Althea & Donna were a Jamaican reggae vocal
duo, consisting of Althea Rose Forrest and Donna Marie Reid. They are best known for their 1977 single "
Uptown Top Ranking", which was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom in 1978.[1]
Career
The Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid – then 17 and 18 years old respectively – caused a chart surprise when their reggae song "Uptown Top Ranking" became a no. 1 hit in the UK in February 1978.[2][3] They released the album of the same name in 1978, backed by
The Revolutionaries, on the
Virgin Records subsidiary
Front Line, The album was produced by
Karl Pitterson.[4] The duo recorded several more singles with little success.[5] In 2001,
Caroline Records reissued the full-length Uptown Top Ranking.[6]
^Moskowitz, David V. (2006). Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Press. pp. 10–11.
ISBN0-313-33158-8.