The Glorious Story of Althea & Donna

Althea & Donna were the Jamaican reggae singing duo 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. 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 UK #1 in February 1978. Kindly watch this episode and find out where they are currently. Don't forget to subscribe to our new channel: / @reggaegistint
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[@TAdams-fp9kf]

Big Tunes for these Beautiful Ladies and Happy to know they’re still doing their thing!!! Nuff Respect

[@anitabalabon8834]

Always loved this song. So nice to hear the story behind it. Love the little child's voice!

[@happygolucky7241]

Legends🇯🇲🖤💛💚💯❤️‍🔥

[@countrobbie3712]

It's good to know althea & Donna's hit - UPTOWN TOP RANKING done very well at the time of it's release and to this day. But there was another woman who had a hit with - STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU BOY - Marcia Aitken, which is on the identical riddim as Trinity's - THREE PIECE SUIT. Althea & Donna's hit is slightly re mixed, although still made at JOE GIBBS Recording studio.

[@JoyHarrison]

I was a kid when this song was a banger. I even had some halter tops as females of all ages were wearing them.

[@Cookefan59]

I really loved that song and keep it in my playlist rotation. If the music world is a weird place, then the Jamaican music world is like The Twilight Zone. It would be nice if these two were being paid royalties concurrent with the true popularity and sales of this music. I highly doubt it but that would be a great topic. Many times, record companies know how to either inflate or deflate the sales numbers. If I were them, I would hire a good lawyer and accountant and then audit the books of anybody who sold hard wax. It’s not so easy to hide digital sales. God Bless both of these wonderful women.

[@JoyHarrison]

Back then, the powers that be were still discriminating against Rastas and reggae music. Then, reggae music became a gold mine for Jamaica.