Steppin'
title: "Steppin'" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-albums", "the-pointer-sisters-albums", "albums-produced-by-dave-rubinson", "albums-recorded-at-wally-heider-studios", "blue-thumb-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppin'" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Steppin' |
| type | Studio |
| artist | The Pointer Sisters |
| cover | PointersSteppin'.jpg |
| released | May 19, 1975 |
| studio | Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) |
| genre | |
| label | |
| producer | David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. |
| prev_title | Live at the Opera House |
| prev_year | 1974 |
| next_title | The Best of the Pointer Sisters |
| next_year | 1976 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Steppin' |
| type | studio |
| single1 | How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) |
| single1date | July 26, 1975 |
| single2 | Going Down Slowly |
| single2date | November 12, 1975 |
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| name = Steppin' | type = Studio | artist = The Pointer Sisters | cover = PointersSteppin'.jpg | alt = | released = May 19, 1975 | recorded = | studio = Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) | genre = | length = | label = | producer = David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. | prev_title = Live at the Opera House | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = The Best of the Pointer Sisters | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{Singles | name = Steppin' | type = studio | single1 = How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) | single1date = July 26, 1975 | single2 = Going Down Slowly | single2date = November 12, 1975 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = '''''Steppin'''''' is the third studio album by The Pointer Sisters, released in 1975 on the ABC/Blue Thumb 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 Hip-O Select.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | title1 = How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) | writer1 = Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, David Rubinson | length1 = 7:21 | title2 = Sleeping Alone | writer2 = Stevie Wonder | length2 = 4:29 | title3 = Easy Days | writer3 = Isaac Hayes, A. Pointer, B. Pointer, June Pointer | length3 = 3:37 | title4 = Chainey Do | writer4 = Willie McTell, Taj Mahal | length4 = 6:05 | headline = Side two | title5 = I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - A Medley in Tribute to Duke Ellington | note5 = "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" / "Rocks in My Bed" / "Creole Love Song" / "Satin Doll" / "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" / "Mood Indigo" | writer5 = Duke Ellington, Don George / Ellington / Ellington, Bruce Good / Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn / Ellington, Paul Francis Webster / Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard | length5 = 6:08 | title6 = Save the Bones for Henry Jones | writer6 = Danny Barker, Vernon Lee | length6 = 3:10 | title7 = Wanting Things | writer7 = Hal David, Burt Bacharach | length7 = 3:11 | title8 = Going Down Slowly | writer8 = Allen Toussaint | length8 = 7:56
Personnel
The Pointer Sisters
- Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer – vocals
Musicians
- Tom Salisbury – acoustic piano
- Stevie Wonder – electric piano (track 2)
- Herbie Hancock – Hohner clavinet (track 4)
- Jim Rothermel – Hohner clavinet (track 6)
- Chris Michie – guitar
- Wah Wah Watson – 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 – 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
::data[format=table title="Chart performance for ''Steppin'''"] | Chart (1975) | Peak position | US Billboard 200 | US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | |---|---|---|---| | 22 | | | | | 3 | | | | ::
References
References
- {{AllMusic. Amy. Hanson
- "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Billboard 200".
- "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums".
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