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. 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. 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. In 2001, Caroline Records reissued the full-length Uptown Top Ranking. Discography Albums Uptown Top Ranking (1978), Virgin/Front Line Singles "Uptown Top Ranking" (1977), Lightning/Joe Gibbs/Warners (1978), Virgin "Love One Another" (1978), Lightning/Joe Gibbs/Warners "Puppy Dog Song" (1978), Front Line "Going to Negril" (1978), Front Line "Top Rankin" (1995), Ice Town Music See also List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart List of reggae musicians List of performers on Top of the Pops List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart Caribbean music in the United Kingdom References Jamaican reggae musical groups Jamaican musical duos 20th-century Jamaican women singers Female musical duos Girl groups Reggae duos