- 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.
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