS) IST GESTORBEN

Die am 23. Januar 1948 in Oakland (Kalifornien) geborene US-amerikanische Sängerin Anita Pointer (Bild) ist am 31. Dezember 2022 in Los Angeles gestorben. Sie war eine der vier Schwestern in der US-amerikanischen Pop- und Soulgruppe The Pointer Sisters, die in den 1980er-Jahren ihre grössten (auch internationalen) Erfolge feiern konnte. Zu ihren bekanntesten Hits zählen «Fire» (1978), «He’s So Shy» (1980), «Slow Hand» (1981), «Automatic», «Jump (For My Love)» und «I’m So Excited» (1984). Die Band verkaufte in ihrer Karriere mehr als 40 Millionen Tonträger. (*)

Bild: Anita Pointer, 1974 – Foto: Nationaal Archief – Public domain – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anita_Pointer_1974.jpg 

Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74  

The four Pointer Sisters began singing together more than 50 years ago in their hometown church in Oakland, California, where their father ministered. Bonnie Pointer and her youngest sister, June, made their professional singing debut as a duo in 1969. They later recruited older sisters Anita and Ruth to join them, before releasing their first album together in 1973.

The group won their first Grammy Award for their crossover hit, «Fairytale,» in 1974.

Tina Burnside and Nouran Salahieh

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/01/entertainment/anita-pointer-obit/index.html

Anita Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters, Dead at 74

The group had a string of big hits including «I’m So Excited,» «Jump (for My Love)» and «Fire»

Lisa Tozzi

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

«She was the one that kept all of us close and together for so long,» her family said in a statement.

The group’s 1973 self-titled debut album included the breakout hit, «Yes We Can Can.» Known for hit songs including «I’m So Excited,» «Slow Hand,» «Neutron Dance» and «Jump (For My Love),» the singers gained a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

The 1983 album, Break Out, went triple platinum and garnered two American Music Awards. The group won three Grammy Awards and had 13 U.S. top 20 hit songs between 1973 and 1985.

AP

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/anita-pointer-dead-the-pointer-sisters-singer-dies-obituary-1235192837/

As they abandoned the nostalgic look they’d started with, the sisters had their first and only No. 1 R&B chart hit in 1975 with «How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side).» It would still be a few more years before they cracked the top 10 of the Hot 100, but once they did, the floodgates opened.

Chris Willman

https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/anita-pointer-dead-pointer-sisters-singer-1235476979/

US-Sängerin Anita Pointer gestorben

Mit ihren Schwestern als Soul-Disco-Gruppe The Pointer Sisters prägte Anita Pointer die Musikgeschichte. Nun ist die Sängerin im Alter von 74 Jahren gestorben.

https://www.zeit.de/kultur/musik/2023-01/usa-anita-pointer-sisters-tot

Audios / Videos:

The Pointer Sisters – Yes We Can Can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckSuf4sIrE

[HQ] The Pointer Sisters ♪ Fairytale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQWgKvvbT1g

Pointer Sisters – Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9S5EZgIJck

The Pointer Sisters – I’m So Excited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iwBM_YB1sE 

The Pointer Sisters – Jump (For My Love)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTVyCp7xrw

Mehr:

https://thepointersisters.com/index.html

https://www.discogs.com/artist/267261-Anita-Pointer

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688459/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters

(*) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pointer

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pointer 

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https://www.ch-cultura.ch/musik-und-tanz/die-usamerikanische-soul-und-discosaengerin-bonnie-pointer-ist-gestorben 

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Bild: The Pointer Sisters mit (v.l.n.r.) Bonnie Pointer, Anita Pointer und June Pointer, 1974 (Ausschnitt) – Foto: Rob Mieremet / Anefo, http://proxy.handle.net/10648/ac565022-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 – Public domain – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pointer_Sisters_aangekomen_op_Schiphol_voor_optreden_in_Nederland