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Suzi is a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. As a child in 1950s Detroit she absorbed rock 'n' roll from the radio and her older siblings' record collections. She remains passionate about the music from the golden era of the fifties and sixties with all its energy, innocence and romance.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

John Robb (born in Blackpool, England) is a vocalist in the punk rock band Goldblade. Based in Manchester, he frequently appears as a journalist/commentator on documentary/light entertainment music shows. Robb was inspired by the DIY ethic of punk to form the critically acclaimed Membranes who released several albums in the 1980s. He then went on to write for the music paper Sounds and was the first person in the world to interview Nirvana as well as being the first to write about the new Madchester scene of the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays in Sounds music paper in the late eighties. He also coined the term 'Britpop' whilst writing for Sounds in 1989. He is currently working on a history of Manchester Music book and a book about the eighties underground scene as well as developing ideas for TV. He was also the spokesperson for the Tony Wilson day in Manchester- the Tony Wilson Experience. Robb launched the music site louderthanwar.com in 2010 which reguarly features Ace releases on its pages.

Richard Hawley is a singer songwriter from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. He is best known now as a singer of heartfelt and beautiful songs but has a long musical history as a guitarist. If you would like to know what has happened and what is yet to come please visit:

www.richardhawley.co.uk

Talk about turning the fox loose in the chicken shack!! Turning a music fanatic like me on to this catalogue and saying pick your Top 10, it is agonising. Perhaps if it was only one genre like doo wop it could be done, but between jazz-rockabilly-doo wop-rock and roll-funk-jive-big bands etc I am at a loss, why not ask for my top 100! I am copping out in advance to all who did not make the Top 10 list, by the time you read this I hope my 24 hour a day internet radio outlet of oldies will be running and I can just play most of them and relieve the frustration of the current restriction. Watch this space. I guess it could have been worse, Ace could have said, "Pick one"!! Here is the crème de la crème, songs I can listen to anytime anywhere!

www.emperorrosko.net

DJ Andy Smith used to work with Portishead (as tour DJ and sample finder) - Don't anymore! - Released loads of mix CD's since 1998 - The Document 1,2 &3 , The Trojan Document, The Greensleeves Document, Andy Smith's Northern Soul, Diggin' in The BGP Vaults, Freestyle Mix, Jam Up Twist.

Now fairly bored with most new music (most stuff I hear is just made for dreadful US urban radio and I don't much care for it!), yet think within older stuff there is a treasure trove of musical treats to be found (especially 50's & 60's, though I still dig the 70's and early 80's Boogie). Fairly done with Hip Hop as I HATE what it became - may come back to the better older stuff one day?.

Currently DJ every Saturday night at 'Lost & Found' at Madame Jo Jos (with Keb Darge) and do various 'Jam Up Twist' nights around the UK on Fridays (currently 1st Friday at Fluid Bar in Farringdon,London, 2nd Friday at The Clarendon, Leamington Spa & 3rd Friday at The Big Chill Bar, Bristol|).

Enjoy DJing now (not playing anything current!) more than I ever have - More of you should try doing what's in your heart musically - Give me stack of 1950's & 1960's 45's or a pile of disco & doogie 12"s and I'm a happy man - All vinyl still too (in the UK) - Serato abroad - that's why I dont DJ abroad too much these days - I prefer spinning my vinyl in the UK!

www.djandysmith.com