24 Facts About Pointer Sisters

The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994.

Group had its origins when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer began performing in clubs in 1969 as "Pointers, a Pair".

Pointer Sisters graduated from Oakland Technical High School: Ruth in 1963, Anita in 1965, and Bonnie in 1968.

Pointer Sisters' second album, the 1974 release That's a Plenty, continued in the jazz and be-bop style of its predecessor but provided one exception that caused a great deal of interest: "Fairytale", written by Anita and Bonnie Pointer, was a country song that reached No 13 on the pop charts, and No 37 on the country chart.

In 1975, the Pointer Sisters won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, with Anita and Bonnie Pointer receiving nominations for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song as songwriters of "Fairytale".

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Pointer Sisters subsequently signed a contract with Motown and this led to a brief, moderately successful, solo career.

Pointer Sisters's first self-titled album produced the disco song "Heaven Must Have Sent You".

In 1987, the Pointer Sisters starred in an NBC primetime special titled "Out All Night, " which opened with footage of them performing "Jump" at one of their concerts, and which then followed the trio as they socialized and performed around the L A night scene.

Pointer Sisters eventually left RCA Records to record for Motown and then SBK, releasing several group albums and individual solo albums along the way, but these projects did not achieve the level of success of their earlier work.

Also in 1994, the Pointer Sisters were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and began touring with a production of the Fats Waller-based musical Ain't Misbehavin'.

In 1995 Pointer Sisters recorded "Feel for the Physical" as a duet with Thomas Anders for his album Souled.

Pointer Sisters recorded their first album with Issa Pointer rather than June Pointer in April 2004 with The Pointer Sisters - Live in Billings recorded at the Alberta Bair Theatre in Billings, Montana.

Pointer Sisters have maintained a high international profile as performers: in 2002 they participated at the annual Night of the Proms, a successful series of concerts combining pop and classical music, taking place in the Benelux, France and Germany: the Pointer Sisters received the highest audience ratings of all participating Night of the Proms acts in 2002.

On June 7,2006, Anita Pointer Sisters guest-starred on Celebrity Duets singing with Olympic gymnast Carly Patterson on "I'm So Excited": on the following night's results show the duo's encore was "Jump ".

On November 4,2009, The Pointer Sisters played "I'm So Excited" and "Neutron Dance" on CBS morning show The Early Show with Ruth's granddaughter, Sadako Johnson.

In November 2011, the Pointer Sisters toured Australia and played one gig in New Zealand with a lineup consisting of Ruth Pointer, Sadako Johnson and Issa Pointer; the last-named was a last-minute and presumably temporary replacement for Anita Pointer, who did not feel up to travel due to an unnamed health concern.

At the July 6,2012 Essence Fest show in New Orleans, Anita Pointer Sisters had rejoined the group, the lineup for that concert being Ruth and Anita Pointer Sisters and Sadako Johnson.

Pointer Sisters were scheduled to play six Australian dates in May and June 2016 with the lineup of Ruth Pointer, Issa Pointer and Sadako Johnson.

We're so glad [the Pointer Sisters' songs are] still relevant and people still want to hear them being sung and we love singing them.

Pointer Sisters were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005.

Pointer Sisters filed for divorce from Motown Records producer, Jeffrey Bowen, on July 1,2014.

Pointer Sisters contributed to the Children's Television Workshop educational television series, Sesame Street.

The Pointer Sisters were spoofed on Sesame Street in the form of a trio of female singing pigs known as the Oinker Sisters.

Pointer Sisters were among hundreds of artists who lost master recordings in the 2008 Universal fire.