- Original drummer of the Solar Records R&B group DYNASTY
- Part of the hit-making writing and production team for Solar Records
- Producer for many popular R&B artists and their hits of the ’70s and ’80s — the Whispers, Gladys Knight, and others
- Voted one of the 50 most influential drummers of this generation
- After almost three decades, Wardell has once again produced, played, and sang on music for young and old — the longtime fans who know his work and the new listeners hearing him for the first time