Althea and Donna

Althea and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (RSD 2023)

This is a Record Store Day 2023 release The ultimate ‘one-hit-wonders’, Uptown Top Ranking was a ...

This is a Record Store Day 2023 release The ultimate ‘one-hit-wonders’, Uptown Top Ranking was a surprise International No. 1 smash hit single for the teenage due Althea and Donna. Entranced by Trinity’s hit ‘Three Piece Suit’, they wrote a ‘reply’ song - Uptown Top Ranking, which they cut for Joe Gibbs.The success of the single, both in Jamaica and globally, secured them a deal with Virgin Record’s Front Line imprint, releasing this, their only album, in 1978. The album features the cream of...