Van Dyke Parks

Things You Ought To Know about Van Dyke Parks:

Can claim Albert Einstein as a musical accompanist (Einstein’s front porch, Christmas 1952)
His first session in the recording studio was as arranger for ‘The Bare Necessities’ from Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’
He gave the Buffalo Springfield their name
Has Produced Or Arranged For The Following Albums :
Randy Newman’s first album, Phil Ochs Greatest Hits, Little Feat - ‘Feats Don’t Fail Me Now’, Ry Cooder’s first album (with Lenny Waronker), Arlo Guthrie - ‘Running Down The Road’

Has Played On :
The Byrds - ‘Eight Miles High’ and ‘Fifth Dimension’ album, Ry Cooder’s first album, Beach Boys - ‘Day In The Life Of A Tree’, Tim Buckley’s first album, Judy Collins - ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’

Met Brian Wilson in 1965 when he was a session pianist by day and a folk singer by night
Was a session played for the ‘Good Vibrations’-era Beach Boys recordings
Was, with Brian Wilson, the principal creator of the Beach Boys famous album ‘SMILE’
Has Written The Following Songs For The Beach Boys With Brian Wilson :
‘Heroes And Villains’, ‘Vegetables’, ‘Wonderful’, ‘Surf’s Up’, ‘Sail On Sailor’

Wrote for, produced, arranged and recorded ‘Orange Crate Art’ with Brian Wilson (released in 1995)
His first film score was ‘Goin’ South’, a western starring Jack Nicholson
Has also composed soundtracks for the films ‘Two Jakes’, ‘Wild Bill’, ‘Shagrat’, and numerous others, film scoring being his principle source of work since 1978.

http://www.songcycler.de/frameset.html

Работы с Ринго:
1. Rotogravure 1976 - pictured on sleeve among the other musicians
2. Stop And Smell The Roses 1981 - arrangements for Drumming Is My Madness, Stop And Smell The Roses, Back Off Boogaloo
3. Vertical Man 1998 - member of background choir on La De Da
4. Ringo Rama 2003 - Elizabeth Reigns (feat. Van Dyke Parks)

Composer, arranger, producer, and musician Van Dyke Parks has had a varied career in popular music without ever getting near the popular mainstream. Parks worked as a songwriter in the early '60s and became a producer, handling such mid-'60s acts as Harper's Bizarre. He was enlisted by Beach Boy Brian Wilson to write lyrics for what turned out to be an abortive album project called Smile (now one of the legendary lost albums of the '60s), resulting in such songs as the hit "Heroes and Villains." Parks released his own album, the eclectic Song Cycle, to critical acclaim and minimal sales in 1968. He then did session work with a variety of artists, not releasing his second album, Discover America, which revealed his immersion in Trinidadian music, until 1972. Clang of the Yankee Reaper, another eclectic collection, followed in 1976. But Parks maintained his "day job" — film work on scores by Ry Cooder and others, writing and arranging for Shelley Duvall's children's TV series, and other pursuits. Finally, in 1984, came the brilliant Jump!, a concept album based on the Uncle Remus tales of Joel Chandler Harris. It was followed in 1989 by Tokyo Rose, which concerned the state of American-Japanese relations.

http://www.allmusic.com/

Van Dyke Parks
for others

as Producer or Arranger
http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~yana-h/vdp1.html

as Player and so on
http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~yana-h/vdp2.html

Еще одна работа с Ринго:
1988 - various artists / Stay Awake Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films
Ringo Starr with Herb Alpert - When You Wish Upon A Star
co-produced by Van Dyke Parks
Associate producers: Van Dyke Parks and Mark Bingham