Hit Parade: Yes We Can Can Edition Part 2
b'Today, the Pointer Sisters are mostly remembered for their flurry of \\u201980s hits, especially the \\u201cExcited\\u201d one about losing control and liking it. But their musical history is far more varied: jazz standards? Civil rights\\u2013era funk? Country music? Yacht rock? The Pointers applied their impeccable sibling harmonies to all of it.\\n\\nBillboard ranks the Pointer Sisters behind only the Supremes, TLC, and Destiny\\u2019s Child among hitmaking girl groups. Yet their versatility has gone relatively unheralded\\u2014from the Grammy they won in a country category, to the Bruce Springsteen demo they turned into a smash, to the kiddie bop they recorded for Sesame Street.\\n\\nHow did the Pointers score so many hits in so many idioms? Join Chris Molanphy as he gives the Pointer Sisters their due as harmonizing innovators and genre-defying hitmakers. Here at Hit Parade, we jump (for their love).\\n\\nPodcast production by Kevin Bendis.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThis Pride Month, make an impact by helping Macy\\u2019s and The Trevor Project on their mission to fund life-saving suicide prevention services for LGBTQ youth. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'