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Denny Cordell

real name Dennis Cordell-Lavarack

Denny Cordell is credited on 2,508 releases across 299 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1965–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,508

Credits

299

Albums

7

Decades active

633

In collections

Biography

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English producer & label boss (August 1, 1943 - February 18, 1995), perhaps most famous for producing The Moody Blues and the Cranberries. Cordell first gained fame in 1967 as the producer of Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade Of Pale. Later, he sold out his share of Regal Zonophone to start Shelter Records in January 1970, that was home to the likes of J.J. Cale, Tom Petty, Joe Cocker and Leon Russell.
Father of Tarka Cordell and Milo Cordell.

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Credited work

2,508 releases · 299 albums · active 1965–2025

  • Production · 3,068
  • Performance · 32
  • Other credits · 4
  • Engineering · 2

Studios: Skyhill Studios · A&M Studios · Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Ardent Studios

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