Althea & Donna

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Althea & Donna
Origin Jamaica
Genres Reggae
Years active1977–2001
Labels Virgin, Lightning, Front Line
Past membersAlthea Forrest
Donna Reid

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]

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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 singles chart 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 album, Uptown Top Ranking. [6]

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 188. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  2. ↑ "Althia & Donna". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 21. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  4. 1 2 Greene, Jo-Ann. Uptown Top Ranking at AllMusic . Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Moskowitz, David V. (2006). Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall. Greenwood Press. pp. 10–11. ISBN   0-313-33158-8.
  6. ↑ Prato, Greg. Althea & Donna Biography at AllMusic . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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