# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1363
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27244 "2014-07-05T02:24:21Z")
Bands whose biggest hits were cover songs 1. Quiet Riot - “Cum on Feel the Noize” - by Slade 2. UB40 - “Red Red Wine” - Neil Diamond 3. Big Brother & the Holding Company - “Piece of My Heart” - Erma Franklin 4. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” - Arrows 5. Pearl Jam - “Last Kiss” - Wayne Cochran 6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 7. The Lemonheads - “Mrs. Robinson” - Simon and Garfunkel 8. The Byrds (Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man") 9. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love,” Gloria Jones 10. Kim Wilde - “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” - The Supremes 11. Grand Funk (Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion”) 12. Nilsson, “Without You” (Badfinger) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27245 "2014-07-05T02:24:40Z")
Bands whose biggest hits were cover songs 1. Quiet Riot - “Cum on Feel the Noize” - by Slade 2. UB40 - “Red Red Wine” - Neil Diamond 3. Big Brother & the Holding Company - “Piece of My Heart” - Erma Franklin 4. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” - Arrows 5. Pearl Jam - “Last Kiss” - Wayne Cochran 6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 7. The Lemonheads - “Mrs. Robinson” - Simon and Garfunkel 8. The Byrds (Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man") 9. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love,” Gloria Jones 10. Kim Wilde - “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” - The Supremes 11. Grand Funk (Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion”) 12. Aretha Franklin - “Respect” (Otis Redding) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27246 "2014-07-05T03:26:05Z")
I’ll fix the ninja-ing above. Bands whose biggest hits were cover songs 1. Quiet Riot - “Cum on Feel the Noize” - by Slade 2. UB40 - “Red Red Wine” - Neil Diamond 3. Big Brother & the Holding Company - “Piece of My Heart” - Erma Franklin 4. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” - Arrows 5. Pearl Jam - “Last Kiss” - Wayne Cochran 6. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 7. The Lemonheads - “Mrs. Robinson” - Simon and Garfunkel 8. The Byrds (Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man") 9. Soft Cell, “Tainted Love,” Gloria Jones 10. Kim Wilde - “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” - The Supremes 11. Grand Funk (Little Eva’s “The Loco-Motion”) 12. Aretha Franklin - “Respect” (Otis Redding) 13. Nilsson, “Without You” (Badfinger) Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27247 "2014-07-05T03:28:33Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27248 "2014-07-05T03:48:32Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa One big-ass bird: [South Island giant moa - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island_giant_moa) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27249 "2014-07-05T03:53:47Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27250 "2014-07-05T04:10:05Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27251 "2014-07-05T04:18:00Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27252 "2014-07-05T04:51:24Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27253 "2014-07-05T06:16:17Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27254 "2014-07-05T06:29:48Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine 9. Archaeopteryx ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27255 "2014-07-05T12:38:54Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine 9. Archaeopteryx 10. Aurochs ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27256 "2014-07-05T12:46:04Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine 9. Archaeopteryx 10. Aurochs 11. Irish elk ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27257 "2014-07-05T12:56:13Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine 9. Archaeopteryx 10. Aurochs 11. Irish elk 12. Huia ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27258 "2014-07-05T13:22:20Z")
Extinct Species 1. Australopithecus 2. Trilobite 3. South Island giant moa 4. Passenger pigeon 5. Dodo bird 6. Sabre-toothed tiger 7. Baluchitherium 8. Thylacine 9. Archaeopteryx 10. Aurochs 11. Irish elk 12. Huia 13. Western Black Rhinoceros Next: Band/musician names that explicitly reference drugs. 1. The Doobie Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27259 "2014-07-05T15:24:37Z")
Band/musician names that explicitly reference drugs. 1. The Doobie Brothers 2. Green Day ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27260 "2014-07-05T15:36:57Z")
Band/musician names that explicitly reference drugs. 1. The Doobie Brothers 2. Green Day 3. The Mary Jane Girls ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27261 "2014-07-05T16:12:59Z")
Band/musician names that explicitly reference drugs. 1. The Doobie Brothers 2. Green Day 3. The Mary Jane Girls 4. Lords of Acid ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27262 "2014-07-05T16:39:33Z")
Band/musician names that explicitly reference drugs. 1. The Doobie Brothers 2. Green Day 3. The Mary Jane Girls 4. Lords of Acid 5. Dimebag Darrell ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27263 "2014-07-05T17:55:10Z")
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