The Pointer Sisters

The Pointer Sisters are an American R&B singing group from Oakland, California, that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards out of nine nominated for and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985.
Provided backing vocals for artists such as Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane and Boz Scaggs.
June Pointer performed with Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone.
Filled in for Chaka Khan.
Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Their music has been featured in video gaming.
Their debut album went gold. That's a Plenty went gold. Energy went gold. Special Things went gold. Black and White went gold. Break Out went triple platinum. Contact went platinum. Several other hit albums, including live and compilation. Numerous hit singles.
Were a part of USA for Africa.
== Genres ==
Soul
Disco
Category:Soul
Category:San Francisco Sound
Category:Disco
Category:Post Disco
Category:Eighties