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</style><table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Ruth Pointer</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Pointer performing with The Pointer Sisters at the Komen Center Pink Tie Ball in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Ruth Esther Pointer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-03-19</span>) </span>March 19, 1946<br><a href="Oakland%2C_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">

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</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R&B</a></li><li><a href="Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a></li><li><a href="Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a></li><li><a href="Funk" title="Funk">funk</a></li><li><a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a></li><li><a href="Electronic_dance_music" title="Electronic dance music">dance</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Singer</li><li>songwriter</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1966–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">The Pointer Sisters</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thepointersisters.com/ruth.html">thepointersisters<wbr>.com<wbr>/ruth<wbr>.html</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Ruth Esther Pointer</b> (born March 19, 1946)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American singer best known as the eldest surviving member of the family vocal group <a href="The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">the Pointer Sisters</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

<p>Joining her sisters in 1972, the Pointer Sisters released their first album in 1973. The group eventually found fame with songs like "<a href="Yes_We_Can_Can" title="Yes We Can Can">Yes We Can Can</a>" (1973), their <a href="Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> crossover hit, "<a href="Fairytale_(Pointer_Sisters_song)" title="Fairytale (Pointer Sisters song)">Fairytale</a>" (1974) and "<a href="How_Long_(Betcha_Got_a_Chick_on_the_Side)" class="mw-redirect" title="How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)">How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)</a>" before Bonnie's exit in 1977. Continuing as a trio, the group found their biggest success covering tunes of rock, pop and <a href="New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a> with singles such as "<a href="Fire_(Bruce_Springsteen_song)" title="Fire (Bruce Springsteen song)">Fire</a>" (1978), "<a href="He's_So_Shy" title="He's So Shy">He's So Shy</a>" (1980), and "<a href="Slow_Hand" title="Slow Hand">Slow Hand</a>" (1981).

</p><p>The group found its biggest success with the release of the <i><a href="Break_Out_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)">Break Out</a></i> album in 1983 which featured hits such as "Automatic", "Jump (For My Love)", a re-released version of "<a href="I'm_So_Excited" title="I'm So Excited">I'm So Excited</a>", "Neutron Dance", and "Baby Come And Get It". It's notable for featuring Ruth's lead vocals on "<a href="Automatic_(Pointer_Sisters_song)" title="Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)">Automatic</a>" and "<a href="Neutron_Dance_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neutron Dance (song)">Neutron Dance</a>", which hit the top ten of the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 Chart and led to the group winning two <a href="Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>. In 1988, Pointer along with <a href="Billy_Vera" title="Billy Vera">Billy Vera</a> provided vocals for the song "Enemies Like You and Me" from the soundtrack to <i><a href="Iron_Eagle_II" title="Iron Eagle II">Iron Eagle II</a></i>. That same year, Pointer also provided the singing voice of the character Rita in the <a href="Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> film <i><a href="Oliver_%26_Company" title="Oliver & Company">Oliver & Company</a></i>, where she sang the song "Streets of Gold" as well as a reprise of the song "Why Should I Worry" with fellow cast member <a href="Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a>. The Pointer Sisters were joined by Ruth's daughter <a href="Issa_Pointer" title="Issa Pointer">Issa</a> in the 1990s. The group was given a star on the <a href="Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 1994.

</p><p>In October 2021, Pointer competed in <a href="The_Masked_Singer_(American_TV_series)_season_6" title="The Masked Singer (American TV series) season 6">season six</a> of <i><a href="The_Masked_Singer_(American_TV_series)" title="The Masked Singer (American TV series)">The Masked Singer</a></i> as "Cupcake".<sup id="cite_ref-Masked_Singer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masked_Singer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pointer revealed upon her unmasking that she was supposed to perform on the show as part of a duo with her sister Anita in a duplicated and recolored Cupcake costume. Anita was dealing with an illness, forcing Ruth to perform alone.<sup id="cite_ref-Masked_Singer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Masked_Singer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>With the deaths of <a href="Bonnie_Pointer" title="Bonnie Pointer">Bonnie</a> and <a href="Anita_Pointer" title="Anita Pointer">Anita Pointer</a> in 2020 and 2022 respectively, Ruth Pointer is the last surviving founding member of The Pointer Sisters.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Pointer has been married five times and has five children. The eldest are a daughter Faun (born 1965) and a son Malik (born 1966).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malik is a singer.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her daughter <a href="Issa_Pointer" title="Issa Pointer">Issa Pointer</a> (born 1978), is from a marriage with former <a href="The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">Temptations</a> member <a href="Dennis_Edwards" title="Dennis Edwards">Dennis Edwards</a>. They married on December 21, 1980 in Las Vegas, and divorced in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruth_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruth-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1984, Pointer married noted bassist Don Boyette, divorcing in 1988.

