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The Young Singers Althea Forrest 17 And Donna Reid 18 Produced A Surprise One-Off Hit With Their "Uptown Top Ranking". It Was Produced By Joe Gibbs Based On The Instrumental Accompanimen Of The Alton Ellis' 1967 Song "I'm Still In Love" Which Had Already Been Popularised By Marcia Aitken's Cover "I'm Still In Love With You Boy". Their Song Also Used A Re-Write Of The Track "Three Piece Suit" By Trinity. "Uptown Top Ranking" Reached Number One For A Week In The U.K. Singles Chart In February 1978 . The Surprise Was Compounded By The Act Often Being Billed As Althia & Donna And The Song Sometimes Given As As "Up Town Top Ranking". The Track Was Written By The Duo And Errol Thompson. Althea & Donna Became The Youngest Female Duo To Have A U.K Number One. They Released Their Album Of The Same Name In 1978 But Never Met With Any More Tangible Success Thereafter. In Those Days Respectable Middle-Class Jamaican Girls Did Not Have Anything To Do With Reggae So One Of Them Got Expelled From Her High School.
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"Uptown Top Ranking" Is A Song And Single By The Jamaican Teenage Singers Althea Forrest And Donna Reid Recorded When They Were 17 And 18 Years Old Respectively. It Is Taken From Their 1977 Debut Album Of The Same Title. Released In 1977 The Song Comprises The Girls Ad-Libbing To Deejay Track "Three Piece Suit" By Trinity. The Song Was Initially Recorded As A Joke. The Record Was Played By Accident By BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel Resulting In Numerous Requests For Additional Plays. With Early Championing By Peel And A Performance On Top Of The Pops It Soon Became A Surprise Hit Reaching Number 1 In The UK Singles Chart In February 1978.
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Biography - Althea & Donna
The Young Singers Althea Forrest 17 And Donna Reid 18 Produced A Surprise One-Off Hit With Their "Uptown Top Ranking". It Was Produced By Joe Gibbs Based On The Instrumental Accompanimen Of The Alton Ellis' 1967 Song "I'm Still In Love" Which Had Already Been Popularised By Marcia Aitken's Cover "I'm Still In Love With You Boy". Their Song Also Used A Re-Write Of The Track "Three Piece Suit" By Trinity. "Uptown Top Ranking" Reached Number One For A Week In The U.K. Singles Chart In February 1978 . The Surprise Was Compounded By The Act Often Being Billed As Althia & Donna And The Song Sometimes Given As As "Up Town Top Ranking". The Track Was Written By The Duo And Errol Thompson. Althea & Donna Became The Youngest Female Duo To Have A U.K Number One. They Released Their Album Of The Same Name In 1978 But Never Met With Any More Tangible Success Thereafter. In Those Days Respectable Middle-Class Jamaican Girls Did Not Have Anything To Do With Reggae So One Of Them Got Expelled From Her High School.
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"Uptown Top Ranking" is a song and single by the Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. It is taken from their 1977 debut album of the same title.
Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity. The song was initially recorded as a joke. The record was played by accident by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, resulting in numerous requests for additional plays. With early championing by Peel and a performance on Top of the Pops, it soon became a surprise hit, reaching number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1978. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.