Anita Marie Pointer

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Anita Marie Pointer (born January 23, 1948) is an American R&B-Soul singer-songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Pointer Sisters.

Early life and family

Pointer was born in Oakland, California, United States, and she was the fourth of six children to Sarah Elizabeth (née Silas; 1924-2000) and Reverend Elton Pointer (1901-1979). Although she was born in California, Pointer's parents were born in Arkansas. As a result, her family moved from California to Arkansas almost every year, including Pointer's grandparents who lived in Prescott. During that time, her mother encouraged her to attend fifth grade at McRae Elementary, seventh grade at McRae Jr. High, and tenth grade at McRae High School. She performed alto sax as a member of the McRae High School band while in Prescott. Pointer left her career as a secretary in 1969 to join her younger sisters Bonnie and June in the creation of The Pointer Sisters.

Personal life

Pointer has been married multiple times and has had one child. Pointer married David Harper in December 1965 and together they had a daughter, Jada Rashawn Pointer (b. April 9, 1966). They married in 1966, but later on. Jada died of cancer in June 2003 at the age of 37. "Jada," the group's first album, was inspired by her daughter. Pointer married Richard Gonzalez in October 1981. Pointer and Gonzalez have since divorced. Aaron Pointer, the pointer's older brother, was a baseball player and later NFL referee. Paul Silas, her cousin, was both an NBA player and head coach.

Pointer was supposed to be a contestant on season 6 of The Masked Singer in October 2021, but she revealed that Pointer did not perform because she was suffering from an illness.

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Career

She and her sisters found fame in 1973, when the Anita-led "Yes We Can Can" reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1974, Pointer's writing talents helped the group make music history when "Fairytale" became a hit on the country music charts and enabled The Pointer Sisters to become the first black female group to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. "Fairytale" won the group its first Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group, and a Grammy Nomination for the Best Country Song of the year in 1975.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, The Pointer Sisters rose to higher levels of success with "Fire" (1978), "He's So Shy" (1980), "Slow Hand" (1981) and "I'm So Excited" (1982). In 1983, the trio's album Break Out reached multi-platinum status and won the group two more Grammy Awards. In 1986, Pointer found chart success with country superstar Earl Thomas Conley on the song "Too Many Times", which reached no. 2 on the country chart and in 1987, she released her first solo album Love for What It Is. Her album's first single "Overnight Success" reached no. 41 on the Billboard R&B chart.

A second single from the album, "More Than a Memory," also charted, reaching No. 73 R&B in 1988. In 1994, Pointer and her sisters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 1998, Pointer was singularly inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. In 2015, Pointer retired from The Pointer Sisters due to her ill health.

In February 2020, Anita released the book, "Fairytale: The Pointer Sisters' Family Story" which was co-written with her brother, Fritz Pointer. The book chronicles the Pointer family origins and history as well as finding themselves as young black women in the San Francisco Bay Area during the Civil Rights and Black Power movement of the late 1960s. As well, it describes the difficulties and successes they encountered throughout their career and shares their chart history, discography and other surprises along the way. Throughout the book, family members also share their memories of the Pointer family history including Bonnie who passed in June 2020. The book earned positive reviews upon release.

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