Artist: Les Baxter

Aliases

Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra
Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus
Les Baxter and His Orchestra
Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra
Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus

Born

March 14, 1922

Died

January 15, 1996

Country

United States

Performances
- Originals
- Covers
Songs written by
- Original songs
Releases
- Audio album
- Audio single

Performances

Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
1	Quiet Village	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1951	(14 artists)
2	Lonely Wine	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1952	(6 artists)
3	Busy Port	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1951	The Gene Rains Group

Covers

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
1	Younger Than Springtime	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	William Tabbert
2	Unchained Melody	Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra	March 1955	Todd Duncan
3	Tristeza (That Sadness)	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Ary Cordovil
4	There's Nothing Like a Dame	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Myron McCormick
5	The Poor People of Paris	Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra	January 1956	Edith Piaf
6	Somewhere in the Hills (Favela)	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Stan Getz / Luiz Bonfá
7	Some Enchanted Evening	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Ezio Pinza
8	So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)	Les Baxter	January 1951	Woody Guthrie
9	Pepe	Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus	January 1961	Shirley Jones
10	Laia Ladaia	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Edu Lobo
11	I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Mary Martin
12	I Love Paris	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1953	Lilo
13	Happy Talk	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Juanita Hall
14	Going Out of My Head	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Little Anthony and The Imperials
15	Canta de Ossanha	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Baden - Vinícius
16	Calcutta	Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus	1961	Orchester Ricardo Santos
17	Born Free	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Matt Monro
18	Berimbau	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Dion and The Belmonts - Vinicius de Moraes & Odette Lara
19	Bali Ha'i	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Juanita Hall
20	April in Portugal	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1953
21	A Man and a Woman	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	The Free Design - Nicole Croisille & Pierre Barouh
22	A Felicidade (From the Film Black Orpheus)	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	Agostinho dos Santos

Songs written by

Original songs

	Title	Written by	Covered by
1	Xtabay (Lure of the Unknown Love)	Les Baxter
2	Quiet Village	Les Baxter	(14 artists)
3	Busy Port	Les Baxter	The Gene Rains Group

Releases

Audio album

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Selections From Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1959	Capitol Records
2	Music of the 60's	Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus	1961	Capitol Custom
3	Le sacre du sauvage	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1951	Capitol Records
4	Brazil Now	Les Baxter Orchestra and Chorus	1967	GNP Crescendo

Audio single

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1	Unchained Melody	Les Baxter His Chorus and Orchestra	March 1955	Capitol Records
2	The Roving Kind	Les Baxter	January 1951	Capitol Records
3	The Poor People of Paris	Les Baxter, His Chorus and Orchestra	January 1956	Capitol Records
4	Pepe	Les Baxter, His Orchestra and Chorus	January 1961	Capitol Records
5	Lonely Wine	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1952	Capitol Records
6	I Love Paris	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1953	Capitol Records
7	April in Portugal	Les Baxter and His Orchestra	1953	Capitol Records