Birth Name:

Van Dyke Parks

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Jan 03, 1941

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Age:

83

Zodiac Sign:

Capricorn

Astrology Data:

Sun

13°

Cap

0'

About Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album Song Cycle and for his collaborations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys (particularly the 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, Suzy Williams, and Silverchair.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Van Dyke Parks discography at Discogs

• Van Dyke Parks at IMDb 

• Van Dyke Parks at the Internet Broadway Database

• musicOMH interview with Van Dyke Parks, 2011

• Welcome to Bananastan! The Van Dyke Parks Bananastan Archive

• 80-minute 1984 KCRW radio interview by Bob Claster A Visit with Van Dyke Parks

• Van Dyke Parks on creativity, an interview with about-creativity.com May 3, 2007

• Smirnoff, Marc (2010). The Oxford American Book of Great Music Writing (Foreword by Van Dyke Parks). University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-950-6. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Van Dyke Parks: Sun 13 Capricorn, Moon 23 Pisces, Mercury 8 Capricorn, Venus 17 Sagittarius, Mars 29 Scorpio, Jupiter 5 Taurus, Saturn 7 Taurus, Uranus 22 Taurus, Neptune 27 Virgo, Pluto 3 Leo, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Mars, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars Sextile Neptune, Mars Trine Pluto, Jupiter Conjunct Saturn, Jupiter Square Pluto, Saturn Square Pluto

Categories related to Van Dyke Parks: Living people, Mississippi, California, 20th-century American musicians, 20th-century American male actors, January 3 births, Louisiana, Songwriters from Mississippi, American male child actors, Record producers from California, American music arrangers, People from Ventura County, American entertainment industry businesspeople, Musicians from Hattiesburg, 1941 births, 1943 births, 20th-century pianists, Brian Wilson, Art pop musicians, People from Lake Charles, Bella Union artists, Experimental pop musicians, Baroque pop musicians

Photo attribution: Alberto Garcia, Clare And The Reasons + Van Dyke Parks