Althea & Donna

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Althea & Donna

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| origin = Jamaica

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| genre = Reggae

| years_active = 1977–2001

| label = Virgin, Lightning, Front Line

| past_members = Althea Forrest
Donna Reid

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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.{{cite book

| first= Jo

| last= Rice

| year= 1982

| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits

| edition= 1st

| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd

| location= Enfield, Middlesex

| isbn= 0-85112-250-7

| page= 188}}

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.{{cite web | url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16642/althia-and-donna/ | title=Althia & Donna | website=Officialcharts.com | accessdate=21 January 2016}}{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 21}} 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. The duo recorded several more singles with little success.{{Cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=David V. |title=Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=0-313-33158-8 |pages=10–11}} In 2001, Caroline Records reissued the album, Uptown Top Ranking.{{AllMusic |id=mn0000168113 |tab=biography |title=Althea & Donna Biography |last=Prato |first=Greg |access-date= 30 July 2014 }}

Discography

=Albums=

Uptown Top Ranking (1978), Virgin/Front Line{{AllMusic |id=uptown-top-ranking-mw0000010984 |title=Uptown Top Ranking |last=Greene |first=Jo-Ann |access-date=4 July 2013 }}