According to Tidal, I am in the Top 20 of Van Dyke Parks' fans. Good for me, but I don't think that's particularly good news for Mr. Parks, so go give him a few spins on your favorite music streamer.
Here's a free sample carefully chosen to lure you in by sounding like relatively normal music.
He has had an amazing career that touched on the Byrds, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Harper's Bizarre, Ry Cooder, the Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, and many, many more. He started as a child actor -- if you ever catch a Honeymooners rerun, he's little Tommy Mannacotti in some of the episodes.