Ruth Pointer

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United States

Active from

1969

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

2,986

Total plays

15,800

Ruth Pointer-Sayles (born March 19, 1946 in Oakland, California) is an American R&B singer, best known for being the eldest member of the legendary sister group, The Pointer Sisters. Ruth Pointer began her vocal training as a director of a junior choir in her father's church. Marrying right after high school and having two children, Ruth was eventually convinced by her sisters to join their family group, The Pointer Sisters. Ruth is a mother of five including twins Ali and Conor from her curre

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

   · 2010 · cited 30,951x

2. AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility

   · 2009 · cited 23,214x

3. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

   · 2019 · cited 20,908x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,989x

5. Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

   · 2020 · cited 14,080x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Esther

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Oakland

Sibling

Anita Pointer

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

contemporary R&B

Record label

Atlantic Records

Image

Ruth Pointer Komen Pink Tie Ball 2006.jpg

Voice type

contralto

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