Ruth Pointer

Ruth Pointer

Nacimiento : 1946-03-19, Oakland, California, USA

Historia

Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American singer–songwriter 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 Bonnie's 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), "He's 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 re-released version of "I'm So Excited", "Neutron Dance", and "Baby Come And Get It". It's notable for featuring Ruth's 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 Ruth's 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 1966).[4] 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 Ruth's granddaughter Sadako Pointer (born 1984) have performed as members of the Pointer Sisters. Source: Article "Ruth Pointer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Ruth Pointer

Películas

La gran noche del pop
Self (archive footage)
Las mayores estrellas de la música se reunieron en 1985 para grabar 'We Are the World'. Este documental se cuela entre los bastidores del histórico evento.
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
Behind the scenes making of the charity single "Voices That Care".
Euro Disney Noël
Celebrate Christmas with Disney and discover its European influences.
The Pointer Sisters: Up All Nite
Self - The Pointer Sisters
In this television special, after wrapping up a concert tour and missing their flights home, The Pointer Sisters decide to spend a night on the town in Los Angeles.
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Self - The Pointer Sisters
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song is a documentary which examines how the song was written, how producer Quincy Jones and songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie persuaded some of the most popular performers in America to donate their services to the project, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the marathon recording session that produced the single.
Suzanne Somers... And 10,000 G.I.s
The Pointer Sisters
A variety special starring Suzanne Somers as she entertains Army and Air Force personnel at Ramstein Air Base in Kaiserslautern, West Germany.
Car Wash: Un mundo aparte
The Wilson Sister
Una visión mundana, irreverente pero cariñosa, de un día normal en un túnel de lavado de coches de Los Ángeles. Una obra coral que entremezcla las vidas de empleados clientes y transeúntes. Interpretada por un elenco de actores, la mayoría de los cuales son relativamente desconocidos para los espectadores, y entre los que destaca un conjunto de estrellas invitadas que interpretan brillantes papeles episódicos, como George Carlin, el "Profesor" Irwin Corey, las Pointer Sisters y Richar Prior, que da vida a Daddy Rich, un extravagante reverendo que predica las bondades del dólar. "Car Wash" puede considerarse la primera película "disco" del mundo. La banda sonora, que suena casi sin interrupción, original de Norman Whitfield se ha convertido en un superventas