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. The Pointer Sisters have won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. The group had 13 US top 20 hits between 1973 and 1985.
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song featuring Santa Claus,written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie,and first recorded by Harry Reser and His Band. When it was covered by Eddie Cantor on his radio show in November 1934 it became a hit;within 24 hours,500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records were sold. The version for Bluebird Records by George Hall and His Orchestra was very popular in 1934 and reached the various charts of the day. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists including Mariah Carey,Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters,the Crystals,Neil Diamond,Fred Astaire,Bruce Springsteen,Frank Sinatra,Mitch Miller,Boxcar Willie,Bill Evans,Chris Isaak,the Temptations,The Pointer Sisters,the Carpenters,Michael Bublé,Luis Miguel,Michael Bolton,and the Jackson 5.
"I Can't Help Myself" is a 1965 song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
"War" is a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song –a self-evident anti-Vietnam War statement –with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release "War" as a single,Whitfield re-recorded the song with Edwin Starr as the vocalist,with the label deciding to withhold the Temptations' version from single release so as not to alienate that group's more conservative fans. Starr's version of "War" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970,and is not only the most successful and well-known record of his career,but it is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded. It was one of 161 songs on the no-play list issued by Clear Channel following the events of September 11,2001.
"Since I Don't Have You" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor,James Beaumont,Janet Vogel,Joseph Rock,Joe Verscharen,Lennie Martin,and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the Billboard Hot 100. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. American hard rock band Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Stay" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs. Commercially successful versions were later also issued by the Hollies,the Four Seasons and Jackson Browne.
"Hungry Heart" is a ballad written and performed by Bruce Springsteen on his fifth album,The River. It was released as the album's lead single in 1980 and became Springsteen's first big hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at number five.
"My Hometown" is a single by Bruce Springsteen off his Born in the U.S.A. album,that was the then-record-tying seventh and last top 10 single to come from it,peaking at #7 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart,making the song Springsteen's only #1 song on this chart to date. The song is a synthesizer-based,low-tempo number that features Springsteen on vocals.
"Cover Me" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the second single released from his 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.. Springsteen wrote the song for Donna Summer. However,his manager,Jon Landau,decided the song had hit potential,and so he kept it for the upcoming Springsteen album. It has been certified Gold in the US.
"Pink Cadillac" is a song by Bruce Springsteen released as the non-album B-side of "Dancing in the Dark" in 1984. The song received much airplay worldwide and appeared on the Billboard Top Tracks chart for 14 weeks,peaking at No. 27. The song was also a prominent concert number during Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. Tour.
"I'm on Fire" is a song written and performed by American rock performer Bruce Springsteen. Released in 1985,it was the fourth single from his album Born in the U.S.A.
"Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart.
"Fairytale" is a song introduced on the Pointer Sisters' May 1974 album release That's a Plenty;written by group members Anita Pointer and Bonnie Pointer,"Fairytale" became the second of the three Top 40 hits scored by the Pointer Sisters in their original embodiment as a quartet –Anita Pointer would sing lead on all three of these hits.
"Slow Hand" is a song recorded by American vocal group The Pointer Sisters for their eighth studio album Black &White (1981). The song,written by Michael Clark and John Bettis,was released by the Planet label in May 1981 as the lead single from Black &White.
"What You Won't Do for Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell. It was released in September 1978 as the lead single from his eponymous debut album (1978). It was written by Caldwell and Alfons Kettner,and produced by Ann Holloway. The song has been covered and sampled numerous times,including by Tupac Shakur in the posthumous 1998 hit "Do for Love".
"Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot that was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart,where it spent one week at the top and a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.
"Darlin'" is a song written in 1970 by English sax player Oscar Stewart Blandamer. It was first released under the title "Darling" by the British country band Poacher in 1978. It was later a chart hit for Frankie Miller and David Rogers. The track was subsequently recorded by numerous artists including Tom Jones,Barbara Mandrell,Smokie and Johnny Reid.
"Heaven Must Have Sent You" is a song written by Brian Holland,Lamont Dozier,and Eddie Holland when at Motown,and first recorded by The Elgins in 1966. It was also a 1979 disco hit single by Bonnie Pointer.
"Sea of Heartbreak" is a song written by Paul Hampton and Hal David and recorded by Don Gibson in 1961. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &Tracks chart.
"This Little Girl" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen. A version by Gary U.S. Bonds was listed on music charts in 1981.
