Song of the Day January 23 2023

In memory of the birth of Anita Pointer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pointer

The Pointer Sisters - "I'm So Excited"

https://youtu.be/8iwBM_YB1sE

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #January23 #AnitaPointer #ThePointerSisters #ImSoExcited #MusicVideo #LeadSinger #RIP

This is just so damn fine. They are the #PointerSisters. Rest in the groove, #AnitaPointer.

https://youtu.be/IzZkjjENj_w

Nashville needs to do right by #ThePointerSisters

the country music industry needs to honor #AnitaPointer posthumously in order to depart from its racist bias that fills media with exclusively white history made by white artists

the sisters are getting their due elsewhere:
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RT @NewBlackMan
Remembering Anita Pointer, a country music pioneer | @reneeygraham
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/03/opinion/remembering-anita-pointer-co…
https://twitter.com/NewBlackMan/status/1610805512848695299

❝ In 1976 the Pointer Sisters recorded the now iconic "Pinball Number Count" song. Sesame Workshop celebrates the life and legacy of Anita Pointer. Thank you Anita Pointer for helping us learn our 123s and dedicating your life to creating inspiring and uplifting music. We are eternally grateful. ❞

#AnitaPointer #SesameStreet

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cm-EoeRo6Mt/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

I had no idea until today that the "Pinball Number Count" segment intro on Sesame Street was sung by the Pointer Sisters!

https://youtu.be/VOaZbaPzdsk

#AnitaPointer #BlackMastodon

Anita Pointer ist verstorben. Die Grammy-Preisträgerin hat in den 1970er Jahren mit ihren Schwestern in der Gruppe The Pointer Sisters die Musikszene bis heute geprägt. Songs, wie „I'm So Excited!“ sind massgeblich für den Erfolg der Zeit.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/sangerin-von-im-so-excited-anita-von-den-pointer-sisters-im-alter-von-74-jahren-verstorben-9111676.html

#musik #sadnews #AnitaPointer #PointerSisters #Musikgeschichte
#PlanetMusicspots

🎙NEW EPISODE (Monday’s) - THE POLITICRAT daily #podcast Season 4, Episode 2: Tribute To Anita Pointer🙏🏿 Of The Pointer Sisters; Pele’s Funeral In Brazil; GOP Takes Over The US House https://bit.ly/3Gz1AVb #RIPAnitaPointer #PointerSisters #applepodcasts #AnitaPointer

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RT @urbaninsideout
Following up on obituary of singer #AnitaPointer, was fascinated to learn that she assembled #collection of #black #materialculture artifacts. Anita Pointer: Civil-Rights Activist, Pop Star, and Serious Collector of Black Memorabilia | Collectors Weekly https://web.archive.org/web/20151018115452/http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/anita-pointer/
https://twitter.com/urbaninsideout/status/1609888220975595520

R.I.P. Anita Pointer
Thanks a lot for the great music!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEoXg6jTF4g

#PointerSisters #AnitaPointer

Very very saddened to hear that #AnitaPointer has passed. And although their entire body of work was strewn with bangers, #Automatic was always my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsA2UR42Pbw

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64138736

Fly high #AnitaPointer

@TomatoGrilledCheese
RIP indeed.💔 😢 I grew up listening to #AnitaPointer's music, as my parents & uncles/aunts loved the #PointerSisters. What a legacy!

The death of #AnitaPointer instantly reminds me she appeared on my favourite version of... https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=TAJ+MAHAL+POINTER+SISTERS+YOU+TUBE#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:3f98e244,vid:j_XBVXt6nvQ

Oh no! Rest in peace Anita Pointer. I love your music 😭😔❤️

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/01/obituaries/anita-pointer-dead.html

#Rip #AnitaPointer

#RIPAnitaPointer #AnitaPointer #PointerSisters

Photo: Getty

Adding one more "pointer" to the long list of losses in 2022. Until the last days... #RIP 🕯 🙏

Anita Pointer, Singer of The Pointer Sisters, Dies at 74 - Billboard Obituary:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/anita-pointer-dead-the-pointer-sisters-singer-dies-obituary-1235192837/

Remembering... First big hit: "He's so shy"

https://youtu.be/4GTVKr7sLok

# R.I.P. Anita Pointer 🎶👩🏿‍🎤 🕯

#AnitaPointer #obit #PointerSisters #RIP #music #musica #musique

My #HooraySongOfTheDay is iconic from the '80s
#PointerSisters #ThePointerSisters #Jump #JumpForMyLove #RIPAnita #AnitaPointer #80s #80sMusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyTVyCp7xrw

Hate to start the year off with sad news but #AnitaPointer, one quarter of #ThePointerSisters, has died at 74 after a battle with cancer. Anita and Ruth joined sisters Bonnie and June in 1973 to record their first album with the hit 'Yes We Can Can'. Bonnie left the group in 1977, and the new trio went on to create hits #Fire, #HesSoShy, #JumpForMyLove #NeutronDance and #ImSoExcited. The group won a total of three #Grammys. Sadly, June died in 2006, and Bonnie died in 2020.

RIP #AnitaPointer of the #PointerSisters, one of the most versatile and underrated #RnB pop groups of our time. #RuthPointer is the last original Pointer Sister.
Anita sang lead on many fan favorites such as 1975’s “How Long (Betcha Gotta Chick on the Side” and a #RichardThompson cover “Don’t Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart”. Here’s a #SoulTrain clip interviewing the Sisters followed by “How Long” performed. https://youtu.be/lJtkuDpcZqU

We woke up this morning to the news that Anita Pointer had passed away last night at the age of 74 after battling cancer. RIP #AnitaPointer and thanks to you and your sisters for the great music. #80s #80smusic #ladiesofthe80s #boomtownpodcast #effcancer

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anita-pointer-pointer-sisters-dies-74-rcna63854