Althea & Donna

Althea & Donna

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Althea & Donna es un dúo femenino jamaicano compuesto por Althea Forrest y Donna Reid, formado a finales de la década de 1970. Saltaron a la fama en 1977 con el sencillo "Uptown Top Ranking", un tema de roots reggae con influencias lovers rock, producido por Joe Gibbs y coescrito con Errol Thompson. Los dos cantantes adolescentes grabaron la canción inicialmente como una improvisación en respuesta a "Three Piece Suit " de Trinity, utilizando el mismo riddim que "I'm Still in Love" de Alton Ellis. La canción, con su tono travieso y su letra en patois jamaicano que celebra la moda y la confianza femenina, atrajo rápidamente la atención de los DJ en Jamaica y luego en Gran Bretaña, donde alcanzó el número uno en las listas británicas en febrero de 1978. Este fulgurante éxito convirtió a Althea & Donna en las artistas jamaicanas más jóvenes en alcanzar este nivel de fama en el Reino Unido. Su único álbum, también titulado Uptown Top Ranking, se publicó ese mismo año, pero no logró la misma repercusión que el sencillo. A pesar de varios intentos de grabación más, el dúo no consiguió repetir su éxito inicial y desapareció gradualmente de la escena musical. No obstante, Althea & Donna siguen siendo un referente emblemático del reggae femenino de los años 70, con una canción que se ha convertido en culto, versionada o sampleada a menudo, y en símbolo de una época en la que el reggae jamaicano era masivamente popular entre el público británico.

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05
Uptown Top Ranking (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:49
Compositores: A. Forrest - D. Reid
18
Uptown Top Ranking
Althea & Donna
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
03:49
Compositores: Althea Forrest - Donna Reid - Errol Thompson - Joe Gibbs
09
Sorry (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:57
Compositores: Forrest - Reid
01
No More Fighting (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:37
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
32
King Jammy's Singers (Continuous Mix)
Frankie Paul
King Jammy's Singers
83:17
06
The West (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:50
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
02
Jah Rastafari (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:46
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
10
They Wanna Just (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
02:50
Compositores: Forrest - Reid
04
Oh Dread (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
02:39
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
08
If You Don't Love Jah (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
02:57
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
03
Make A Truce (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
04:00
Compositores: Forrest - Reid
07
Jah Music (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:56
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
20
Reggae Dancehall Lovers Rock, Vol. 2 (Continuous Mix)
Tanto Metro & Devonte
Dancehall Lovers Rock, Vol. 2
46:04
01
Gone to Negril
Althea & Donna
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
07:16
11
Uptown Top Ranking (Extended Version)
Althea & Donna
The Ladies At Joe Gibbs
05:29
Compositores: Althea and Donna - Althea Forrest - Donna Reid - Errol Thompson - Joe Gibbs

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  • Discografía
Álbumes
Uptown Top Ranking
℗ 2001 Virgin Records Limited
01-01-1978
Uptown Top Ranking
01
No More Fighting (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:37
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
02
Jah Rastafari (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:46
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
03
Make A Truce (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
04:00
Compositores: Forrest - Reid
04
Oh Dread (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
02:39
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
05
Uptown Top Ranking (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:49
Compositores: A. Forrest - D. Reid
06
The West (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:50
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
07
Jah Music (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking
03:56
Compositores: Reid - Forrest
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Aparece en
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
℗ 2008 VP Records
20-05-2008
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
01
Two Sevens Clash
Culture
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
03:25
Compositores: Culture - Dayes - Gordon - HILL - Thompson - Walker
02
Money In My Pocket / Cool Runnings
Dennis Brown
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
08:08
03
Officially / One X One
Lloyd Parks
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
06:09
04
Babylon Too Rough
Gregory Isaacs
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
02:55
Compositores: Gregory Isaacs
05
Cool Out Son
Junior Murvin
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
03:17
Escritor/a: Murvin Smith / Compositores: Murvin Smith - Vincent Gordon - Donat Mittoo - Joel Gibson - Mervin Smith
06
Boxing Around
Cornell Campbell
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
04:09
Escritor/a: Cornell Campbell
07
I'm Still In Love With You
Marcia Aitken
Reggae Anthology: Joe Gibbs - Scorchers From The Mighty Two
03:42
Compositores: Alton Ellis - Brian Atkinson
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Best Of Reggae
℗ 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.
