Ruth Pointer

Ruth Esther Pointer born March 19 1946 is an American singersongwriter who is best known as the eldest member of the American family vocal group The Pointer Sisters Joining her sisters in 1972 the Pointer Sisters released their first album in 1973 The group eventually found fame with songs like Yes We Can Can 1973 their country crossover hit Fairytale 1974 and How Long Betcha Got a Chick on the Side before Bonnies exit in 1977 Continuing as a trio the group found their biggest success covering tunes of rock pop and new wave with singles such as Fire 1978 Hes So Shy 1980 and Slow Hand 1981 The group found its biggest success with the release of the Break Out album in 1983 which featured hits such as Automatic Jump For My Love a rereleased version of Im So Excited Neutron Dance and Baby Come And Get It Its notable for featuring Ruths lead vocals on Automatic and Neutron Dance which hit the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and led to the group winning two Grammy Awards Of the original members Ruth along with her sister Anita are still active with The Pointer Sisters In 1988 Pointer provided the singing voice of the character Rita the Disney film Oliver Company where she sang the song Streets of Gold as well as a reprise of the song Why Should I Worry with fellow cast member Billy Joel They were joined by Ruths daughter Issa in the 1990s The group was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994 In October 2021 Pointer competed in season six of The Masked Singer as Cupcake Pointer revealed upon her unmasking that she was supposed to perform on the show as part of a duo with her sister Anita in a duplicated and recolored Cupcake costume Anita was dealing with an illness forcing Pointer to perform alone Pointer has been married five times and has five children The eldest are a daughter Faun born 1965 and a son Malik born 19664 Malik is a singer Her daughter Issa Pointer born 1978 is from a 1977 marriage with former Temptations member Dennis Edwards In 1984 Pointer married noted bassist Don Boyette divorcing in 1988 Pointer married Michael Sayles in 1990 and at the age of 47 in 1993 she gave birth to twins a boy named Conor and a girl named Ali Both Issa Pointer and Ruths granddaughter Sadako Pointer born 1984 have performed as members of the Pointer Sisters Source Article Ruth Pointer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30