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Coverage of the 2011 Marin County Fair.The Pointer Sisters are back in their beloved Bay Area to play the Marin County Fair on Sunday night.The Pointer Sisters, Ruth, Anita and June, grew up in Oakland and sang at the West Oakland Church of God, where their father was the minister. The Pointer Sisters have played big stages around the country, but coming home to the Bay Area has always been special for the '80s icons.The Pointer Sisters topped the charts with He's So Shy, Slow Hand, Jump, I'm So Excited and Neutron Dance, songs which are still heard on the radio today.Ruth and Anita continue touring around the world with Ruth's …
What are your favorite activities at the Marin County Fair? Pig races? Corn dogs? Carnival games? Exhibits?
The band, led by founding members and lead singers Danny Hutton and Cory Wells, has had 21 Billboard Top 40 hits and 13 gold albums in the last four decades. According to the band, from 1969 to 1974 no other group sold more records or had more top ten hits. The name Three Dog Night reportedly comes from a story that indigenous Australians would sleep with a dingo, or native Australian dog, on particularly cold nights. On colder nights, they'd sleep with two or three dogs -- making it a three dog night. The group continues to tour, released two new songs in 2009 and is working on its first …