''Steppin is the third studio album by

The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters are an American female vocal group from Oakland, California, who achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. They have had a repertoire with many genres, they have sold around 50 million records throughout their ...

, released in 1975 on the

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label.

History

''Steppin, which was more R&B heavy than the sister quartet's previous albums, generated a number one R&B hit with its first single, " How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)". It also peaked at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A second single, "Going Down Slowly", was moderately successful, peaking at #16 on the R&B chart and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by

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Track listing

Personnel

The Pointer Sisters *

Anita Pointer Anita Marie Pointer (January 23, 1948December 31, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. She co-wrote and was the lead singer on their hit song " Fairytale", which ga ...

Ruth Pointer Ruth Esther Pointer (born March 19, 1946) is an American singer best known as the eldest and last surviving original member of the family vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Career Joining her sisters in 1972, the Pointer Sisters released their ...

Bonnie Pointer Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer (July 11, 1950– June 8, 2020) was an American singer, best known for having been a member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointer Sisters in 1977 ...

June Pointer June Antoinette Pointer (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Early life and career Born the youngest of six children to minister ...

– vocals Musicians * Tom Salisbury – acoustic piano *

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...

– electric piano (track 2) *

Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...

–

Hohner clavinet The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respo ...

(track 4) * Jim Rothermel – Hohner clavinet (track 6) * Chris Michie – guitar *

Wah Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as Wah Wah Watson, was an American guitarist who was a member of the Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. He also worked extensively as a session musician ...

– guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8) * Eugene Santini – bass * Paul Jackson – bass (track 4) * Gaylord Birch – drums, percussion * Bill Summers – percussion (track 4)

Production

* David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer * Fred Catero – recording engineer * Fred Catero, David Rubinson – re-mix engineers * Jeremy Zatkin – recording engineer on "Chainey Do" * George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers * Tom Salisbury – arrangements *

Allyn Ferguson Allyn Malcolm Ferguson Jr. (October 18, 1924 – June 23, 2010) was an American composer, whose works include the themes for 1970s television programs ''Barney Miller'' and ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976-1981), which he co-wrote with Jack Elliott ( ...

– arrangements on "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" * Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch – treatment on "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1975 albums The Pointer Sisters albums Albums produced by Dave Rubinson Albums recorded at Wally Heider Studios Blue Thumb Records albums