Larry Stayer

Barbershop tenor vocalist. Born on June 23, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Stayer would spend his whole life there and fall in love with 4-part harmony. Stayer was one of the founding members of the Gaynotes barbershop quartet along with Howard Rinkel, John Loots, and Dick Galloway in 1954. Morris “Mo” Rector would join them as bass in 1955 replacing Dick Galloway. In the fall of 1956, the Gaynotes would win the Southwestern District quartet championship. Unfortunately, Stayer left the quartet soon afterwards. Stayer would go on to sing in several more quartets after the Gaynotes and remained an active member of the Holy Family Cathedral Church Choir. Stayer died on October 12, 2009 in Tulsa at the age of 79.