AllMusic noted that Cornell "could unfurl a suppleness of vocal gesture that was denied to luckier but less stylistically adventurous contemporaries".
[8] In April 1962,[9] Cornell married session musician Andy White, the drummer on the album version of The Beatles' first hit, "Love Me Do".
[7] The same year, Decca released Cornell's version of "African Waltz",[10] which failed to make inroads compared to John Dankworth's instrumental chart hit.
The B-side was an arrangement of the Jon Hendricks penned jazz standard, "Moanin'", which showed her expanding well beyond traditional pop music boundaries.
[1] This release was followed by Jack Good's eccentric production work on her 1962 cover of The Blue Belles' US hit, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman".
[7] In 1972, Cornell and Ann Simmons (née O'Brien), who were both part of The Vernons Girls, had assistance from the record producer, Phil Swern, in forming The Pearls.