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Lyrics by Van Dyke Parks

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  1. After the ball
  2. An invitation to sin
  3. Another dream
  4. Be careful
  5. Bing Crosby
  6. Black gold
  7. By the people
  8. Calypso
  9. City On The Hill
  10. Clang Of The Yankee Reaper
  11. Come along
  12. Come to sunshine
  13. Cowboy
  14. FDR in Trindad
  15. G-Man Hoover
  16. High coin
  17. Home
  18. Hominy grove
  19. I ain't goin' home
  20. Iron man
  21. Jack Palance
  22. John Jones
  23. Laurel Canyon Blvd
  24. Look Away
  25. Love is the answer
  26. Love that whale
  27. Many a mile to go
  28. Manzanar
  29. My hobo heart
  30. My Jeanine
  31. Occapella
  32. Ode to tobago
  33. One home run
  34. Opportunity for two
  35. Orange crate art
  36. Out of love
  37. Palm desert
  38. Pass that stage
  39. Public domain
  40. Riverboat
  41. Sail away
  42. Sailin' shoes
  43. San Francisco
  44. Soul Train
  45. Steelband Music
  46. Sweet Trinidad
  47. The all golden
  48. The attic
  49. The four mills brothers
  50. There'll be no city on the hill
  51. Tokyo rose
  52. Trade war
  53. Tribute to Spree
  54. White Chrysanthemum
  55. Windows walk
  56. Wings of a dove
  57. Yankee go home
  58. You're a real sweetheart
  59. Your own comes first

Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, record producer, singer, 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, as well as various film and television scores. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Parks studied voice and piano at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, touring nationally with the choir during his youth. He concurrently pursued child acting roles in television and theater productions. After relocating to California in 1963, he performed folk music with his brother Carson along the West Coast and contributed arrangements to Disney film soundtracks, including "The Bare Necessities" for The Jungle Book (1967). Following two singles issued on MGM Records—"Come to the Sunshine" (1966) and a folk rock adaptation of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony—he became an active session musician in Laurel Canyon, working with artists such as Tim Buckley, Judy Collins, and the Byrds before collaborating with Brian Wilson on the Beach Boys' Smile, later completed in 2004 as Wilson's solo album. In 1966, Parks joined Warner Bros. through producer Lenny Waronker, with whom he collaborated on numerous albums—including those by Harpers Bizarre, Randy Newman, Arlo Guthrie, and Ry Cooder—and formed part of a creative circle at the label. One of the most expensive LPs ever produced at the time, Song Cycle achieved critical acclaim and influenced the 1970s singer-songwriter movement despite poor sales. He transitioned to an executive role at Warner Bros., where he facilitated label signings—including the Beach Boys, Little Feat, Peter Ivers, and Beaver & Krause—and spearheaded the first ever label division centered on promotional films for artists; his concepts later became foundational to MTV. Influenced by the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, Parks deepened his engagement with Caribbean musical traditions, promoting Trinidadian calypso and steel pan music through projects such as his album Discover America (1971), productions for Mighty Sparrow and the Esso Trinidad Steel Band, and Nilsson's mid-1970s recordings. After the late 1970s, Parks focused on composing for film and television, contributing to works including Popeye (with Nilsson, 1980), Follow That Bird (1985), and The Brave Little Toaster (1987). He authored a trilogy of children's books based on his 1984 album Jump!, a musical adaptation of Br'er Rabbit folktales. He has remained active as a collaborator and arranger, working with artists such as Haruomi Hosono, Rufus Wainwright, Silverchair, and Joanna Newsom, while releasing three additional studio albums: Tokyo Rose (1989), Orange Crate Art (with Wilson, 1995), and Songs Cycled (2013).

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