Bonnie Pointer

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Bonnie Pointer
Motown
  • Private I

    • Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer (July 11, 1950 – June 8, 2020)[1] was an American singer, best known for having been a member of the vocal group, the Pointer Sisters. Pointer scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointer Sisters in 1977, including a disco cover of the Elgins' "Heaven Must Have Sent You" which became a U.S. top 20 pop hit on September 1, 1979.[2]

    Career

    Bonnie and youngest sister

    gospel, country and soul
    .

    Anita and Bonnie wrote the group's

    Motown Records and the same year, the label released "Heaven Must Have Sent You", which reached No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[4] Bonnie Pointer had a moderately successful solo career, though it never reached the heights of the Pointer Sisters, the group she left for a solo career. Pointer released three solo albums, two self-titled albums for Motown and one album on Private I Records, before retiring from the studio.[4]

    Reviewing her 1978 self-titled LP, Robert Christgau wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): "Thanks to (co-producer) Berry Gordy and the miracle of modern multitracking, Bonnie makes like the Marvelettes of your dreams for an entire side. People didn't conceive vocals this intricate and funky back in Motown's prime, much less overdub them single-larynxed, and the result is remakes that outdo the originals—by Brenda Holloway and the Elgins—and originals that stand alongside. The other side comprises originals of more diminutive stature co-written by (co-producer) Jeffrey Bowen."[5]

    Pointer appeared on

    Atlantic City on Saturday, October 25, 2008. Pointer also starred in Monte Hellman's 2010 romantic thriller Road to Nowhere
    .

    Personal life and death

    In 1980, Pointer married Motown producer Jeffrey Bowen. They separated in 2004, filed for divorce in 2014, and officially divorced in 2016.[6]

    Due to ten years of alcoholic liver disease and cirrhosis, Pointer died from a cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles on June 8, 2020, at the age of 69.[1][7]

    Discography

    Albums

    Year Title Chart positions
    US
    [8]     		US
    R&B
    [9]     		CAN
    		 AUS
    [10]
    1978 Bonnie Pointer (Red) 96 34 96 —
    1979 Bonnie Pointer (Purple) 63 40 92 40
    1984 If the Price Is Right — — — —
    2011 Like a Picasso — 8 — —
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

    Singles

    Year Title Chart positions
    US
    [11]     		US
    R&B
    [12]     		US
    Dance
    [13]     		US
    AC
    [14]     		CAN
    UK
    [15]
    		 AUS
    [10]
    1978 "Free Me from My Freedom" 58 10 26 — — — —
    "Tie Me to a Tree" — — — — —
    1979 "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 11 52 8 43 32 — 31
    "Deep Inside My Soul" — — — — — — —
    "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" 40 42 4 — 43 — 52
    1984 "Your Touch" — 35 64 — — 79 —
    "Premonition" — 84 — — — — —
    1985 "The Beast in Me" — 87 31 — — — —
    2010 "Strangest Day" — — — — — — —
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

    References

    1. ^ a b Barsanti, Sam (June 8, 2020). "R.I.P. Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
    2. ^ "Bonnie Pointer". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
    3. ^ "Bonnie Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dead at 69". TODAY.com. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
    4. ^
      ISBN 0-85112-733-9
      .
    5. ISBN 0-89919-026-X
      . Retrieved March 10, 2019.
    6. ^ "Pointer Sister Finalizes Divorce from Husband of 38 Years – Divorce Court". Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
    7. ^ "Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters Died from Cardiac Arrest". Tmz.com. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
    8. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    9. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US R&B". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    10. ^
      ISBN 0-646-11917-6
      .
    11. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    12. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US R&B". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    13. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US Dance". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    14. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: US AC". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
    15. ^ "Bonnie Pointer: UK". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

    External links

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