POINTER SISTERS - Wang Dang Doodle

I met the sisters some years after this recording, when they visited Amsterdam. It was great fun and I took June and Ruth to a DiscoParty where they screamed when they first heard Ian Dury's-"Hit me with your rythmstick!!!", we cried laughing. Also they were awarded a "Platinum album" for "Energy", and gave a fantastic concert at the Carré theatre in Amsterdam, which later was broadcasted on Dutch national radio.
I'll always cherish those memories of having spent some time with these fantastic women, so full of fun and yet so real, Ruth the typical oldest sister (love her), Anita more reserved and alert, and June(bless her soul) the youngest, a few years older than myself, so open to new things and ready to eat the world.
It's good to see that so many of you outthere do love these sisters and aknowledge how enormously talented they are.

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• Jazz
• -rare
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[gittahfiend]

I Just LOVED that sexy bucktoothed woman(June)

[hoosierarcher]

funkiest use of kazoos in history.

[PianoMan0489]

@mrborges73 Yes, they sang backup for Betty Davis for sure on her debut album, though I'm not sure about the other albums. You can hear them the best individually on the song "Game is my Middle Name"

[mielandthad]

Gadzooks! Break out the fire extinguisher!

[mrborges73]

Was they  betty davis vocal ??

[scottishphotographer]

Thanks so much for posting these. They were great days. And they were so talented. I think I wore out my 'Live at SF Opera House' album....

[wingseclipsed]

I love them./ but I don't like the kazoos.

[tisha812]

These sisters can literally sing ANYTHING...jazz, blues, soul, country, pop...doesn't matter!!!

[leftfieldmind]

i don't know if i should order another drink or shout out a hallelujah, these ladies ROCK.... they took it to the brink during a REHEARSAL,, such wonderful talent and this song makes me want to dance and praise the lord at the same time and I don't mean that in a blasphemous way either... we are at such a LOSS without June and this original group... i LOVED their 80's work, as it was my time period but i am SOOOO happy finding these jazz sessions with the entire group. WOW WOW WOW WOW...

[cyberties]

@gloryboundkev

They call that "scat." Like Ella Fitzgerald was famous for doing.

[Jkaneshige]

Geez... what a performance! Love em.