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The Revelers were probably the most successful vocal band of the past due ’20s and early ’30s. These were a quartet — tenor Franklyn Baur (b. 1903; d. Feb 24, 1950) tenor Lewis Wayne (c. 1893-1959), baritone Elliott Shaw, and bass Wilfred Glenn — plus pianist, arranger, and sometime baritone …

b. 1904, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 24 Feb 1950, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Singing within a apparent tenor, as an adolescent Baur was a soloist at New York’s Recreation area Avenue Baptist Cathedral. He began producing records being a single musician in 1923 getting very popular through the remaining …