Monday, October 16, 2017

The Pointer Sisters "Slow Hand"

Just before WPNT-FM in Chicago flipped formats to "Windy 100" (WNND-FM) in October 1997, the station scheduled a "close but no cigar weekend". That particular specialty weekend featured songs that went all the way to #2 on the charts, but failed to get to to the top spot. The station wound up firing its airstaff that Friday morning and went into "stunt" mode all weekend teasing a "big announcement Monday morning at 10am", so the "close but no cigar weekend" never materialized. (Why I remember all of this is still a mystery to me.) "Slow Hand" was The Pointer Sister's contribution to the specialty weekend that never was. The song peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 in 1981.