Oklahoma connection
High: OHS and the Okmulgee Times local-history feature identify an Okmulgee birth.
Hall of Fame account
The Hall catalog lists Ted Taylor as a Blues Vocalist inducted in 2000.
Jazz history
Ted Taylor
OHS and a local Okmulgee Times feature document Taylor's Okmulgee birth, move to California, gospel and R&B groups, recording career, and Lake Charles death. The sources agree on identity and birthplace but disagree on the exact death date.