Musician

Clarence Love

OHS documents his move to Muskogee in 1912, early band formation, silent-film work, World War II band leadership, and later Tulsa/Greenwood activity

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Musical work

jazz bandleader; musician. Instruments recorded in the collection: . Genres: jazz; dance music.

Evidence and identity

OHS finding aid and encyclopedia support the Oklahoma career and oral-history record; exact birth details, instruments, and ensemble chronology remain incomplete

Clarence Love oral-history finding aid

OHS finding aid documents Love's 1908 birth, move to Muskogee, first band, silent-film work, World War II band, and oral-history interview.

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Jazz

OHS identifies Clarence Love as a Tulsa/Greenwood bandleader who provided opportunities to local singers and instrumentalists.

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Clarence Love Lounge

Newspaper scan documents the Clarence Love Lounge in Tulsa and provides a venue-history lead.

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Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/research/findingaid
  2. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  3. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1804583/m1/6/

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.