TODAY, a panel of aficionados will gather at the Undercroft at the University of the West Indies' (UWI) Mona campus to present what they believe are the top-100 reggae songs recorded between 1957 and 2007.

That period marks 50 years of Jamaican popular music.

Dr Clinton Hutton, a senior lecturer in the department of government, said the panel comprised musicians, radio disc jockeys and sound system selectors. Each made their selections based on record sales, airplay and how 'their' songs influenced musical trends.

Hutton hopes the UWI's top-100 reggae songs will ultimately be compiled for a box set.

Popular songs

Based on pop and reggae compilations released over the last 25 years, these are 10 of the most-popular Jamaican pop songs.

(1) My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small

(2) Eastern Standard Time - The Skatalites

(3) Blood and Fire - Niney Holness

(4) Duppy Conqueror - The Wailers

(5) Satta Masa Gana - The Abyssinians

(6) The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff

(7) Get Up Stand Up - The Wailers

(8) One Love - Bob Marley and The Wailers

(9) Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith

(10) Untold Stories - Buju Banton