Recent Press:

Las Vegas Weekly, NV - Dec 29, 2008 Pointer Sisters wow Silverton crowd as they await White House call
Washington Times, DC - Dec 29, 2008: Pointers hope they can
GoErie.com, PA - Dec 25, 2008: Pointers Can Still Bring It
Las Vegas Sun, NV - Dec 25, 2008: Pointer Sisters Persevere
Las Vegas Sun, NV - Dec 23, 2008: Pointer Sisters still available for inauguration

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THIRTY-FIVE YEARS! Ruth was recently interviewed by PopMatters. Here's a link announcing the interview to be printed in early 2009. We'll keep you posted on exactly when it will be printed. In the meantime, check out the announcement, which includes some photos. More photos will be printed with the interview!

UPDATE: Here is part of the extensive interview with Ruth, consider this a teaser...much more will be released on Popmatters in early '09.

photo by: Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo

Yes We Can Can - Lyrics as recorded by The Pointer Sisters
(Allen Toussaint)

Now's the time for all good men
to get together with one another
We got to iron out our problems
and iron out our quarrels
and try to live as brothers

And try to find a peace within
without stepping on one another
And do respect the women of the world
Remember you all had mothers

We gotta make this land a better land
than the world in which we live
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give

I know we can make it (lead: I know that we can)
I know darn well we can work it out
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
Yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna yes we can can

I know we can make it work
I know we can make it if we try
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
Yes we can
(Great gosh almighty)

Oh yes we can, I know we can can
And we gotta take care of all the children,
the little children of the world
'cause they're our strongest hope for the future,
the little bitty boys and girls

We got to make this land a better land
than the world in which we live
And we got to help each man be a better man
with the kindness that we give

I know we can make it (lead: I know that we can)
I know darn well we can work it out
Oh yes we can, I know we can can
yes we can can, why can't we?
If we wanna, yes we can can

(Repeat chorus)

Ad-libs over chorus written by Anita Pointer:

Sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it’s hard, sometimes it's hard
Oh, but we can make it ya’ll

We gotta try a little harder, raise our children like we oughta
So they’ll know just what it’s all about, don’t you know we can work it out

Now’s the time – all the people come together as an equal
There’s a need to take the burden off your brother, got to love one another

There's so many needy, so many poor
But love and understanding is the key to the door

How can you sit there, like there’s nothing to do?
Just like you don’t care, what the world’s coming to? Lord!

It’s gonna be hard, like the people say, no matter how hard
Where there’s a will, there’s a way

We gotta tell the world, every boy and girl
Gotta live as one, ‘til all the work is done, yeah

Catch National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) on the BRAVO network this month. The soundtrack includes "I'm So Excited" and "Little Boy Sweet" by June Pointer. The soundtrack is hard to find, so this is a chance to hear "Little Boy Sweet" by June.

9/13/08: 9PM & 11PM EST.

9/14/08: 1AM & 8:30AM EST

9/22/08: 11PM EST

9/23/08 1AM EST

Side note: "Little Boy Sweet" was co-written by Peter Ivers who was found beaten to death in 1983 in his Los Angeles apartment. He was 37 years old and originally from Boston, MA. The murder remains unsolved.

LIVE FROM PASADENA,CALIFORNIA, 1982! This is a huge treat for Pointer Sisters' fans...Click HERE to listen to a full live Pointer Sisters' Concert from 1982! - Free streaming live music! The set list includes several tunes that we haven't heard live in many years and some songs from June's first solo album "Baby Sister".

Set list: Where Gonna Make It, He's So Shy, Salt Peanuts, Slow Hand, Take My Heart Take My Soul, Yes We Can Can, Don't Mess With Bill, See How The Love Goes, New Love True Love, I Feel For You, Should I Do It?, -band intro- Fire, If You Wanna Get Back Your Lady, Happiness.

A note from Anita to fans who held tickets to the London show on 11/21:

There is no one more disappointed than the Pointer Sisters for the cancelation of the London show. There is nothing we hate more than to cancel a show. We do hope to get back to London as soon as possible to do a show for our Fans. We do hate to disappoint anyone ,especially ourselves. Love Anita

QUEEN LATIFAH COVERS A POINTER SISTERS' CLASSIC

September 25, 2007: Queen Latifah's new CD "Trav'lin' Light" on Verve Records includes a cover of the Pointer penned How Long(Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)! The single was in the Top 20 on the pop charts and hit #1 on the R&B for The Pointer Sisters in 1975. The original recording of the song on the Pointer's album "Steppin" was seven minutes and twenty-one seconds long!

You can listen to Queen Latifah's version HERE - Order it or download the MP3!

How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side) was written by Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer and David Rubinson.

Special Things is finally available on CD! Wounded Bird Records released this re-issue on 7/17/07. Originally released on Planet Records in 1980 and certified gold, it features the hit "He's So Shy". The album's title track was written by Anita Pointer and other songwriters include Burt Bacharach, Carol Bayer-Sager and Peter Allen. The re-issue includes a bonus track: "Movin' On", which was the B-side of "He's So Shy" and was not included on the original album! Available at HMV, CDUniverse.

TRACK LISTING: Could I Be Dreaming, He's So Shy, The Love Too Good To Last, Evil, Save This Night For Love, We've Got The Power, Where Did The Time Go, Special Things, Here Is Where Your Love Belongs. BONUS TRACK: Movin' On.