- Anita Pointer
Infobox musical artist
Name = Anita Pointer
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Anita Marie Pointer
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Born = Birth date and age|1948|1|23Oakland, California ,United States
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Origin =Oakland, California ,United States
Instrument =Vocals
Genre =R&B , soul, pop, dance, rock, Jazz, country
Occupation =Singer ,Songwriter
Years_active =1969 - present
Label = AtlanticBlue Thumb
ABC
Planet
RCA
Motown
SBK
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URL = [http://www.thepointersistersfans.com/anita.html]Notable_instruments =
Anita Pointer (born
January 23 1948 , inOakland, California ) is an American R&B/soulsinger-songwriter and a member ofThe Pointer Sisters .After marrying at age 17 with a child called Jada, Anita quit a job as a
secretary to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June to form the Pointer Sisters in1969 . After two failed singles between1971 and1972 forAtlantic Records , the trio convinced eldest sister Ruth to join the group in 1972. The sisters found fame with the Anita-led "Yes We Can Can " in 1973. It was Anita's co-writing duties for their1974 hit, "Fairytale", that helped the group make music history when the song hit the country charts, winning the group its firstGrammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group and Anita and Bonnie a Grammy nod for the best country song of the year in1975 .After Bonnie left the Pointer Sisters in
1977 , Ruth, Anita and June rose to higher levels of success with singles like1978 's rock-infused "Fire",1980 's New Wave-ish/dance single, "He's So Shy ",1981 's "Slow Hand " and1982 's "I'm So Excited ".After the trio's "Break Out" reached multi-platinum status and won the group two Grammy Awards, Anita ventured into a part-time solo career. She found chart success in
1986 withEarl Thomas Conley on the song, "Too Many Times", which reached #2 on the country singles chart. In1987 , she released her first official soloalbum "Love For What It Is". The album's first single, "Overnight Success", reached #41 on the R&B singles chart.Anita still performs with the Pointer Sisters. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in
1993 .In 2003 Anita's only child Jada, who was the subject of a song written by the Pointer Sisters called Jada in 1975, died of cancer.
External links
*Pointer Sisters fan page on Bebo: http://www.bebo.com/thepointersisters
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