16-04-2021
Best Of Reggae
01
Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Best Of Reggae
03:15
Escritor/a: Bob Marley - Peter Tosh / Compositores: Bob Marley - Peter Tosh
02
The West (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Best Of Reggae
03:49
Escritor/a: Reid - Forrest / Compositores: Reid - Forrest
03
Police & Thieves
Junior Murvin
Best Of Reggae
03:49
Escritor/a: Lee "Scratch" Perry - Junior Murvin / Compositores: Lee "Scratch" Perry - Junior Murvin
04
Slavery Days
Burning Spear
Best Of Reggae
03:31
Escritor/a: Winston Rodney - Phillip J. Fullwood / Compositores: Winston Rodney - Phillip J. Fullwood
05
Blackheart Man
Bunny Wailer
Best Of Reggae
06:17
Escritor/a: Neville O'Riley Livingston / Compositores: Neville O'Riley Livingston
06
Satta Massagana
The Abyssinians
Best Of Reggae
03:27
Escritor/a: Bernard Collins - Donald Manning - Lynford Manning / Compositores: Bernard Collins - Donald Manning - Lynford Manning
07
Innocent Blood (2000 Digital Remaster)
Culture
Best Of Reggae
05:44
Compositores: Joseph Hill
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Dad's Reggae Album
(P) 2014 One Media iP Ltd
18-05-2014
Dad's Reggae Album
01
Lively up Yourself
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Dad's Reggae Album
02:53
Compositores: Marley, Bob
02
Good Thing Going
Sugar Minott
Dad's Reggae Album
03:17
Compositores: GORDY JR, BERRY - Richards, Deke - MIZELL, ALPHONSO JAMES - PERREN, FREDERICK J
03
You Can Get It If You Really Want
Desmond Dekker
Dad's Reggae Album
02:27
Compositores: CLIFF, JIMMY
04
Come into My Life
Jimmy Cliff
Dad's Reggae Album
02:50
Compositores: CLIFF, JIMMY
05
Ain't No Sunshine
Horace Andy
Dad's Reggae Album
03:22
Compositores: Withers, Bill
06
Only the Strong Survive
Johnny Osbourne
Dad's Reggae Album
03:32
Compositores: Osbourne, Johnny
07
Rainbow Country
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Dad's Reggae Album
05:45
Compositores: Marley, Bob
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King Jammy's Singers
Jet Star Music
04-08-2023
King Jammy's Singers
01
Sara
Frankie Paul
King Jammy's Singers
03:10
02
Tears
Chuck Turner
King Jammy's Singers
03:19
03
Stop Acting Strange
Delroy Wilson
King Jammy's Singers
03:48
04
Rock Dis Yah One
Johnny Clarke
King Jammy's Singers
03:36
05
Dancehall Night
Super Black
King Jammy's Singers
03:17
06
Gime Your Love
Cocoa Tea
King Jammy's Singers
03:38
07
Idle Jubie
Frankie Paul
King Jammy's Singers
03:54
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Ultimate Woman
This Compilation ℗ 2023 Countdown Media GmbH, a BMG company
17-03-2023
Ultimate Woman
01
The Time Is Now
Moloko
Ultimate Woman
04:30
Escritor/a: Mark Brydon - Róisín Murphy / Compositores: Mark Brydon - Róisín Murphy
02
Knock On Wood (7” Edit)
Amii Stewart
Ultimate Woman
03:42
Escritor/a: Eddie Floyd - Steve Cropper / Compositores: Eddie Floyd - Steve Cropper
03
Say I'm Your No. 1 (Edited Version)
Princess
Ultimate Woman
03:38
Escritor/a: Matt Aitken - Mike Stock - Pete Waterman / Compositores: Matt Aitken - Mike Stock - Pete Waterman
04
Heartbeat (Edit)
Taana Gardner
Ultimate Woman
04:18
Escritor/a: Kenton Nix / Compositores: Kenton Nix
05
Proud To Be A Woman
Lena Martell
Ultimate Woman
03:17
Escritor/a: Lena Martell / Compositores: Lena Martell
06
You Don't Love Me (Trojan Mix)
Dawn Penn
Ultimate Woman
03:15
Escritor/a: Willie C Cobbs - Ewart Beckford - Duke Reid - ELLAS MCDANIEL / Compositores: Willie C Cobbs - Ewart Beckford - Duke Reid - ELLAS MCDANIEL
07
Feel So High
Des'ree
Ultimate Woman
03:53
Escritor/a: Des'ree - Michael Emmanuel Gaves / Compositores: Des'ree - Michael Emmanuel Gaves
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Reggae Collected
℗ 2023 UMG Recordings, Inc.
