Les Baxter Autographs
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.
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 baritone saxophone for the Freddie Slack big band. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer. At the age of 23 he joined Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones, singing on Artie Shaw records such as "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
Baxter then turned to arranging and conducting for Capitol Records in 1950 and conducted the orchestra in two early Nat King Cole hits, "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young". He also recorded Yma Sumac's first album: Voice of the Xtaba, which can be considered one of the first recordings of exotica. In 1951, he made the original recording of "Quiet Village", which years later became a hit for Martin Denny. In 1953, he scored his first movie, the sailing travelogue Tanga Tika.
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Traded items with a signature of Les Baxter
The most expensive item with a signature of Les Baxter (Les Baxter Autograph Card Film Composer Edgar Allan Poe & Beach Party Films JSA) was sold in October 2025 for $154.99 while the cheapest item (LES BAXTER - VINTAGE ORIGINAL PRINT HAND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED.RARE.) found a new owner for $0.99 in March 2015. The month with the most items sold (1) was March 2009 with an average selling price of $5.50 for an autographed item of Les Baxter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2025 with $110.47 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was September 2011. In average, an autographed item from Les Baxter is worth $10.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Les Baxter were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | HAND SIGNED RARE PROMO 1950s EXCELLENT LES BAXTER California Moon/Be Mine 10"78 | $110.47 |  |
| Les Baxter (1922-1996) - Film score composer - Rare signed card + Photo - 1985 | $69.99 | |
| Les Baxter (d. 1996) Signed Cut on 3x5 Index Card - Musician, Composer | $9.99 | |
| LES BAXTER - RARE VINTAGE HAND SIGNED INSCRIBED 8X10 HAND TINTED PICTURE. | $2.25 | |
| LES BAXTER - VINTAGE HAND SIGNED ALBUM PAGE WITH PICTURE AS SHOWN... | $15.49 | |
| LES BAXTER - VINTAGE ORIGINAL PRINT HAND SIGNED AND INSCRIBED.RARE. | $0.99 | |
| LES BAXTER COMPOSER OF THE LASSIE THEME SIGNED PHOTO | $10.00 | |
| LES BAXTER RARE VINTAGE AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE ALBUM PAGE HAND SIGNED MUSIC NOTE. | $10.49 | |
| Les Baxter Signed 1954 Sheet Music / Autographed | $24.99 | |
| LES BAXTER SIGNED 8x10 | $6.50 | |
| Les Baxter signed sheet music | $30.00 | |
| Les Baxter was an American musician and composer Hand Signed Index Card | $7.50 | |
| Les Baxter, American Composer, wrote Unchained Melody, signed card w/ music, VF | $30.00 | |
| LES BAXTER-VINTAGE GENUINE HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH. | $0.99 | |
| LES BAXTER...VINTAGE GENUINE HAND SIGNED ALBUM PAGE/MUSIC NOTES...SCARCE.. | $5.50 | |
