Discover more about the most exciting decade in musical history throughout the Sounds of the 50s series. Here’s presenter Leo Green’s top 10 songs from this defining musical era. 1.

The local folk music was a Jamaican form called mento, but in the 40s and 50s Jamaicans were also listening to music from the US – jazz, bebop ... Bob Marley's songs, such as "Get Up", "Stand ...