Althea & Donna

Althea & Donna
Origin Jamaica
Genres Reggae
Years active 1977–1979
Labels Virgin, Lightning, Front Line
Past members Althea 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]

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 UK No. 1 in February 1978.[2][3] They released the album of the same name in 1978, on which they are produced by Karl Pitterson and backed by The Revolutionaries, on the Virgin Records subsidiary Front Line,[4] and several more singles, but never met with any more tangible success thereafter.[5] In 2001, Caroline Records reissued the full-length "Uptown Top Ranking".[6]

Discography

Singles

Albums

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". www.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 Jo-Ann Greene. "Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  5. ↑ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 10-11
  6. ↑ Prato, Greg "Artist Biography by Greg Prato", Allmusic, Retrieved 30 July 2014
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