Reggatta De Blanc topped the charts

October 13, 1979
The Police’s second album Reggatta De Blanc started a four-week run at No.1 in the UK on this date.

The first three Police albums, Outlandos d’Amour, Reggatta de Blanc, and Zenyatta Mondatta, were named by their manager, Miles Copeland (Police drummer Stewart Copeland’s brother), using words he made up. Reggatta de Blanc is the only one that is also the name of a song. In Copeland’s language, it translates to “White Reggae,” indicating the reggae rhythms the band was using. The fourth and fifth Police albums got away from this naming convention and were titled by Sting: Ghost in the Machine and Synchronicity.

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