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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

African American Sister Singing Groups In The 1980s

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases three 1980s videos of African American singing groups which consist of female siblings.

The content of this post is presented for historical, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes. The copyrights remain with their owners.

My thanks to the vocalists who are featured in this post, and the composers of the songs that they sung. My thanks also to the producers of these film clips and the uploaders of these featured videos.

FEATURED VIDEOS
[These videos are presented in chronological order with the earliest video reposted first.]

Video #1:
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (Live) (1980)



Uploaded by Egdelsretsis on Aug 8, 2010
Sister Sledge.
We are Family.
1980.
Kathy - Debbie - Joni - Kim.

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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Sledge for information about this group.

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Video #2: The Clark Sisters-- Is My Living In Vain



Uploaded by Kinfolk68 on Feb 22, 2008

The Clark Sisters singing at a live recording

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Raphalou, a viewer of this video, wrote in 2012 "This was a concert and movie filmed, recorded and taped in 1981 at The Paramount Theater in downtown Oakland California." http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=pWtrpuPHDcM.

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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clark_Sisters for information about this group.

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Video #3: The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited



Uploaded by PointerSistersVEVO on Nov 24, 2009

Music video by The Pointer Sisters performing I'm So Excited. (C) 1982 BMG Music

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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pointer_Sisters for information about this group.

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