a son, Phil Baxter, Jr., who was a captain in the U.S. Air Force and was killed in an air attack over France in 1942. Death Baxter died in Dallas, Texas, on November 21, 1972. Selected compositions "Piccolo Pete" (© 1929; renewed 1956) "Going, Going, Gone" "The One Man Band" "'Leven Miles from Leavenworth" "Smile For Me" "A Faded Summer Love" "Five Piece Band" "Let's Have a Party" "Harmonica Harry" "You're the Sweetest Girl" "Have a Little Dream on Me" "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" (© 1928; renewed 1955) "I've Got A Gal Seven Feet Tall" (© 1925; renewed 1953) "I've Got a Gal "Thousand Mile Blues" Arr. by F.R. Fuller (© 1921; Majestic Music Publishing Co, Dallas, TX) Phil Baxter & Jack Rogers (words) Earl Elleson McCoy (nl) (1884–1934) (music) Notes References External links Phil Baxter and His Orchestra at RedHotJazz.com Sheet music for "I've got a gal: thousand mile blues", Dallas, Tex : Majestic Music Pub. Co., 1921, from University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama Big band bandleaders American jazz bandleaders Songwriters from Texas American jazz composers American male jazz composers 1896 births 1972 deaths People from Navarro County, Texas 20th-century American conductors (music) 20th-century American composers Jazz musicians from Texas 20th-century American male musicians United States Navy personnel of World War I 20th-century jazz composers American male songwriters