Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Elmer L. Davis, Sr.

Gateway scans of The Oklahoma Eagle identify Elmer Davis as a Paradise Baptist Church member and the director of the Chorus of Angels, a Tulsa youth choir presenting classical and contemporary religious music. A 1996 Oklahoma Eagle profile of his son Elmer Davis Jr. places the elder Davis as a teacher who earned a master's degree at the University of Oklahoma and rehearsed the Chorus of Angels in Tulsa.

Oklahoma connection

The newspaper archive independently places Davis in Tulsa church and choir work and connects him to Oklahoma teaching and OU study.

Musical work and relationships

Gospel vocalist/teacher; director of the Chorus of Angels; father of Elmer Davis Jr.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Elmer L. Davis, Sr. in the Gospel category, inducted in 1993.

Evidence and remaining questions

Full identity, dates, birthplace, and the exact relationship between the Hall record and the Elmer Davis named in the newspaper scans remain unresolved. Do not use the unsourced online family-history date as verified.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1805044/m1/7/
  2. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1806101/m1/2/
  3. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1807201/m1/1/
  4. www.okjazz.org/inductees/