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Les Baxter
American musician, singer, composer (1922-1996) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 73
Leslie Thompson Baxter was an American composer, conductor, and musician. After working as an arranger and composer for swing bands, he developed his own style of easy listening music, known as exotica, and scored over 250 radio, television and motion pictures numbers.
Les Baxter is read about 108 times a day, in 17 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Vincent Price Les wrote House of Usher (1960)
Frankie Avalon Les wrote Beach Party and Panic in Year Zero!
Annette Funicello Les wrote Beach Party (1963)
Mel Tormé Bandmate in The Mel-Tones
Harvey Lembeck Les wrote Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
John Ashley Les wrote Bikini Beach (1964)
Don Rickles Les wrote X, Bikini Beach and Pajama Party
Boris Karloff Les wrote The Raven and The Comedy of Terrors
Buster Keaton Les wrote How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Ray Milland Les wrote X, The Premature Burial and Frogs
Basil Rathbone Les wrote Tales of Terror (1964)
Lex Barker Les wrote War Drums and Marco Polo
Dwayne Hickman Les wrote Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)- Michael Nader Les wrote How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
- Andy Romano Les wrote How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Peter Lorre Les wrote The Raven and Tales of Terror
Dick Miller Les wrote X and The Premature Burial
Tommy Kirk Les wrote Pajama Party (1964)
John Dierkes Les wrote The Raven, X and The Premature Burial
Deborah Walley Les wrote Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Ed Begley Les wrote Wild in the Streets (1968)
Elizabeth Montgomery Les wrote Bikini Beach (1964)
Jim Backus Les wrote Macabre and Operation Bikini
Hazel Court Les wrote The Raven and The Premature Burial
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 1996 · aged 73
