milkandheavysugar:“We opened up a lot of doors for black female groups. We were probably amo
milkandheavysugar: “We opened up a lot of doors for black female groups. We were probably among the first to be a headlining black female group in Las Vegas. People think The Supremes were, but I don’t think they ever headlined as a group. I can’t tell you how good it felt to see our name so big on that marquee. We were definitely the first Black women to play the Grand Ole Opry. We won our first Grammy for a country song. That’s another avenue we opened for black women. We never really were conformists as far as that mold female groups always find themselves in –move together, sing one type of music. We always liked to express our individual personalities when we performed. We liked to surprise people.“ - Ruth Pointer on The Pointer Sisters -- source link