[1][2] In 1930, he became director of light music for Parlophone, later extended to cover the other EMI labels, His Master's Voice, Regal Zonophone, and Columbia.

He reportedly made more recordings than any other musician during the 1930s, sometimes anonymously or under a pseudonym, and in many cases arranging and leading orchestras behind such stars as Richard Tauber, Al Bowlly, Harry Lauder, Beatrice Lillie, Gracie Fields and Ivor Novello.

He also recorded with the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra after its leader, Ray Noble, left for the U.S. in 1934, and established his own small jazz group, the Six Swingers, including the drummer Max Abrams.

The band released over 50 recordings for the Regal Zonophone and Columbia labels in the 1930s, and in 1938 topped the Daily Mail readers' poll as radio entertainers.

However, in 1957 the BBC agreed that he form a seven-piece ensemble, George Scott-Wood and His Music, which included three accordions, and which continued to make regular radio appearances until the late 1960s.