Trivia

Composed whistling theme for the TV series Lassie (1954).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6314 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Baxter and Ronald Stein were staff composers at American International Pictures for several years, but the two never met, according to Baxter in a 1981 interview. Eight AIP film scores were co-credited to Baxter and Stein.

Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).

Baxter and Hall Daniels were co-directors of music publishing company Bax Music based in Torrance, CA.

Baxter's main orchestrators were his friend from college days Hall Daniels and English-born composer Albert Harris.

Baxter's main lyricists were his brother Jim Baxter and more often Lenny Adelson.