Franklyn Baur dies aged 46 at his home in New York City, USA. He had found success as a tenor vocalist, making hundreds of recordings for companies including the three major labels, Victor, Columbia and Brunswick. His first recording, If the Rest of the World Don't Want You, was for Victor in 1923. Baur recorded for Victor as a featured soloist, as a member of the Shannon Quartet (known as The Revelers after 1925); as one of the vocalists for Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra; with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra; and on occasion, as the vocalist for
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.