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~ SLOW HAND ~ Pointer Sisters ~

"The Pointer sisters arre an American Pop/R&B recording act from Oakland California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertorie has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, bebop,blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock."

"As children in West Oakland California, the Pointer sisters and brothers were encouraged to listen to and sing "gospel music" by their parents Reverand Elton and Mrs. Sarah Pointer. However they were told "rock and roll" and "the Blues" were "the devil`s music" and it was only when they were away from their watchful parents that they could sing their styles. They sang regularly at the Church of God in West Oakland, but as the sisters grew older their love of other styles of music began to grow. When June, the youngest sister, brought home a copy of the Elvis Presley record "All Shook Up", she was surprised that her mother allowed her to play it, until discovering that her mother had been pacified by the song "Crying In The Chapel" on the B side of the record."