Pointer performing with The Pointer Sisters at the Komen Center Pink Tie Ball in 2006
Background information
Birth name
Ruth Esther Pointer
Born
(1946-03-19) March 19, 1946 (age 78) Oakland, California, U.S.
Genres
R&B
soul
funk
jazz
dance
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
Years active
1966–present
Member of
The Pointer Sisters
Website
thepointersisters.com/ruth.html
Musical artist
Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946)[1] is an American singer best known as the eldest and last surviving original member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters.
^"the Pointer Sisters". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American singer best known as the eldest and last surviving original member of the family vocal group...
Sadako RuthPointer Johnson (born March 24, 1984), known professionally as Sadako Pointer, is an American singer. Born in 1984, Sadako Pointer is the...
band. In 1969, Pointer quit her job as a secretary to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June to form the Pointer Sisters. Their sister Ruth joined the group...
Born in 1978, Pointer is the daughter of the Pointer Sisters' member RuthPointer and former the Temptations member Dennis Edwards, from their relationship...
Press. ISBN 9781613744789. Pointer, Ruth (2016). Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister. Triumph Books. "June Pointer's song deserved better ending"...
Dance" featuring RuthPointer on lead vocal was introduced on the Pointer Sisters' October 1983 album release Break Out; RuthPointer would recall: "When...
been released, oldest sister Ruth wanted to join the group and afterwards, the four released their debut album as the Pointer Sisters in 1973. Their self-titled...
Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, RuthPointer, and Smokey Robinson. On March 7, 1985, "We Are the World"...
album made with founding member June Pointer. Issa Pointer, the daughter of longtime group member RuthPointer, performed as a background vocalist on...