Les Baxter

Les Baxter (født 14. mars 1922, død 15. januar 1996) var en amerikansk musiker og komponist.

Baxter fikk en rekke hits med sitt eget orkester, bl.a. «Ruby» (1953), «Unchained Melody» (1955) og «The Poor People Of Paris» (1956). Baxter skrev også temaet "Whistle" til TV-serien Lassie.

Les Baxter har en stjerne på the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Diskografi 
Album
 (1947) Music Out of the Moon
 (1948) Perfume Set To Music 
 (1949) Music for Peace of Mind
 (1950) Yma Sumac: Voice Of The Xtabay
 (1951) Arthur Murray Favorites: Tangos
 (1951) Ritual of the Savage (Le sacre du sauvage)
 (1953) Festival of the Gnomes
 (1954) Thinking of You 
 (1954) The Passions: Featuring Bas Sheva 
 (1955) Arthur Murray Favorites: Modern Waltzes
 (1955) Kaleidoscope 
 (1956) Tamboo! 
 (1956) Les Baxter's La Femme
 (1956) Caribbean Moonlight 
 (1957) Skins! Bongo Party with Les Baxter 
 (1957) 'Round the World with Les Baxter
 (1957) Midnight on the Cliffs 
 (1957) Ports of Pleasure 
 (1958) Space Escapade 
 (1958) Selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific 
 (1958) Confetti 
 (1958) Love is a Fabulous Thing 
 (1959) African Jazz 
 (1959) Les Baxter's Jungle Jazz 
 (1959) Les Baxter's Wild Guitars 
 (1959) Barbarian (Goliath and the Barbarians)
 (1960) The Sacred Idol
 (1960) House Of Usher
 (1960) Les Baxter's Teen Drums 
 (1960) Baxter's Best
 (1960) Young Pops 
 (1961) Broadway '61 
 (1961) Alakazam the Great
 (1961) Jewels of the Sea  
 (1961) Master of the World
 (1961) Wild Hi-Fi Drums / Wild Stereo Drums 
 (1962) Sensational! 
 (1962) Exotica Suite
 (1962) Voices in Rhythm 
 (1962) The Primitive and the Passionate 
 (1962) The Fabulous Sounds of Les Baxter: Strings, Guitars, Voices!
 (1963) Les Baxter's Balladeers 
 (1963) The Academy Award Winners 
 (1963) The Soul of the Drums 
 (1966) Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
 (1966) The Forum: The River is Wide
 (1966) Brazil Now 
 (1967) Love is Blue
 (1967) African Blue 
 (1968) Moog Rock 
 (1968) Hell's Belles
 (1969) All the Loving Couples
 (1969) Bora Bora
 (1969) Bugaloo in Brazil 
 (1970) Que Mango! 
 (1970) Million Seller Hits 
 (1970) Cry of the Banshee
 (1971) Music of the Devil God Cult: Strange Sounds from Dunwich – The Dunwich Horror
 (1973) Black Sabbath (1963)
 (1975) Movie Themes 
 (1975) Hit Songs from Spain
 (1978) Born Again 
 (1995) The Lost Episode of Les Baxter (1961)
 (1996) By Popular Request 
 (1996) The Exotic Moods Of Les Baxter 

Singler
 (1952) Blue Tango 
 (1953) I Love Paris 
 (1953) April in Portugal
 (1955) Unchained Melody
 (1955) Medic 
 (1955) Wake The Town And Tell the People
 (1956) Foreign Intrigue 
 (1956) The Poor People Of Paris 
 (1959) Dance, Everyone Dance
 (1960) Pepe

Referanser

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Komponister fra USA
Filmmusikkomponister
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Personer fra Limestone County i Texas