When they were not busy singing in the choir they were soaking up hit singles by Elvis Presley such as “All Shook Up”.īy the 60s Bonnie and June Pointer began singing professionally under the moniker “Pointers, A Pair”. The sisters balanced their time between both church and secular music. Their father who was a church minister was adamant about steering his children away from rock and blues music, but they fell in love with these genres anyways. The Pointer family grew up in West Oakland California and during their childhood they were goaded by their parents (Elton and Sarah) to sing hymns and gospel music.
