The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B recording act that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, they sing in a diverse musical genres such as pop, disco, jazz, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock.
The group had its early origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969. The line-up grew to a trio when sister Anita Pointer joined them. They signed with Atlantic Records and released several unsuccessful singles. The trio grew to a quartet when sister Ruth joined in December 1972. The group achieved its greatest commercial success as a trio during the 1980s consisting of the line-up of June, Ruth, and Anita. Bonnie had left the group in 1978 to commence a solo career with only modest success.
The group has been on the Billboard's top forty singles chart with twenty-seven singles registered altogether on the Billboard Hot 100. Seven of those singles reached the top ten singles chart on the Hot 100 and five of those hit the top five.
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