Originally Posted by
BobbyC
Tyk--agreed. It's not fair to compare groups from different eras. We'll probably never know how many records anybody at Motown ever sold. They weren't exactly known for their meticulous record keeping. But I will say that I have long wondered why the Pointer Sisters never got a killer reputation for selling records--they had 20 years of hit records, which is more than I can say for most groups, male or female. They had Slow Hand, Fire, Fairy Tale, Automatic, Jump, Yes We Can Can, He's So Shy and many others. That's a lot of hits! I was really surprised to learn that I'm So Excited didn't even hit the top 20. I thought it was way bigger than that.
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