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Birth name | Leslie Thompson Baxter |
Born | Mexia, Texas, U.S. | March 14, 1922
Died | January 15, 1996 Newport Beach, California, U.S. | (aged 73)
Genres | Lounge music, exotica |
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Instrument | Piano |
Leslie Thompson Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician, composer and conductor.[1] 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.[2]