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Van Dyke Parks is a US-American composer, arranger, producer, musician, singer, and actor, born on January 3, 1943, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. With over 40 years in the music industry, he attended the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, and initially studied clarinet before transitioning to piano at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, where he majored in music from 1960 to 1963. Parks began his professional career with MGM Records in 1964 and later signed with Warner Brothers in 1966, where he worked as a lyricist for Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. At Warner Brothers, he produced early records for artists such as Randy Newman and Ry Cooder. His own discography includes albums like "Song Cycle" (1967), "Discover America" (1971), "Clang of the Yankee Reaper" (1976), "Jump" (1982), "Tokyo Rose" (1990), "Orange Crate Art" (1995), and "Moonlighting" (1997). Additionally, he produced "Phil Ochs' Greatest Hits" on A&M, "The Mighty Sparrow/Hot & Sweet," and "The Esso Trinidad Steelband" on Warner Brothers, which won a Grammy for Best Ethnic/Traditional Album in 1971. In 1971, he also pioneered an audio/visual department at Warner Brothers Records, the first of its kind to

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