John Rostill
John Henry Rostill (født 16. juni 1942 i Birmingham , død 26. november 1973 i London ) var en engelsk el-bassist i den engelske instrumentalgruppe The Shadows fra november 1963 til marts 1970 . Rostill kom med i The Shadows i november 1963, da hans forgænger Brian Locking sprang fra for at hellige sig sin religion , Jehovas Vidner . John var en stabil bassist, sanger og komponist og tilførte gruppen ny musikalsk inspiration. I 1970 fik han en invitation til at blive bassist i Tom Jones ' backinggruppe, som turnerede en del i USA på det tidspunkt, som han accepterede.
Efter endt turné med Tom Jones helligede han sig mere og mere sine egne kompositioner. Han skrev flere store hit-numre til Olivia Newton-John , bl.a. "Let Me Be There", "If You Love Me let Me Know" og "Please Mr. Please"; de to førstnævnte er også indspillet af Elvis Presley .
John Rostill blev på tragisk vis fundet død af The Shadows rytmeguitarist Bruce Welch i sit hjemmestudie af en overdosis af barbiturater i Radlett , Hertfordshire , 26. november 1973.
LP/CD Diskografi
The Shadows - Dance with The Shadows (1964)
The Shadows - The Sound of The Shadows (1965)
The Shadows - Shadow Music (1966)
The Shadows - Live in Japan (1967)
The Shadows - Jigsaw (1967)
The Shadows - From Hank Bruce Brian & John (1967)
The Shadows & Cliff Richard - Established 1958 /halv Cliff halv Shadows (1968)
The Shadows - Live in Japan (1969)
The Shadows - Shades of Rock - (1970) (med på tre numre : Lucille, I Cant Get No Satisfaction og Bony Maronie)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Wonderful Life (1964)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Aladdin & His Wonderful Lamp (1964)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - When in Rome (1965)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1965)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Love is Forever (1965)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Finders Keepers (1966)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Cinderella (1967)
Brian Bennett - Change of Direction (1967)
Tom Jones - Live in Las Vegas (1969)
Tom Jones - Live at Cesars Palace - (1972)
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Himself (1971)
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back to Front (1972)
Big Jim Sullivan - Sullivan Plays O´Sullivan (1973)
Singler
The Shadows - "The Rise and Fall of Flingle Bunt" / "Its a Mans World" (1964)
The Shadows - ""Rhythm and Greens" / "The Miracle" (1964)
The Shadows - "Chattanooga Choo Choo " / "Walkin" (1964)
The Shadows - "Rhythm & Greens" / "Ranka-Chank" / "Main Theme" / "The Drum Number" / "The Lute Number" - EP (1964)
The Shadows - "Genie with the Light Brown Lamp" / "Little Princess" (1964)
The Shadows - "Brazil" / "National Provincial Samba" (1965)
The Shadows - "Mary Anne" / "Chu-Chi" (1965)
The Shadows - "Stingray" / "Alice in Sunderland" (1965)
The Shadows - "Don't Make My Baby Blue" / "My Grandfather's Clock" (1965)
The Shadows - "The War Lord" / "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Arthur" (1965)
The Shadows - "Me Oh My" / "Friends" (1965)
The Shadows - "I Met a Girl" / Late Night Set (1966)
The Shadows - Thunderbirds Are Go! - "Shooting Star" * / "Lady Penelope" / "Thunderbirds Theme" / "Zero X Theme" ( med Cliff Richard på *) - EP (1966)
The Shadows - "Finders Keepers", "My Way", "Paella" , "Fiesta" / "Autumn" / "The Flyder And The Spy" / "My Way" - EP (1966)
The Shadows - "A Place in the Sun" / "Will You Be There" (1966)
The Shadows - "The Dreams I Dream" / "Scotch on the Socks" (1966)
The Shadows - In Japan - "Omoide No Nagisa" / "Kimi To Itsumademo" / "Londonderry Air" / "Gin-Iro Michi" - EP (1967)
The Shadows - "Maroc 7" / "Bombay Duck" (1967)
The Shadows - "Tomorrow's Cancelled" / "Somewhere" (1967)
The Shadows - "Running Out of World" / "London's Not Too Far" (Hank Marvin solo på B siden) (1968)
The Shadows - "Dear Old Mrs Bell" / "Trying to Forget the One You Love" (1968)
The Shadows - "I Cant Forget" / "Running out Of World" (1968)
The Shadows - "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" / "Midnight Cowboy" (Hank Marvin solo på B siden) (1969)
"Funny Old World" / "Green Apples" (1971) solosingle
Brian Bennett - "Canvas" / "Slippery Jim de Grice" (1967) single
Brian Bennett´s Thunder Company - "Riddin´on the Gravy Train" / "Bubble Drum" (1970) single
Film
Wonderful Life (1964) - med Cliff Richard og The Shadows
Finders Keepers (1966) - med Cliff Richard og The Shadows
Rhythm 'n Greens (1966) - med The Shadows
Thunderbirds are Go (som dukke) (1966) - med Cliff Richard og The Shadows
Teater stykker
Aladdin (1964) - med Cliff Richard og The Shadows
Cinderella (1967) - med Cliff Richard og The Shadows
Litteratur
Funny Old World - Biografi af Rob Bradford. (1988)
The Shadows and Mike Read - The Story of The Shadows (1983)