Les Baxter
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American musician, singer, composer (1922–1996)
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1922-03-14
- Active to
- 1996-01-15
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Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer. Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. 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 <a href="ht
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5 total works indexed
- Wettability of porous surfaces
· 1944 · cited 12,800x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,664x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
- Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
- Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,626x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Baxter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mexia
- Place of death
- Newport Beach
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Pepperdine University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- lounge music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.lesbaxter.com
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- date of birth
- 1922-03-14
- date of death
- 1996-01-15
- name in native language
- Les Baxter
- birth name
- Leslie Thompson Baxter
- place of burial
- Corona del Mar
- Commons category
- Les Baxter
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