Van Dyke Parks

United States
January 3, 1943

Website

Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is known for his 1967 album Song Cycle and for his lyrics on the Beach Boys' unfinished album Smile. In addition to producing or arranging albums by Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Phil Ochs, Little Feat, Happy End, Ry Cooder, and Joanna Newsom, Parks has worked with performers such as Syd Straw, Ringo Starr, U2, Grizzly Bear, Inara George, Kimbra and Silverchair.

For the last 14 days:

4 tracks
4 stations
3 countries

Van Dyke Parks top songs

1	Van Dyke Parks
2	John Jones
3	Greenland Whale Fisheries
4	Come to the Sunshine

Van Dyke Parks quotes

To make a collaboration succeed there can be no visible contusions or abrasions. For the collaboration to succeed, the relationship must be nourished and survive. That is absolutely essential for a collaboration to succeed.