Anita Pointer
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- Works
- 1
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- Fairytale
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1948-01-23
- Active to
- 2022-12-31
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rn: January 23, 1948) Anita, the second eldest sister in the Pointer family, was married at the age of 17 and had one daughter, Jada, who was immortalized in the Pointer Sisters' song of the same name. Anita began her professional singing career in 1969, when she quit her job as a secretary in a legal office and joined her sisters Bonnie and June, who were then performing as a duo, calling themselves Pointers-A-Pair. When the group became three, The Pointer Sisters were born. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anita
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oakland
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Sibling
- Ruth Pointer
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Image
- Anita Pointer 1974.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-01-23
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- member of
- The Pointer Sisters
- date of death
- 2022-12-31
- birth name
- Anita Marie Pointer
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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