Timothy Buckley

American musician (1947–1975)

Person human Q378727

Facts

28 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[19]
Date of birth: February 14, 1947, April 12, 1947^[10]
Date of death: June 29, 1975
Place of birth: Washington, D.C.
Place of death: Santa Monica
Country of citizenship: United States^[12]
Occupation: singer-songwriter, singer, banjoist, jazz musician, guitarist, jazz guitarist, record producer, recording artist, musician, composer^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Educated at: Loara High School^[18]
Child: Jeff Buckley^[11]
Genre: traditional folk music^[20]
Official website: www.timbuckley.com^[27]
Cause of death: heroin overdose, alcohol intoxication^[23]^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[31]
Birth name: Timothy Charles Buckley III^[33]
Copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights
Discography: Tim Buckley discography^[22]
End of work period: 1975^[36]
Family name: Buckley^[25]
Given name: Timothy Charles^[26]
Instrument: guitar, voice^[29]^[30]
Manner of death: natural causes^[28]
Name in native language: Tim Buckley^[34]

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P14750: 0AAE-E098-3297-6348-2BBC
Record label: Elektra^[21]
Start of work period: 1966^[35]
Topic has template: Template:Tim Buckley^[32]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 71

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VIAF cluster ID: 10032669
Library of Congress authority ID: n93091591
GND ID: 123009111
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Tim-Buckley.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID: t/timbuckley
Album of the Year artist ID: 3362
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000595101
Allcinema person ID: 20451
BBC Things ID: f2573708-3a2b-4833-bf8f-76d12a4a4394
BIBSYS ID: 6011985
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 138919534

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Billboard artist ID: tim-buckley
CANTIC ID: 981058516524306706
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 35940
Deezer artist ID: 3658
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 123009111
Discogs artist ID: 71872
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Tim-Buckley
Europeana entity: agent/base/63571
Evene ID: tim-buckley-29076
FAST ID: 1752923, 328590
Fandango person ID: 88484
Find a Grave memorial ID: 7074977
Freebase ID: /m/01yb92
GTAA ID: 260319
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000035308315354
Genius artist ID: Tim-buckley
Genius artist numeric ID: 129914
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Tim_Buckley
Grove Music Online ID: A2234601
IMDb ID: nm0118697
IPI name number: 00004503729
IdRef ID: 074322710
Kallías ID: PE00601959
Kinobox person ID: 842718
Larousse ID: personnage/wd/155421
Last.fm ID: Tim+Buckley
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID: 124183
Lex ID: Tim_Buckley
LyricsTranslate ID: tim-buckley-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: 8546949d-f46c-45ab-8391-85b26dda6b65
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000025102
NE.se ID: tim-buckley
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2012726983
NME artist ID: tim-buckley
NUKAT ID: n2018062317
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1452408
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 096747285
Notable Names Database ID: 551/000104239
Open Library ID: OL7525274A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095533561
Rate Your Music artist ID: tim_buckley
Related category: Category:Songs written by Tim Buckley
Rolling Stone artist ID: tim-buckley
SBN author ID: REAV097018
SNAC ARK ID: w69g8s91
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 644
Songkick artist ID: 411200
Spotify artist ID: 6zHRqvws8dVeqL8D31ponr
Tabakalera ID: 111050
The Guardian topic ID: music/tim-buckley
TheaterEncyclopedie ID: 01944072-d2f3-709f-a5eb-785abbe49fd7
Topic's main category: Category:Tim Buckley
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058516524306706
WhoSampled artist ID: Tim-Buckley
WikiTree person ID: Buckley-4160
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmHHWJ8KcYVTVxvTcm8G3
Yale LUX ID: person/5a2fea06-05ea-40fa-a424-c323c0caceff
Yandex Music artist ID: 58516
ČSFD person ID: 793920

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Mb:performer of 22

Happy Sad, Goodbye and Hello, Greetings from L.A., Starsailor, Blue Afternoon, Lorca, Look at the Fool, Sefronia +14 more

← Performer 10

Happy Sad, Goodbye and Hello, Greetings from L.A., Starsailor, Blue Afternoon, Lorca, Look at the Fool, Sefronia +2 more

Mb:composer 8

Song to the Siren, Song to the Siren, Once I Was, Once I Was, Phantasmagoria in Two, Phantasmagoria in Two, Pleasant Street, Pleasant Street

Mb:lyricist 8

Song to the Siren, Song to the Siren, Once I Was, Once I Was, Phantasmagoria in Two, Phantasmagoria in Two, Pleasant Street, Pleasant Street

Occupation 7

singer, record producer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, jazz musician, banjoist, recording artist

Mb:tribute 4

Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley, Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley, Sing a Song for You: Tribute to Tim Buckley, Sing a Song for You: Tribute to Tim Buckley

Instrument 2

guitar, voice

← Producer 2

Starsailor, Blue Afternoon

Cause of death 1

alcohol intoxication

Child 1

Jeff Buckley

Children (paternal) 1

Jeff Buckley

Compositions 1

Song to the Siren

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Genre 1

traditional folk music

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Mb:parent 1

Jeff Buckley

Place of birth 1

Washington, D.C.

Place of death 1

Santa Monica

Record label 1

Elektra

Sex or gender 1

male

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Tim Buckley albums

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Summary

Timothy Buckley was born on February 14, 1947^[1], in Washington, D.C.^[2]. He died on June 29, 1975^[3], in Santa Monica^[4]. He worked as a singer-songwriter^[5], singer^[6], banjoist^[7], jazz musician^[8], and guitarist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Timothy Buckley born?

Timothy Buckley's place of birth was Washington, D.C.^[2].

Where did Timothy Buckley die?

Timothy Buckley died in Santa Monica^[4].

What did Timothy Buckley do for work?

Timothy Buckley worked as a singer-songwriter^[5], singer^[6], banjoist^[7], jazz musician^[8], and guitarist^[9].

Where did Timothy Buckley go to school?

Timothy Buckley was educated at Loara High School^[18].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Timothy Buckley — place of birth (P19): Washington, D.C.. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Timothy Buckley — place of death (P20): Santa Monica. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-18. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Timothy Buckley — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Timothy Buckley — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Timothy Buckley — child (P40): Jeff Buckley. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Timothy Buckley — educated at (P69): Loara High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): banjoist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): jazz guitarist. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): record producer. Retrieved 2019-05-22. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): recording artist. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Timothy Buckley — occupation (P106): composer. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Timothy Buckley — genre (P136): traditional folk music. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Timothy Buckley — record label (P264): Elektra. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Timothy Buckley — discography (P358): Tim Buckley discography. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Timothy Buckley — cause of death (P509): heroin overdose. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Timothy Buckley — cause of death (P509): alcohol intoxication. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Timothy Buckley — date of birth (P569): February 14, 1947. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Timothy Buckley — date of birth (P569): April 12, 1947. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-28. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Timothy Buckley — date of death (P570): June 29, 1975. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-28. theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Timothy Buckley — family name (P734): Buckley. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Timothy Buckley — given name (P735): Timothy Charles. International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Timothy Buckley — official website (P856): http://www.timbuckley.com. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Timothy Buckley — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Timothy Buckley — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Timothy Buckley — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Timothy Buckley — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Timothy Buckley — topic has template (P1424): Template:Tim Buckley. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Timothy Buckley — birth name (P1477): Timothy Charles Buckley III. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Timothy Buckley — name in native language (P1559): Tim Buckley. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Timothy Buckley — start of work period (P2031): 1966. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Timothy Buckley — end of work period (P2032): 1975. wikidata.org.

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Timothy Buckley

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