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"Uptown Top Ranking" — Althea & Donna

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Althea & Donna's 1977 single — two Kingston teenagers over the "I'm Still in Love" rhythm, answering Trinity's "Three Piece Suit" — which reached number one in the UK in early 1978. A patois record about dressing well and taking no advice topping the British chart was without precedent, and it has kept its charm intact for nearly fifty years.

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Althea & Donna — Uptown Top Ranking (Official Audio)

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