He earned a masters degree in music at University of California, Los Los Angeles "Sir" was a nickname, not an earned honorific. He recorded albums which fall under the category of space age popular or lounge music: "The Thirteen Fingers of Sir Julian (Radio Corporation of America Victor, LPM 2372)", "A Knight at the Organ (Radio Corporation of America Victor, LSP 2591, 1962)", "50 Fabulous Organ Favorites (United Artists, UAL 3346)" and "Organ in Orbit (United Artists, UAL 3334, 1963)". He also recorded honky tonk under the pseudonym Shamus O"Gould: At the Golden Nugget (Design Records DLP 42).