Denny Cordell

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Denny Cordell (*1943 in Buenos Aires, Argentine, † February 18, 1995 in Dublin, Ireland) was a British record producer and horseracer.

[edit] Career

Cordell grew up in England. He met Chris Blackwell when he was 21 and started to work for his Label Island Records as a producer. When he started to work more closely with the Moody Blues he decided to leave Island and become an independent producer. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked with famous bands and musicians such as Georgie Fame, Procol Harum, Manfred Mann and Joe Cocker. He is also known as an early mentor of famous producer Tony Visconti. In the 1980s he turned to his other interest, horseracing, but in the 1990 he took up producing records again and again worked for Island. Among others he produced the Cranberries.