Van Dyke Parks
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Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, and former Warner Bros. Records executive whose work encompasses orchestral pop, elaborate recording experiments, Americana iconography, free-associative lyrics, and Caribbean sounds.
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Parks sang under conductors such as Arturo Toscanini (pictured) while touring nationally with the American Boychoir School![Parks briefly formed a guitar trio with Stephen Stills (left) and Steve Young (not present) in 1966. Stills' later band Buffalo Springfield (pictured) was named by Parks, inspired by a bulldozer logo.[15][16]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Buffalo_Springfield_in_1966.png/500px-Buffalo_Springfield_in_1966.png)
Parks briefly formed a guitar trio with Stephen Stills (left) and Steve Young (not present) in 1966. Stills' later band Buffalo Springfield (pictured) was named by Parks, inspired by a bulldozer logo.[15][16]
Parks jammed with members of the Byrds (pictured in 1965) before contributing keyboards to their studio albums
Parks (not present) was briefly a member of the Mothers of Invention in 1966
1967 advertisement for the Beach Boys' single "Heroes and Villains", written by Parks and Brian Wilson
Parks rechristened the Tikis as Harpers Bizarre (pictured 1967)
Parks in a 1967 promotional shotListen
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Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, and former Warner Bros. Records executive whose work encompasses orchestral pop, elaborate recording experiments, Americana iconography, free-associative lyrics, and Caribbean sounds. He is best known for his 1967 album Song Cycle and his collaborative work with acts such as the Beach Boys, Lowell George, and Harry Nilsson.
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