14 Facts About Lord Buckley

Lord Buckley stowed away on a ship that eventually arrived in San Francisco.

When he was a bit older, Lord Buckley got a job in the local lumber camps as a "tree topper," which was considered an especially dangerous position.

Lord Buckley moved to Galveston, Texas where he got a job at the Million Dollar Aztec Theatre.

Lord Buckley was known for wearing a waxed mustache along with white tie and tails.

Lord Buckley appeared on Groucho Marx's popular TV program You Bet Your Life in 1956.

Lord Buckley adopted his "hipsemantic" delivery from his peers Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Redd Foxx, Pearl Mae Bailey, Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra, as well as Hipsters and the British aristocracy.

Lord Buckley wrote reports of his first experiences with LSD, under the supervision of Dr Oscar Janiger, and of his trip in a United States Air Force jet.

However, on October 19,1960, while Lord Buckley was making a public appearance at the Jazz Gallery in St Mark's Place in Manhattan, the New York Police Department stopped him over allegations he had "falsified information" on his application to get a New York City cabaret card; specifically he had omitted to record a 1941 arrest for marijuana possession.

At a hearing two days later to have his card reinstated, Lord Buckley was supported by more than three dozen major figures in the entertainment and arts world.

Three weeks later, on November 12,1960, Lord Buckley died from a stroke at New York City's Columbus Hospital.

Lord Buckley's funeral was at the Frank E Campbell Funeral Chapel at 81st Street and Madison Avenue in New York City on November 16,1960.

Lord Buckley was cremated at the Ferndale Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.

Composer David Amram composed a concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra titled Ode to Lord Buckley, and dedicated it to Buckley's memory.

The song mentions Buckley in the line "know well the Lord is well and inside of you," as well as Buckley's manager George Grief.