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John Rostill

Birmingham, United Kingdom

John Rostill is credited on 1,860 releases across 416 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,860

Pressings credited

416

Albums

7

Decades active

151

In collections

Biography

John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking in autumn 1963. He wrote many of the tunes by the Shadows including "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" in 1964. He wrote or co-wrote three songs in the 1970s which were massive hits for Olivia Newton-John in the United States—"Let Me Be There", "If You Love Me, Let Me Know" and "Please Mr. Please"—but died before seeing them succeed.

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1,860 releases · 416 albums · active 1964–2025

  • Performance · 2,513
  • Other credits · 31

Studios: EMI Studios · Abbey Road Studios · Central Sound Studios, London · Bolic Sound

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