12 Facts About Bonnie Pointer

Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer was an American singer, best known for having been a member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.

Anita and Bonnie Pointer wrote the group's crossover country hit, "Fairytale", in 1974, which became a Top 20 US pop hit and won the group their first Grammy for Best Vocal by a Duo or Group, Country.

Anita and Bonnie Pointer were nominated for Best Country Song at the same ceremony.

In 1977, Bonnie Pointer left the group to begin a solo career.

The remaining sisters continued performing as a trio, The Bonnie Pointer Sisters, scoring hits from the late-1970s to the mid-1980s and had a major breakthrough with their 1983 album Break Out.

In 1978, Bonnie Pointer signed with Motown Records and the same year, the label released "Heaven Must Have Sent You", which reached No 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Bonnie Pointer had a moderately successful solo career, though it never reached the heights of the Pointer Sisters, the group she left for a solo career.

Bonnie Pointer released three solo albums, two self-titled albums for Motown and one album on Private I Records, before retiring from the studio.

Bonnie Pointer appeared on Soul Train on March 2,1985.

Bonnie Pointer still continued to perform, and reunited with her sisters on two occasions: when the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994, and during a Las Vegas performance in 1996 singing "Jump ".

Bonnie Pointer performed at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City on Saturday, October 25,2008.

Bonnie Pointer starred in Monte Hellman's 2010 romantic thriller Road to Nowhere.