13 Facts About Anita Pointer

Anita Marie Pointer was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.

Anita Pointer co-wrote and was the lead singer on their hit song "Fairytale", which garnered them their first Grammy Award in 1975.

In 1969, Anita Pointer quit her job as a secretary to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June to form the Anita Pointer Sisters.

In 1974, Anita Pointer's writing talents helped the group make music history when "Fairytale" became a hit on the country music charts and enabled the Anita Pointer Sisters to become the first black female group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

Anita Pointer sang backup on other hits, with June leading "Jump ", which won the 1985 Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and "Automatic" featuring Ruth as lead and winning the Grammy for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices, in 1985.

In 1986, Anita Pointer found chart success with country superstar Earl Thomas Conley on the song "Too Many Times", which reached No 2 on the country chart.

In December 1965, at age 17, Anita Pointer married David Harper.

Anita Pointer was briefly in a relationship with Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson.

Anita Pointer's daughter inspired one of the Pointer Sisters' most popular songs, "Jada", written by the group and released on their debut album in 1973.

Anita Pointer's older brother, Aaron Anita Pointer, was a Major League Baseball player and later a referee in the National Football League.

Anita Pointer's cousin Paul Silas was a National Basketball Association player and head coach.

In October 2021, Anita Pointer was supposed to be a contestant on season 6 of The Masked Singer, as part of a duet with her sister Ruth, who revealed that Anita Pointer had not performed because she was dealing with an illness.

Anita Pointer died from cancer at her home in Beverly Hills, California, on December 31,2022, aged 74.