Franklyn Baur

Franklyn Baur,1925

Franklyn Baur (April 5, 1903 – February 24, 1950[1]) was a popular tenor vocal recording artist.[2][3]

Baur was born in New York and educated at Amherst. At 19, he was selected from over 50 candidates as principal tenor in the Park Avenue Baptist Church known as the John D. Rockefeller Church. His grandfather on the maternal side held the same position for many years in Henry Ward Beecher's Brooklyn church.[4]

  1. ^ "Franklyn Baur". Nitrateville.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Gracyk, Tim with Frank Hoffman, Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895--1925, Haworth Press, New York, 2000, pp. 39--42. ISBN 0-7890-1220-0
  3. ^ DeLong, Thomas A., Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960, McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, 1996, p. 26. ISBN 0-7864-0149-4
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