Eric · @EricTodoEstaAqui
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"Fire" is a song written by in 1977 which had its highest profile as a 1978 single release by . The song was also released by and Springsteen himself.
youtu.be/dbk29JZdl5A

#brucespringsteen #thepointersisters #robertgordon

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rainey 🌻 · @raineyday
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Simon 🌻 · @sinky
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Another Pointer Sisters favourite is Automatic. Always reminds me when playing GTA all those years ago as it was one of the songs on the GTA radio

youtu.be/uc0MlRYD_Eo

#thepointersisters

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Simon 🌻 · @sinky
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Sad to hear about the death of one of The Pointer Sisters, Anita Pointer. So many fantastic songs. My own particular favourite is the rather slow tempo I Need You (1983)

youtu.be/102gXphiJ1M

#thepointersisters #80s #80smusic

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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RT @PointerOfficial
In 1975 became the 1st female group to perform at @opry & won their 1st Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group for "Fairytale", a song written by Anita & Bonnie. @ElvisPresley recorded the song on his final studio album.

#thepointersisters #blackhistorymonth

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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I'm not sure that Cleveland's @rockhall has done much more to honor the sisters (even during 15 years of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's social media presence on Twitter) but the historic splash made in country music ought to be acknowledged in Nashville

#thepointersisters

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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the risk took with Fairytale was huge (breaking with R&B/funk) and the pay-off was big, just not big enough for 4 black women to impress Nashville's white-legacy music industry (the song was also nominated for a Best Country Song Grammy) audiovisualrepository.com/blog

#thepointersisters

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Byrdland Mike (Empty Nester) · @micchiato
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Nashville needs to do right by

the country music industry needs to honor 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
bostonglobe.com/2023/01/03/opi
twitter.com/NewBlackMan/status

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The Faolín on the Hill · @marypathyland
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So sad to hear of the passing of Anita Pointer. Spent hours singing along to The Pointer Sisters albums.

youtu.be/sVuXO4koJd4

#thepointersisters #Jazz

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Hotchka · @Hotchka
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Hate to start the year off with sad news but , one quarter of , 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 , , and . The group won a total of three . Sadly, June died in 2006, and Bonnie died in 2020.

#anitapointer #thepointersisters #fire #hessoshy #jumpformylove #neutrondance #imsoexcited #grammys

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Scottish Lass · @scottishlass
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Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at the age of 74
Loved their songs, cracking voices and tunes
This ane wi the lament...
"All of my systems are down, down, down down"🎵

youtu.be/U4GJABg5xbA
news.stv.tv/entertainment/anit

#automatic #thepointersisters #anitapointer #sysadmin

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Libération · @libe
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Wurfi :mastodon: · @Wurfi
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🪦 R.I.P. Anita Pointer

#thepointersisters

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GenXMusicLover · @GenXMusicLover
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