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June Pointer

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June Antoinette Pointer (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American Pop/R&B singer, best known as the youngest and one of the founding members of Grammy Award–winning vocal group The Pointer Sisters. [1]

54 relations: ABC Records, Anita Pointer, Atlantic Records, Automatic (Pointer Sisters song), Billboard charts, Blue Thumb Records, Bonnie Pointer, Break Out (Pointer Sisters album), Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Willis, Cocaine dependence, Columbia Records, Country music, Cover version, Dance music, Dare Me (song), Dionne Warwick, Duet, Fairytale (Pointer Sisters song), Fire (Bruce Springsteen song), Grammy Award, He's So Shy, Hollywood Walk of Fame, How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side), I'm So Excited, Issa Pointer, Jazz, Jump (For My Love), Los Angeles, Motown, National Lampoon's Vacation, Neutron Dance, Oakland, California, Planet Records, Playboy, Pop music, RCA Records, Reservations for Two, Respect Yourself, Rhythm and blues, Rock music, Ruth Pointer, SBK Records, Secretary, Singing, Single (music), Slow Hand, Soul music, The Pointer Sisters, The Pointer Sisters (album), ..., The Staple Singers, Trio (music), United States, Yes We Can Can. Expand index (4 more) »

ABC Records

ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955.

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Anita Pointer

Anita Marie Pointer (born January 23, 1948) is an American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Grammy Award–winning vocal group The Pointer Sisters.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)

"Automatic" is a song by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released by the Planet label on January 13, 1984 as the second single from their tenth studio album Break Out (1983).

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Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of singles or albums in the United States and elsewhere.

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Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow and former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham.

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Bonnie Pointer

Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer (born July 11, 1950) is an American singer, most notable for being a member of the Grammy Award–winning vocal group, The Pointer Sisters.

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Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)

Break Out is the tenth studio album by American female vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released on November 6, 1983 on Planet Records.

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work with the E Street Band.

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Bruce Willis

Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer.

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Cocaine dependence

Cocaine dependence is a psychological desire to use cocaine regularly.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.

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Dare Me (song)

"Dare Me" is a 1985 song originally recorded by The Pointer Sisters issued by RCA Records.

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Dionne Warwick

Marie Dionne Warwick (born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress and television show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health.

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Duet

A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists.

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Fairytale (Pointer Sisters song)

"Fairytale" is a song introduced on the Pointer Sisters' May 1974 album release That's a Plenty; written by group members Anita Pointer and Bonnie Pointer, "Fairytale" became the second of the three Top 40 hits scored by the Pointer Sisters in their original embodiment as a quartet - Anita Pointer would sing lead on all three of these hits.

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Fire (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Fire" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen in 1977 which had its highest profile as a 1978 single release by the Pointer Sisters.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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He's So Shy

"He's So Shy" is a song by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters from their seventh studio album Special Things (1980).

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)

"How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" is a funk classic by American family girl group the Pointer Sisters, released as the first single from their Steppin' album in 1975.

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I'm So Excited

"I'm So Excited" is a song performed by American recording artists The Pointer Sisters.

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Issa Pointer

Issa Kuren Edwards (born January 22, 1978), known professionally as Issa Pointer, is an American singer and member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jump (For My Love)

"Jump (For My Love)" is a song by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released by the Planet label on April 11, 1984 as the third single from their tenth studio album Break Out (1983).

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation, sometimes referred to as Vacation, is a 1983 American road comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron, and Anthony Michael Hall.

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Neutron Dance

"Neutron Dance" is a song written by Allee Willis and Danny Sembello which was introduced by the Pointer Sisters on their 1983 album Break Out.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Planet Records

Planet Records was an independent American record label founded in 1978 by record producer Richard Perry.

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Playboy

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Reservations for Two

Reservations for Two is an album by Dionne Warwick, her eighth for the Arista label.

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Respect Yourself

"Respect Yourself" is the name of a classic soul song by American R&B/gospel group The Staple Singers.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Ruth Pointer

Ruth Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American R&B/Soul singer and eldest member of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.

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SBK Records

SBK Records was a record label, owned by Universal Music Group, that is currently part of the Capitol Music Group, where it is in hibernation.

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Secretary

A secretary or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Slow Hand

"Slow Hand" is a ballad written by John Bettis and Michael Clark and recorded by The Pointer Sisters.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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The Pointer Sisters

The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B singing group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.

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The Pointer Sisters (album)

The Pointer Sisters is the self-titled debut by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1973 on the Blue Thumb label.

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The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul and R&B singing group.

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Trio (music)

In music, a trio (an Italian word) is a method of instrumentation or vocalization by three different sounds or voices to make a melodious music or song.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Yes We Can Can

"Yes We Can Can" is a 1973 funk classic recorded by the American R&B girl group the Pointer Sisters and released on the Blue Thumb record label.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Pointer

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