June Pointer

June Antoinette Pointer November 30 1953 April 11 2006 was an American singer best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters Born the youngest of six children to minister parents Reverend Elton and Sarah Pointer June shared a love of singing with her sisters In 1969 she and sister Bonnie founded The Pointers A Pair The duo sang at numerous clubs then became a trio later that year when sister Anita quit her job as a secretary to join them The group officially changed its name to The Pointer Sisters The trio signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and released a few singles none of which made a substantial impact on the music charts In 1972 sister Ruth joined the group making it a quartet The sisters then signed with Blue Thumb Records and their career began to take off Releasing their selftitled debut album in 1973 the Pointer Sisters found immediate fame with hits such as Yes We Can Can and Wang Dang Doodle Subsequent albums boasted topcharting songs such as Fairytale How Long Betcha Got a Chick on the Side and You Gotta Believe June left the group in November 1975 due to health problems as she was advised to retire due to extreme mental and physical exhaustion Bonnie Pointer exited from the group to forge a solo career in 1977 Upon Junes return the remaining sisters found huge success reaching the Top 10 in early 1979 with a cover of Bruce Springsteens Fire that began a string of hits which included Happiness Hes So Shy 1980 Slow Hand 1981 American Music Should I Do It and Im So Excited In 1983 the group released what would be their biggest album to date Break Out It included the Top 10 hits Automatic Jump For My Love a rerelease of Im So Excited which became a bigger hit than when originally released in 1982 and Neutron Dance Subsequent albums spawned hits such as Dare Me Freedom and Goldmine Pointer sang lead vocals on several of the groups top singles including Happiness Hes So Shy Jump For My Love Baby Come And Get It and Dare Me Eventually June ventured into a solo career while staying with the Pointer Sisters she released the Baby Sister album in 1983 it scored a modest hit with Ready for Some Action 28 RB and a selftitled effort in 1989 its charting single was Tight On Time Fit U In 70 RB June also performed the song Little Boy Sweet for the 1983 film National Lampoons Vacation In 1987 she scored a top 5 pop single with Bruce Willis with a cover of the Staples Singers Respect Yourself She also gained notoriety for posing for Playboy magazine in 1985 In September 1994 the Pointer Sisters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Source Article June Pointer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30