# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**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 18, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45126 "2016-07-18T16:39:18Z")

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Songs the Beatles or Stones Recorded but DIDN’T Write

1. Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox”
2. The Isley Bros.’ “Twist and Shout”
3. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”
4. Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want)” (Beatles and Stones both did this one.)
5. . Motown’s Brian Holland “Please Mr. Postman”
6. Buck Owens’s “Act Naturally”
7. Roy Lee Johnson, “Mr. Moonlight”
8. Meredith Willson’s “Til There Was You” (It’s from The Music Man)
9. Irma Thomas, “Time Is on My Side”
10. Chuck Berry “Come On”

The Stones’s debut single, in June 1963.

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**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 18, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45127 "2016-07-18T17:02:51Z")

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Songs the Beatles or Stones Recorded but DIDN’T Write

1. Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox”
2. The Isley Bros.’ “Twist and Shout”
3. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”
4. Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want)” (Beatles and Stones both did this one.)
5. Motown’s Brian Holland “Please Mr. Postman”
6. Buck Owens’s “Act Naturally”
7. Roy Lee Johnson, “Mr. Moonlight”
8. Meredith Willson’s “Til There Was You” (It’s from The Music Man)
9. Irma Thomas, “Time Is on My Side”
10. Chuck Berry “Come On”
11. Larry Williams “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45128 "2016-07-18T17:04:57Z")

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Songs the Beatles or Stones Recorded but DIDN’T Write

1. Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox”
2. The Isley Bros.’ “Twist and Shout”
3. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”
4. Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want)” (Beatles and Stones both did this one.)
5. Motown’s Brian Holland “Please Mr. Postman”
6. Buck Owens’s “Act Naturally”
7. Roy Lee Johnson, “Mr. Moonlight”
8. Meredith Willson’s “Til There Was You” (It’s from The Music Man)
9. Irma Thomas, “Time Is on My Side”
10. Chuck Berry “Come On”
11. Larry Williams “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
12. Slim Harpo “Shake Your Hips”

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45129 "2016-07-18T17:05:24Z")

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Songs the Beatles or Stones Recorded but DIDN’T Write

1. Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox”
2. The Isley Bros.’ “Twist and Shout”
3. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven”
4. Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want)” (Beatles and Stones both did this one.)
5. Motown’s Brian Holland “Please Mr. Postman”
6. Buck Owens’s “Act Naturally”
7. Roy Lee Johnson, “Mr. Moonlight”
8. Meredith Willson’s “Til There Was You” (It’s from The Music Man)
9. Irma Thomas, “Time Is on My Side”
10. Chuck Berry “Come On”
11. Larry Williams “Dizzy Miss Lizzy”
12. Slim Harpo “Shake Your Hips”
13. Bob & Earl, “Harlem Shuffle”

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45130 "2016-07-18T17:08:19Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45131 "2016-07-18T17:47:15Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Crazy”, Willie Nelson (sung by Patsy Cline)  
Willie has sung it too, of course, but Patsy’s is the most famous.

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**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 18, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45132 "2016-07-18T17:54:29Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Crazy”, Willie Nelson (sung by Patsy Cline)
3. “Black Magic Woman,” Santana

I don’t think #2 fits what **bordelond** is getting at. Patsy’s version of “Crazy” wasn’t credited to Willie Nelson.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45133 "2016-07-18T17:58:44Z")

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[QUOTE=Nonsuch]  
I don’t think #2 fits what **bordelond** is getting at. Patsy’s version of “Crazy” wasn’t credited to Willie Nelson.  
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Ah, sorry. I thought it was songs popularized by one famous artist but written by another.

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45134 "2016-07-18T18:02:54Z")

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> [@Nonsuch](#):
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> I don’t think #2 fits what **bordelond** is getting at. Patsy’s version of “Crazy” wasn’t credited to Willie Nelson.

This is correct.

As for “Black Magic Woman” … Santana is the name of Carlos Santana’s band, as far as I’m aware.

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)

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**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 18, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45135 "2016-07-18T19:01:31Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45136 "2016-07-18T20:52:46Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)

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**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 18, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45137 "2016-07-18T22:20:43Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45138 "2016-07-18T23:58:22Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45139 "2016-07-19T00:01:54Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Alalgisa Pantaleon)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45140 "2016-07-19T02:34:30Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Alalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45141 "2016-07-19T02:45:26Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Alalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)
8. “The Look of Love” by Sergio Mendes (sung by Janis Hansen)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45142 "2016-07-19T04:26:04Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Alalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)
8. “The Look of Love” by Sergio Mendes (sung by Janis Hansen)
9. “Where Is your Heart”, by Percy Faith (Sung by Felicia Sanders).

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45143 "2016-07-19T05:39:38Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Alalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)
8. “The Look of Love” by Sergio Mendes (sung by Janis Hansen)
9. “Where Is your Heart”, by Percy Faith (Sung by Felicia Sanders).

1. “Wake Me Up” by Avicii (Aloe Blacc on vocals)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45144 "2016-07-19T06:05:06Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Adalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)
8. “The Look of Love” by Sergio Mendes (sung by Janis Hansen)
9. “Where Is your Heart”, by Percy Faith (Sung by Felicia Sanders).

1. “Wake Me Up” by Avicii (Aloe Blacc on vocals)
2. “Eres Tu” (“Zu zara”) by Mocedades, (sung by Amaya Uranga)

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**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 19, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45145 "2016-07-19T07:03:00Z")

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Songs attributed to a named solo artist other than the vocalist:

1. “Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop (sung by Mickey Thomas)
2. “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson (sung by Bruno Mars)
3. “Sexy Bitch,” David Guetta (sung by Akon)
4. “Resolve!”, Devin Townsend (sung by Anneke van Giersbergen)
5. “Just The Two of Us”, Grover Washington, Jr. (sung by Bill Withers)
6. “Reforestame”, Juan-Luis Guerra (sung by Adalgisa Pantaleon)
7. “Hijack” by flutist Herbie Mann (Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mom, on vocals)
8. “The Look of Love” by Sergio Mendes (sung by Janis Hansen)
9. “Where Is your Heart”, by Percy Faith (Sung by Felicia Sanders).
10. “Wake Me Up” by Avicii (Aloe Blacc on vocals)
11. “Eres Tu” (“Zu zara”) by Mocedades, (sung by Amaya Uranga)
12. “Stranglehold” (and every other song on his first album) by Ted Nugent (sung by Derek St. Holmes)

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