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Ruth Pointer

Biography

Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American singer best known as the eldest member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer joined her sisters in 1972 to make the group a quartet. Pointer wrote a memoir about the group, Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister, published in 2016. She is the last living member of the original family of sisters, but she continues to perform in the Pointer Sisters vocal group with her daughter Issa and her granddaughter Sadako.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

777 releases · 111 albums · active 1973–2025

  • Performance · 1,242
  • Other credits · 57

Studios: Studio 55, Los Angeles · Larrabee Sound Studios · Lion Share Recording Studios · Westside Studios

Frequent collaborators

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