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   Herbie Hancock still vividly recalls the night, 51 years ago, when the Pointer Sisters skated circles around him. “We came up and played our weird stuff, and when they came out, they were wearing roller skates,” he said in a video interview in June, recalling a show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California.

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   Aug 9, 2024 · Herbie Hancock still vividly recalls the night, 51 years ago, when the Pointer Sisters skated circles around him. “We came up and played our weird stuff, and when they came out, they were...

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   Feb 11, 2021 · What did it reflect in terms of the Pointer Sisters' proximity to the Black Power and Black Nationalist movements that emerged out of their hometown of Oakland during the late 1960s? How significant was the group in marrying the girl group aesthetic with Black Power-era protest culture?

4. tidal.com › magazine › articleJust Music: Why the Pointer Sisters Matter | TIDAL Magazine

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   Jan 10, 2023 · Steppin’ (1975) features keyboards from Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock, plus material by Toussaint, Duke Ellington and Burt Bacharach.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Pointer_SistersThe Pointer Sisters - Wikipedia

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   The Pointer Sisters are an American girl group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as R&B, pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country, and rock.

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   Feb 10, 2021 · With roots in gospel and a radical spirit of resistance, The Pointer Sisters reformulated the girl group for an era of self-actualization and Black power, scoring a massive run of hits along the way.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Head_HuntersHead Hunters - Wikipedia

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   Head Hunters is the twelfth studio album by American pianist, keyboardist and composer Herbie Hancock, released October 26, 1973, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the evening at Wally Heider Studios and Different Fur Trading Co. in San Francisco, California.

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   Did the Pointer Sisters skate around Herbie Hancock?

   • Herbie Hancock still vividly recalls the night, 51 years ago, when the Pointer Sisters skated circles around him. “We came up and played our weird stuff, and when they came out, they were wearing roller skates,” he said in a video interview in June, recalling a show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. “The audience went insane.”

   How ‘Head Hunters’ Shook Up Jazz (and Herbie Hancock’s World)

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   Who were the Pointer Sisters?

   • The Pointer Sisters on the cover of Cash Box, January 27, 1979. The Pointer Sisters are an American girl group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as R&B, pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country, and rock.

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   What happened to the Pointer Sisters?

   • The Pointer Sisters were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005. In November 2000, the sisters lost their mother, Sarah. In 2003, sister Anita lost her only child Jada to cancer. Jada was the subject of the 1973 song "Jada". On April 11, 2006, June, who suffered from drug addiction, died of cancer at the age of 52.

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   Are the Pointer Sisters still popular?

   • The musical legacy of the Pointer Sisters has never fully been explored despite the sustained popularity of their music. Barack Obama's use of the 1973 recording "Yes We Can Can" during his 2008 Presidential campaign offered a subtle reminder of how the group contributed to the diverse soundtrack of Black Power Era America.

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   Why did the Pointer Sisters win a Grammy?

   • It won the Grammy award for Country and Western Vocal Performance Group or Duo and became a lightning rod for the racial politics surrounding country music. When the Pointer Sisters were invited to perform at the Grand Old Opry in 1974, they were greeted by a country music fan base that was polarized over their race.

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   What music did the Pointer Sisters play?

   • The group was in heavy rotation in a variety of formats whose playlists included Duran Duran, Bruce Springsteen and the Human League or Patti LaBelle and Earth, Wind and Fire. The electro-pop sound of the Pointer Sisters' "Jump (For My Love)," "Automatic" or "Neutron Dance" dominated the charts during the first half of the decade.

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