Steppin' is the third studio album by the Pointer Sisters

Pointer Sisters

The Pointer Sisters are an American pop/R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Spanning over three decades, their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country and rock.The...

, released in 1975 on the ABC

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/Blue Thumb

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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

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. 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 Hip-O Select

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Track listing

Personnel

• Anita Pointer
  Anita Pointer
  Anita Pointer is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and a member of The Pointer Sisters.-Biography:...
  
  , Ruth Pointer
  Ruth Pointer
  Ruth Pointer is an American R&B singer, best known for being the eldest member of The Pointer Sisters.-Early life:Pointer was born in Oakland, California. She began her vocal training as a director of a junior choir in her father's church.-The Pointer Sisters:Joining her sisters in 1972, the...
  
  , Bonnie Pointer
  Bonnie Pointer
  Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer is an American R&B and disco singer, most notable for being the next-to-youngest member of the 1970s and 1980s family music group, The Pointer Sisters. She scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointers in 1977, including a disco cover of The Elgins'...
  
  , June Pointer
  June Pointer
  June Antoinette Pointer Whitmore was an American Pop/R&B singer and was a founding member/and lead vocalist of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters.-Early life and career:...
  
   – vocals
• Tom Salisbury – piano
• Gaylord Birch
  Gaylord Birch
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   – drums, percussion
• Chris Michie – guitar
• Eugene Santini – bass
• Wah Wah Watson – guitar on tracks 1, 3, 4, 8
• Herbie Hancock
  Herbie Hancock
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   – clavinet on track 4
• Bill Summers – percussion on track 4
• Paul Jackson
  Paul Jackson (bassist)
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   – bass on track 4
• Jim Rothermel – clavinet on track 6
• Stevie Wonder
  Stevie Wonder
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   – electric piano on track 2

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 – arrangement
• Allyn Ferguson – arrangement on "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
• Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch – treatment on "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"

Chart positions

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	22
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	3

External links

• Steppin' at Discogs
  Discogs
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