 Among the recording studios he used were the Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, and the Aeolian sound studio in Bond Street, he also worked with George Martin.One of his early music hits conducting his own orchestra was called "Sadie's Shawl" (1956, UK #29), and another called "The Black Bear" (1961, UK #44).Cordell was commended in 1951 for his radio score of the historical drama "The Gay Galliard", starring Valerie Hobson as Mary, Queen of Scots.