Pointer Sisters - All Night Long (2002) (MDVDR)

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In 1974, The Pointer Sisters were at their hottest when they performed live in Kinshasa, Zaire

in front of an audience of 80,000. It was a three-day black music and sports festival where

the fight of the century between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali was taking place.In this

awesome and sexy cabaret show. The Pointer Sisters found themselves as much in awe of the

audience as the audience was of them. Academy Awards winner, Leon Gast (When We Were Kings)

shot this exceptional and extraordinary film. This unforgettable night of music is now

captured on DVD to be re-lived again.

 

The Pointer Sisters were as chameleonic as David Bowie, if not more so. The sibling group

backed Grace Slick and Boz Scaggs, made stops at Sesame Street and the Grand Ole Opry, won a

country Grammy, and appeared in the movie Car Wash, all before scoring four consecutive Top

Ten Billboard Hot 100 hits in the mid-‘80s. From their early ‘70s releases on Blue Thumb

through their ‘80s commercial run on Planet and RCA, the Pointers moved through boogie-woogie,

bebop, blues, country, funk, disco, soft rock, electro-pop, hard rock, and several other

subgenres as if they were all second nature. The sisters covered Willie Dixon, were covered by

Elvis Presley, and released 15 Top 40 Hot 100 singles while sustaining a steady presence on

the R&B, club, and adult contemporary charts.

 

Ruth, Anita, Bonnie, and June Pointer grew up in Oakland, California, daughters of a mother

and reverend father who encouraged gospel singing and forbade blues and rock & roll. They

developed their love for various forms of secular music through visits and slumber parties at

the homes of friends, where they could listen to music and watch programs like American

Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Show. The sisters’ public performances were limited to church,

but once they were older, Bonnie and June formed a duo and were eventually joined by Anita;

they provided background vocals for a number of artists, including Grace Slick, Boz Scaggs,

and Sylvester. While performing with Walter Bishop, they caught the eyes and ears of the

Atlantic label, who released the Pointer Sisters' first two singles: 1971’s Honey Cone-like

“Don’t Try to Take the Fifth” and the following year’s “Destination No More Heartaches.”

Neither song charted, but the abundant potential was obvious.

 

By the end of 1972, the group was a quartet that also featured Ruth. The Pointers left

Atlantic for Blue Thumb, where they released five eclectic albums: The Pointer Sisters (1973),

That’s a Plenty (1974), Live at the Opera House (1974), Steppin’ (1975), and Having a Party

(1977). Among the hit singles from these releases were the empowering “Yes We Can Can”

(written by Allen Toussaint), “How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)” (a Toussaint-

flavored song written by Bonnie and Anita with David Rubinson), and “Going Down Slowly” (a

grinding take on Toussaint's “Going Down”).

 

The most successful song of all was “Fairtyale,” a Bonnie- and Anita-penned departure into

country music that peaked at number 13 on the Hot 100. This enabled the Pointers to perform at

the Grand Ole Opry - as the first African-American vocal group to do so - and the song also

won the 1974 Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. It was covered by

Elvis Presley. The same year Having a Party was issued, the popular children’s television

program Sesame Street first aired a classic animated segment called Pinball Number Count,

which featured vocals the Pointers recorded several years earlier.

 

Between the release of Having a Party and the end of 1977, June and Bonnie departed from the

group, with the latter initiating a solo career. Ruth and Anita signed a deal with producer

Richard Perry's Elektra-affiliated Planet label, and June re-joined in time to record Energy

(1978), which featured a cover of Sly & the Family Stone's “Everybody Is a Star” and the

Toussaint-written “Happiness” (the group’s first single to hit the disco chart) but was

otherwise rooted in rock, with interpretations of Steely Dan, Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac, and

the Doobie Brothers, along with the second released recording - following a version by Robert

Gordon - of Bruce Springsteen's “Fire,” a song intended for Elvis Presley.

The Pointers took it to number two on the Hot 100 chart.

 

The rest of the group’s years with Perry and Planet were extremely successful, culminating

with 1983’s Break Out, an album that went multi-platinum due to a string of four state-of-

the-art dance-pop singles. “Automatic,” “Jump (For My Love),” a remix of 1982’s “I’m So

Excited,” and “Neutron Dance” all peaked in the Hot 100’s Top Ten. The women won two

additional Grammys.

 

During the latter half of the ‘80s and the early ‘90s, the Pointer Sisters released five more

albums on RCA, Motown, and SBK. 1985’s Contact, featuring the crossover hit “Dare Me,” was the

group’s last album to go platinum. While they did not record any albums after 1993’s Only

Sisters Can Do That, they continued to perform on an infrequent basis. Issa, Ruth’s daughter,

provided backing vocals on the final album and joined as a full member when June left for

health reasons. A victim of lung cancer, June passed away in 2006. The Pointer Sisters,

however, continued performing throughout the rest of the decade.

 

 

Artists: Pointer Sisters

- Bonnie Pointer: Vocals

- June Pointer: Vocals

- Anita Pointer: Vocals

- Ruth Pointer: Vocals

 

 

Tracklist:

01. Hands Up

02. All Night Long

03. Steam Heat

04. Salt Peanuts

05. Swanee River Medley

06. Old Songs

07. Ba Meir Bist Du Schien

08. That's Aplenty

09. Alexandra's Ragtime Band

10. I Wish I Could Shimmy

11. Yes We Can

12. Love Up In Them Hills

 

 

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