03-02-2023
Reggae Collected
01
1865 (96º In The Shade)
Third World
Reggae Collected
04:27
Escritor/a: Michael Cooper - Stephen Haldane Coore - William Alexander Clarke / Compositores: Michael Cooper - Stephen Haldane Coore - William Alexander Clarke
02
Mary Mary
Inner Circle
Reggae Collected
05:11
Escritor/a: Wayne I. Lewis - Jacob Miller - Russel R. Lewis / Compositores: Wayne I. Lewis - Jacob Miller - Russel R. Lewis
03
The Harder They Come (From “The Harder They Come” / Film Version)
Jimmy Cliff
Reggae Collected
03:46
Escritor/a: Jimmy Cliff / Compositores: Jimmy Cliff
04
Uptown Top Ranking (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Reggae Collected
03:48
Escritor/a: A. Forrest - D. Reid / Compositores: A. Forrest - D. Reid
05
Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs
Reggae Collected
04:04
Compositores: Gregory Isaacs - Sylvester Weise
06
54-46 (Was My Number)
Toots & The Maytals
Reggae Collected
03:10
Escritor/a: Frederick Hibbert / Compositores: Frederick Hibbert
07
Turn Your Lights Down Low
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Reggae Collected
05:46
Escritor/a: Bob Marley - Richard Rudolph - Minnie Riperton / Compositores: Bob Marley - Richard Rudolph - Minnie Riperton
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Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
This Compilation ℗ 2024 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
15-03-2024
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
01
Uptown Top Ranking
Althea & Donna
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
03:54
Escritor/a: Joe Gibbs - Althea Forrest - Donna Reid - Errol Thompson / Compositores: Joe Gibbs - Althea Forrest - Donna Reid - Errol Thompson
02
Israelites
Desmond Dekker
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
02:35
Compositores: Leslie Kong - Desmond Dacres
03
Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
The Pioneers
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
03:08
Escritor/a: Jimmy Cliff / Compositores: Jimmy Cliff
04
Hurt so Good
Susan Cadogan
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
03:03
Escritor/a: Phillip Mitchell / Compositores: Phillip Mitchell
05
54-46 Was My Number
Toots & The Maytals
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
03:10
Compositores: Brian Atkinson - Frederick Hibbert
06
Moon River
Greyhound
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
03:27
Compositores: Henry Mancini - Johnny Mercer
07
Monkey Spanner
Dave & Ansel Collins
Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters
02:29
Escritor/a: Ansel Collins - Dave Barker - Winston Riley / Compositores: Ansel Collins - Dave Barker - Winston Riley
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Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
Pressure Sounds
01-12-2017
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
01
Gone to Negril
Althea & Donna
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
07:16
02
Crazy Negril
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
05:12
03
Holy Mount Zion
Gladstone Anderson
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
03:18
04
Holy Mount Zion (Version)
The Roots Radics
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
03:03
05
I Man Can't Live Like This
Barry Brown
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
06:18
06
From Creation I Man There
Barry Brown
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
06:20
07
Oppression (Part 1)
Diggory Kenrick
Sounds & Pressure Vol. 7
04:07
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Reggae Session
29-01-2016
Reggae Session
01
Ethiopia
Aisha Morrison
Reggae Session
02:29
02
If You Wanna Make Love
Barry Biggs
Reggae Session
03:22
03
Here I Am Baby
Al Brown
Reggae Session
04:12
04
Montego Bay
Bobby Benjamin
Reggae Session
02:24
05
Knock on Heaven's Door
Alfradito Payne
Reggae Session
04:03
06
What One Dance Can Do
Beres Hammond
Reggae Session
05:13
07
Love One Another
Althea & Donna
Reggae Session
03:47
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Ultimate Summer BBQ
This Compilation ℗ 2022 Countdown Media GmbH, a BMG company
29-07-2022
Ultimate Summer BBQ
01
In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry
Ultimate Summer BBQ
03:31
Compositores: Ray Dorset
02
Sunshine Day
Osibisa
Ultimate Summer BBQ
04:56
Escritor/a: Teddy Osei - Solomon Amarfio - Mac Tontoh / Compositores: Teddy Osei - Solomon Amarfio - Mac Tontoh
03
Walking On Sunshine (25th Anniversary / Remastered 2010)
Katrina & The Waves
Ultimate Summer BBQ
03:43
Escritor/a: Kimberley Rew / Compositores: Kimberley Rew
04
Hot Hot Hot
Arrow
Ultimate Summer BBQ
06:44
Escritor/a: Alphonsus Cassell / Compositores: Alphonsus Cassell
05
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
Ultimate Summer BBQ
03:33
Escritor/a: Matt Aitken - Mike Stock - Pete Waterman / Compositores: Matt Aitken - Mike Stock - Pete Waterman
