Althea & Donna
Althea & Donna is a Jamaican female duo made up of Althea Forrest and Donna
Reid, formed in the late 1970s. They shot to fame in 1977 with the single
"Uptown Top Ranking", a roots reggae track with lovers rock influences, produced
by Joe Gibbs and co-written with Errol Thompson. The two singers, then
teenagers, recorded the song initially as an improvisation in response to
Trinity's "Three Piece Suit", using the same riddim, that of Alton Ellis' "I'm
Still in Love". The track, with its mischievous tone and Jamaican patois lyrics
celebrating fashion and feminine confidence, quickl...