</p><p>She has three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild as of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruth_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ruth-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Pointer married Michael Sayles in 1990 and, at the age of 47 in 1993, she gave birth to twins, a boy named Conor and a girl named Ali.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Issa Pointer and Ruth's granddaughter <a href="Sadako_Pointer" title="Sadako Pointer">Sadako Pointer</a> (born 1984) have performed as members of the Pointer Sisters.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pointer resides in <a href="Hopedale%2C_Massachusetts" title="Hopedale, Massachusetts">Hopedale</a>, <a href="Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> with her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1255804/the-Pointer-Sisters">"the Pointer Sisters"</a>. <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/anita-pointer-sisters-death-cause-b2254230.html">"The Pointer Sisters singer Anita Pointer dies aged 74"</a>. <i>The Independent</i>. January 1, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 11,</span> 2024</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20077955,00.html">"Pointer Sistres"</a>. <i>People</i>. November 24, 1980<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=23230959&albumID=177397&imageID=55148690">Viewmorepics.myspace.com</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090614051351/http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage">Archived copy</a> at <a href="WebCite" title="WebCite">WebCite</a> (June 12, 2009).</span>

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<li id="cite_note-Ruth-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ruth_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ruth_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFPointer2016" class="citation book cs1">Pointer, Ruth (2016). <i>Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister</i>. Triumph Books.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/07/21/singer-ruth-pointer-gives-birth-to-twins/">"Singer Ruth Pointer gives birth to twins"</a>. <i>Orlando Sentinel</i>. July 21, 1993<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thepointersisters.com/group-bio-extended.html">"Biography"</a>. <i>The Pointer Sisters official website</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15817600">"Bonnie Pointer arrested"</a>. BBC News. November 21, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 25,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thepointersisters.com/ruth.html">"Ruth Pointer Biography"</a>. <i>The Pointer Sisters official website</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 15,</span> 2024</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/314634">Ruth Pointer</a> discography at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a> </li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/511634">Ruth Pointer</a> at the <a href="Internet_Broadway_Database" title="Internet Broadway Database">Internet Broadway Database</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="The_Pointer_Sisters225" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="The_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Pointer Sisters">The Pointer Sisters</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<li><b><a href="Issa_Pointer" title="Issa Pointer">Issa Pointer</a></b></li>

<li><b><a href="Sadako_Pointer" title="Sadako Pointer">Sadako Pointer</a></b></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Bonnie_Pointer" title="Bonnie Pointer">Bonnie Pointer</a></li>

<li><a href="June_Pointer" title="June Pointer">June Pointer</a></li>

<li><a href="Anita_Pointer" title="Anita Pointer">Anita Pointer</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="The_Pointer_Sisters_(album)" title="The Pointer Sisters (album)">The Pointer Sisters</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="That's_a_Plenty_(album)" title="That's a Plenty (album)">That's a Plenty</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Steppin'" title="Steppin'">Steppin'</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Having_a_Party_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Having a Party (Pointer Sisters album)">Having a Party</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Energy_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Energy (Pointer Sisters album)">Energy</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Priority_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Priority (Pointer Sisters album)">Priority</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Special_Things" title="Special Things">Special Things</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Black_%26_White_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Black & White (Pointer Sisters album)">Black & White</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="So_Excited!" title="So Excited!">So Excited!</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Break_Out_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Break Out (Pointer Sisters album)">Break Out</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Contact_(Pointer_Sisters_album)" title="Contact (Pointer Sisters album)">Contact</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Hot_Together" title="Hot Together">Hot Together</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Serious_Slammin'" title="Serious Slammin'">Serious Slammin'</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Right_Rhythm" title="Right Rhythm">Right Rhythm</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Only_Sisters_Can_Do_That" title="Only Sisters Can Do That">Only Sisters Can Do That</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="Live_at_the_Opera_House" title="Live at the Opera House">Live at the Opera House</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><i><a href="The_Best_of_the_Pointer_Sisters" title="The Best of the Pointer Sisters">The Best of the Pointer Sisters</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li>"<a href="Wang_Dang_Doodle" title="Wang Dang Doodle">Wang Dang Doodle</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Steam_Heat" title="Steam Heat">Steam Heat</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Fairytale_(Pointer_Sisters_song)" title="Fairytale (Pointer Sisters song)">Fairytale</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="How_Long_(Betcha'_Got_a_Chick_on_the_Side)" title="How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)">How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Everybody_Is_a_Star" title="Everybody Is a Star">Everybody Is a Star</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Happiness_(Pointer_Sisters_song)" title="Happiness (Pointer Sisters song)">Happiness</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Should_I_Do_It_(song)" title="Should I Do It (song)">Should I Do It</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="I'm_So_Excited" title="I'm So Excited">I'm So Excited</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Automatic_(Pointer_Sisters_song)" title="Automatic (Pointer Sisters song)">Automatic</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Neutron_Dance" title="Neutron Dance">Neutron Dance</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Sisters_Are_Doin'_It_for_Themselves" title="Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves">Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves</a>" (with <a href="Natalia_(Belgian_singer)" title="Natalia (Belgian singer)">Natalia</a>)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Pointer_Sisters_discography" title="The Pointer Sisters discography">Discography</a></li>

<li><a href="Pinball_Number_Count" title="Pinball Number Count">Pinball Number Count</a></li></ul>

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