Having a Party (Pointer Sisters album)

Having a Party is the fourth studio album by American family vocal group the Pointer Sisters, released in 1977 on the ABC/Blue Thumb label.

Having a Party
Studio album by Pointer Sisters
Released	November 1977
Studio	The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California) Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California)
Genre	R&B, soul, funk
Length	35:26
Label	ABC/Blue Thumb
Producer	David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Pointer Sisters chronology
The Best of the Pointer Sisters (1976) Having a Party (1977) Energy (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

History

It was a series of lasts for the group in many ways. With youngest member June out for a brief time, the remaining trio of Ruth, Anita and Bonnie recorded the set with June also appearing on the title track (a cover of Sam Cooke's hit). As it turned out, it would be the last album to feature Bonnie, the last album to feature David Rubinson as their producer and the last album the group recorded for Blue Thumb. Their next album would be on Planet Records, a year later, and would include the return of June Pointer, for a new chapter in the group's career.

Having a Party was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Having a Party"	Sam Cooke	4:34
2.	"Don't It Drive You Crazy"	Ted Ashford	6:14
3.	"I Need a Man"	David Rubinson, Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer	5:42

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Waiting on You"	Melvin Ragin, Ruth Pointer	3:34
5.	"I'll Get by Without You"	Ragin, B. Pointer, Don Grusin	7:18
6.	"Bring Your Sweet Stuff Home to Me"	Stevie Wonder, A. Pointer, B. Pointer	3:40
7.	"Lonely Gal"	A. Pointer, B. Pointer, R. Pointer	4:24

Personnel

The Pointer Sisters

• Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer – vocals
• June Pointer – vocals on "Having a Party"

Musicians

• Reginald "Sonny" Burke, Stevie Wonder, Tom Salisbury – keyboards, synthesizers
• Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., David T. Walker, Robert Bowles, Chris Michie – guitars
• Louis Johnson, Chuck Domanico, James Jamerson, Willie Weeks, Gene Santini – bass
• James Gadson, Ed Greene, Gaylord Birch – drums
• Kenneth Nash – percussion
• Andy Narell – steel drums
• Ernie Watts – saxophone solos
• Reginald "Sonny" Burke – string arrangements and conductor

Production

• David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer
• Fred Catero, David Rubinson, Tim Kramer – engineers
• George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineers
• Earl Klasky – art direction
• Dave Bhang – album design
• Antonin Kratochvil – photography

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	176
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	51

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Having a Party review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-14.

External links

• Having a Party at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Pointer Sisters - Having a Party (1977, Remastered 2006) album to be listened as stream on Spotify