06
You Can Get It If You Really Want
Desmond Dekker
Ultimate Summer BBQ
02:39
Escritor/a: Jimmy Cliff / Compositores: Jimmy Cliff
07
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations
Ultimate Summer BBQ
02:56
Escritor/a: Tony Macaulay - Michael d'Abo / Compositores: Tony Macaulay - Michael d'Abo
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Reggae Essentials
℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
08-05-2020
Reggae Essentials
01
Three Little Birds (Exodus 40 Mix)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Reggae Essentials
03:11
Escritor/a: Bob Marley / Compositores: Bob Marley
02
Pass The Dutchie
Musical Youth
Reggae Essentials
03:23
Escritor/a: Anthony Ferguson - George Bennett - Leroy Sibbles - Ogilvie Fitzroy Simpson - Jackie Mittoo - Robert Bernard Lyn - Huford Benjamin Brown / Compositores: Anthony Ferguson - George Bennett - Leroy Sibbles - Ogilvie Fitzroy Simpson - Jackie Mittoo - Robert Bernard Lyn - Huford Benjamin Brown
03
Red Red Wine
UB40
Reggae Essentials
03:02
Escritor/a: Neil Diamond / Compositores: Neil Diamond
04
Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Single Version)
Jimmy Cliff
Reggae Essentials
03:12
Escritor/a: Jimmy Cliff / Compositores: Jimmy Cliff
05
No More Fighting (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Reggae Essentials
03:36
Escritor/a: Reid - Forrest / Compositores: Reid - Forrest
06
Pressure Drop '72
Toots & The Maytals
Reggae Essentials
02:30
Escritor/a: Frederick Hibbert / Compositores: Chris Blackwell - Warwick Lyn - Frederick Hibbert
07
Wild World
Maxi Priest
Reggae Essentials
03:35
Escritor/a: Cat Stevens / Compositores: Cat Stevens
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BBQ Summer
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
05-07-2019
BBQ Summer
01
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
BBQ Summer
04:44
Escritor/a: Ronnie Van Zant - Gary Rossington - Edward King / Compositores: Ronnie Van Zant - Gary Rossington - Edward King
02
One Love / People Get Ready
Bob Marley & The Wailers
BBQ Summer
02:51
Escritor/a: Bob Marley - Curtis Mayfield / Compositores: Bob Marley - Curtis Mayfield
03
Walking On Sunshine
Katrina & The Waves
BBQ Summer
03:58
Escritor/a: Kimberley Rew / Compositores: Kimberley Rew
04
Express Yourself (Remastered 2000)
N.W.A
BBQ Summer
04:23
Escritor/a: C. Wright - O. Jackson / Compositores: C. Wright - O. Jackson
05
I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix)
Mike Posner
BBQ Summer
03:18
Escritor/a: Mike Posner / Compositores: Mike Posner
06
Mr. Big Stuff
Jean Knight
BBQ Summer
02:32
Escritor/a: Joseph Broussard - Carol Washington - Ralph Williams / Compositores: Joseph Broussard - Carol Washington - Ralph Williams
07
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
BBQ Summer
04:34
Escritor/a: Rupert Holmes / Compositores: Rupert Holmes
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Reggae Mix
℗ 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc.
26-07-2019
Reggae Mix
01
Is This Love (Live At The Pavillon De Paris, 1977)
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Reggae Mix
07:27
Escritor/a: Bob Marley / Compositores: Bob Marley
02
Guns Of Brixton
Jimmy Cliff
Reggae Mix
03:38
Escritor/a: Nicholas Bowen Headon - Michael Jones - John Mellor - Paul Simonon / Compositores: Nicholas Bowen Headon - Michael Jones - John Mellor - Paul Simonon
03
Things In Life
Dennis Brown
Reggae Mix
03:13
Escritor/a: Dennis Brown / Compositores: Dennis Brown
04
Natty Rebel
U-Roy
Reggae Mix
03:29
Escritor/a: Owen Gray / Compositores: Ewart Beckford - Owen Gray
05
54-46 (Was My Number)
Ernest Ranglin
Reggae Mix
05:53
Escritor/a: Frederick Hibbert / Compositores: Frederick Hibbert
06
Stepping Out (Live)
Steel Pulse
Reggae Mix
05:58
Escritor/a: David Hinds / Compositores: David Hinds
07
Jah Music (Remastered 2001)
Althea & Donna
Reggae Mix
03:53
Escritor/a: Reid - Forrest / Compositores: Reid - Forrest
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Summer Reggae
℗ 2009 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
15-09-2009
Summer Reggae
01
Kingston Town
UB40
Summer Reggae
03:47
Escritor/a: P. Kendrick / Compositores: Kendrick Patrick - P. Kendrick
02
In The Summertime (feat. Rayvon)
Shaggy
Summer Reggae
03:46
Compositores: Ray Dorset
03
Uptown Top Ranking
Althea & Donna
Summer Reggae
03:53
Compositores: A Forrest - D Reid
04
(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back
Peter Tosh
Summer Reggae
03:42
Escritor/a: Ronald White - Smokey Robinson
05
Tomorrow People
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Summer Reggae
03:37
Compositores: Ziggy Marley
06
Wild World
Maxi Priest
Summer Reggae
03:35
Compositores: Cat Stevens
07
Dedicated to the One I Love
Bitty McLean
Summer Reggae
03:41
Compositores: BASS - Lowman Pauling
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