Steppin'

Steppin' is the third studio album by the Pointer Sisters, released in 1975 on the ABC/Blue Thumb label.

Steppin'
Studio album by The Pointer Sisters
Released	May 1975
Studio	Wally Heider Studios, (San Francisco, California)
Genre	R&B, soul, funk
Label	ABC/Blue Thumb
Producer	David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
The Pointer Sisters chronology
Live at the Opera House (1974) Steppin' (1975) The Best of the Pointer Sisters (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)"	Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, David Rubinson	7:21
2.	"Sleeping Alone"	Stevie Wonder	4:29
3.	"Easy Days"	Isaac Hayes, A. Pointer, B. Pointer, June Pointer	3:37
4.	"Chainey Do"	Willie McTell, Taj Mahal	6:05

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - A Medley in Tribute to Duke Ellington" ("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")	Duke Ellington, Don George / Ellington / Ellington, Bruce Good / Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn / Ellington, Paul Francis Webster / Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard	6:08
6.	"Save the Bones for Henry Jones"	Danny Barker, Vernon Lee	3:10
7.	"Wanting Things"	Hal David, Burt Bacharach	3:11
8.	"Going Down Slowly"	Allen Toussaint	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

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	22
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	3

References

1. Hanson, Amy. Steppin review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-13.

External links

• Steppin' at Discogs (list of releases)
• The Pointer Sisters - Steppin' (1975) album to be listened as stream on Spotify