Lord Buckley, 1906-1960

LC control no.	n 91066754
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3523.O6178
Personal name heading	Lord Buckley, 1906-1960 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Buckley, Lord, 1906-1960 Buckley, Richard, 1906-1960 Buckley, Lord Richard, 1906-1960
Birth date	19060405
Death date	19601112
Profession or occupation	Comedian Poet
Found in	Concerto for saxophone and orchestra [SR] 1985: label (David Amram. Ode to Lord Buckley) container (comedian, entertainer, poet) LC manual cat. (hdg.: Buckley, Richard; usage: Lord Buckley; monologist) His royal hipness, Lord Buckley, p1992: booklet (Richard Myrle Buckley; b. Apr. 5, 1906, d. Nov. 12, 1960) Wikipedia, 09-30-2016: (Lord Richard Buckley (Richard Myrle Buckley) b. April 5, 1906; d. November 12, 1960; was an American stage performer, recording artist, monologist, and hip poet/comic, who in the 1940s and 50s created a character that was, according to The New York Times, "an unlikely persona ... part English royalty, part Dizzy Gillespie." Michael Packenham, writing in The Baltimore Sun, described him as "a magnificent stand-up comedian... Buckley's work, his very presence, projected the sense that life's most immortal truths lie in the inextricable weaving together of love and irony -- affection for all humanity married to laughter." Buckley's unique stage persona anticipated aspects of the Beat Generation sensibility, and influenced contemporary figures as various as Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Bruce, Wavy Gravy, Del Close, and, even after Buckley's death, Ken Kesey, George Harrison, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Robin Williams, and Jimmy Buffett. Bob Dylan in his book Chronicles, said "Buckley was the hipster bebop preacher who defied all labels")
Not found in	Biog. & genealogy master index, 2nd ed.; N.Y. Times obit. index, 1970.
Associated language	eng