Leslie Thompson Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) 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. == Early life == Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory of Music before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. From 1943 on he played tenor and... [more on Wikipedia]
As a songwriter, Les Baxter first charted in 1949 with You Satisfy.The artist placed 5 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.On US Dance the artist achieved 1 number‑one.On US RnB the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.
Top songs: #1: Quiet Village - #2: Ruby - #3: Quiet Village - #4: Sinner Man - #5: You Satisfy
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