Van Dyke Parks

producer, strings, instrument arranger, conductor, accordion, piano, arranger, keyboard, harpsichord, orchestrator, vocal, performer, Hammond organ, electric piano, harmonium

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Durrie Parks producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Linda Perry (60s/70s US producer) producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Robert Appere engineer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Kirby Johnson producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Matt Cartsonis engineer, mix, producer, recording, vocal, acoustic bass guitar, banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandola, mandolin Amazing Graces, Aquarium, Black Gold, Dreaming of Paris, Greenland Whale Fisheries, Hold Back Time, Missin’ Missippi, Money Is King, Note of Hope, Sassafras, The All Golden, The Parting Hand, Wall Street, Wedding in Madagascar (Faranaina)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Durrie Parks producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Linda Perry (60s/70s US producer) producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Robert Appere engineer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Kirby Johnson producer Be Careful, Bing Crosby, FDR in Trinidad, G-Man Hoover, Introduction, Jack Palance, John Jones, Occapella, Ode to Tobago, Riverboat, Sailin' Shoes, Stars and Stripes Forever, Steelband Music, Sweet Trinidad, The Four Mills Brothers, Your Own Comes First
Matt Cartsonis engineer, mix, producer, recording, vocal, acoustic bass guitar, banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandola, mandolin Amazing Graces, Aquarium, Black Gold, Dreaming of Paris, Greenland Whale Fisheries, Hold Back Time, Missin’ Missippi, Money Is King, Note of Hope, Sassafras, The All Golden, The Parting Hand, Wall Street, Wedding in Madagascar (Faranaina)
Rich Tosi mix Amazing Graces, Aquarium, Black Gold, Dreaming of Paris, Hold Back Time, Missin’ Missippi, Money Is King, Sassafras, The All Golden, The Parting Hand, Wall Street, Wedding in Madagascar (Faranaina)
Trevor Lawrence (70s-90s saxophonist & producer, father of Trevor Lawrence Jr.) arranger, producer Amazing Grace (Slow version), Amazing Grace (Toe Tapper), Another Dream, Cannon in D, City on the Hill, Clang of the Yankee Reaper, Iron Man, Love Is the Answer, Pass That Stage, Soul Train, Tribute to Spree, You're a Real Sweetheart
Bil Lane mix Amazing Graces, Aquarium, Black Gold, Dreaming of Paris, Hold Back Time, Missin’ Missippi, Money Is King, Sassafras, The All Golden, The Parting Hand, Wall Street, Wedding in Madagascar (Faranaina)
Andrew Wickham producer Amazing Grace (Slow version), Amazing Grace (Toe Tapper), Another Dream, Cannon in D, City on the Hill, Clang of the Yankee Reaper, Iron Man, Love Is the Answer, Pass That Stage, Soul Train, Tribute to Spree, You're a Real Sweetheart
Lenny Waronker producer All Golden, By the People, Donovan's Colours, Laurel Canyon Blvd., Palm Desert, Pot Pourri, Public Domain, The Attic, Van Dyke Parks, Vine Street, Widow's Walk
Clyde Kaplan mix, recording In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Randy Kerber synthesizer In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Michelle Richards violin In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Katie Kirkpatrick harp In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Kathy Dalton vocal In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Steve Fowler alto saxophone, flute In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Jim Keltner drums In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Fred Tackett banjo, guitar, mandolin In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Marty Krystall English horn, bass clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
David McKelvy harmonica In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Armen Ksajikian cello In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Barry Socher violin In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Walt Fowler trumpet In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Bruce Fowler (Trombonist, played with Zappa) trombone In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Buell Neidlinger bass In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Raymond Tischer viola In No Man's Land, Johnny Johnson Medley
Craig Eastman recording, viola, violins Note of Hope
David Rideau engineer Greenland Whale Fisheries
Don Heffington recording, percussion Note of Hope
Doug Pettibone vocal, guitar Greenland Whale Fisheries
Erich Talaba engineer Greenland Whale Fisheries
Greg Prestopino vocal Greenland Whale Fisheries
Martin Brumbach mix Greenland Whale Fisheries
Davey Faragher vocal, bass Greenland Whale Fisheries
Michael Thompson (Organ) vocal, accordion Greenland Whale Fisheries
Neil Larsen vocal, accordion Greenland Whale Fisheries
Pete Thomas (drummer) vocal, drums Greenland Whale Fisheries
Phil Tagliere recording Note of Hope
Richard Greene (US fiddler) vocal, fiddle Greenland Whale Fisheries
Rob Wasserman producer, bass Note of Hope
Steve Berlin vocal, baritone saxophone Greenland Whale Fisheries
Val McCallum vocal, guitar Greenland Whale Fisheries

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Randy Newman producer Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad, Cowboy, Davy the Fat Boy, I Think He's Hiding, I Think It's Going to Rain Today, Laughing Boy, Linda, Living Without You, Love Story (You and Me), So Long Dad, The Beehive State
Arlo Guthrie producer Coming Into Los Angeles, Creole Belle, Every Hand in the Land, Living in the Country, My Front Pages, Oh, in the Morning, Oklahoma Hills, Running Down the Road, Stealin', Wheel of Fortune
Ry Cooder piano Cat and Mouse, Christmas in Southgate, Footprints in the Snow, See You in Hell, Blind Boy, There's a Bright Side Somewhere
Silverchair conductor All Across the World, If You Keep Losing Sleep, Those Thieving Birds, Part 1 / Strange Behaviour / Those Thieving Birds, Part 2
Rufus Wainwright conductor, instrument arranger, producer Baby, Foolish Love, Millbrook
Judy Collins electric piano, piano Pretty Polly, Someday Soon
The Thrills conductor, instrument arranger, accordion, strings Faded Beauty Queens, The Irish Keep Gate-Crashing / A City of Long Nights
Tim Buckley harpsichord Aren’t You the Girl, It Happens Every Time
U2 instrument arranger All I Want Is You, All I Want Is You / October
Cassandra Wilson instrument arranger The Way You Look Tonight, You Go to My Head
Over the Rhine accordion Favorite Time of Light
Virginia Symphony Chorus piano Hard Times Come Again No More
The Chills instrument arranger Water Wolves
The Beach Boys accordion Kokomo
Stan Ridgway instrument arranger Heat Takes a Walk
Scissor Sisters instrument arranger Intermission
Saint Etienne arranger Hobart Paving
R. D. Murray accordion, piano Canción mixteca (intro)
Philip Mayer conductor, instrument arranger Keep Me in Your Heart
Phil Ochs keyboard, piano Tape From California
Natalie Merchant accordion Motherland
Little Feat accordion Ain’t Had Enough Fun
Laurie Anderson conductor, instrument arranger, keyboard, strings Dark Angel
Jennifer Warnes accordion Lights of Lousianne
Gordon Lightfoot harmonium Cobwebs & Dust
Fiona Apple instrument arranger Never Is a Promise
Eliza Carthy performer Fuse
Dune Hammond organ, accordion Evona Darling
America accordion My Back Pages