After marrying at age 17 with a child, Anita quit a job as a secretary to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June to form the Pointer Sisters in 1969. After two failed singles between 1971 and 1972 for Atlantic Records, the trio convinced eldest sister Ruth to join the group in 1972. The sisters found fame with the Anita-led "Yes We Can Can" in 1973. It was Anita's co-writing duties for their 1974 hit, "Fairytale", that helped the group make music history when the song hit the country charts, winning the group its first Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group and Anita and Bonnie a Grammy nod for the best country song of the year in 1975.
After Bonnie left the Pointer Sisters in 1977, Ruth, Anita and June rose to higher levels of success with singles like 1978's rock-infused "Fire", 1980's New Wave-ish/dance single, "He's So Shy", 1981's "Slow Hand" and 1982's "I'm So Excited".
After the trio's Break Out reached multi-platinum status and won the group two Grammy Awards, Anita ventured into a part-time solo career. She found chart success in 1986 with Earl Thomas Conley on the song, "Too Many Times", which reached #2 on the country singles chart. In 1987, she released her first official solo album Love For What It Is. The album's first single, "Overnight Success", reached #41 on the R&B singles chart.
Anita still performs with the Pointer Sisters. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993.
In 2003 Anita's only child Jada, who was the subject of a song written by the Pointer Sisters called Jada in 1975, died of cancer.
External links
- Pointer Sisters fan page on Bebo: http://www.bebo.com/thepointersisters
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