# 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:** 2342
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46826 "2016-10-15T05:06:59Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46827 "2016-10-15T06:27:54Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison Yeah, I know. But it’s true. Books and everything. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46828 "2016-10-15T07:50:25Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46829 "2016-10-15T09:02:02Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon 9. Stephen Sondheim ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46830 "2016-10-15T10:55:27Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon 9. Stephen Sondheim 10. Eminem ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46831 "2016-10-15T11:07:52Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon 9. Stephen Sondheim 10. Eminem 11. Suzanne Vega ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46832 "2016-10-15T12:24:46Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon 9. Stephen Sondheim 10. Eminem 11. Suzanne Vega 12. Cole Porter Different generation and genre, maybe, but a songwriting phenomenon ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46833 "2016-10-15T12:45:09Z")
Outstanding lyricists other than Dylan 1. Elvis Costello 2. Bruce Springsteen 3. Leonard Cohen 4. Don Henley 5. Neil Pearl 6. Billy Joel 7. Jim Morrison 8. John Lennon 9. Stephen Sondheim 10. Eminem 11. Suzanne Vega 12. Cole Porter 13. Ira Gershwin New! Songs of Leonard Cohen 14. Suzanne ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46834 "2016-10-15T13:42:45Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46835 "2016-10-15T14:21:54Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46836 "2016-10-15T14:35:05Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46837 "2016-10-15T14:46:32Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46838 "2016-10-15T14:51:00Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46839 "2016-10-15T15:01:03Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46840 "2016-10-15T15:12:31Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan ---
**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:** [October 15, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46841 "2016-10-15T18:07:15Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan 9. So Long, Marianne ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46842 "2016-10-15T19:10:55Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan 9. So Long, Marianne 10. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46843 "2016-10-16T00:10:32Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan 9. So Long, Marianne 10. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On 11. Dress Rehearsal Rag ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46844 "2016-10-16T00:45:42Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan 9. So Long, Marianne 10. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On 11. Dress Rehearsal Rag 12. Who By Fire ---
**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:** [October 16, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46845 "2016-10-16T03:10:50Z")
Songs of Leonard Cohen 1. Suzanne 2. Bird on a Wire 3. Halleluiah 4. First We’ll Take Manhattan, Then We’ll Take Berlin 5. Lady Midnight 6. Chelsea Hotel 7. Sisters Of Mercy 8. The Partisan 9. So Long, Marianne 10. Don’t Go Home with Your Hard-On 11. Dress Rehearsal Rag 12. Who By Fire 13. Famous Blue Raincoat New (and again, inspired by Bob Dylan) Nobel Prize Winners and their category 1. Gabriela Mistral, Literature The first Latin American to win the Literature prize, in 1945 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2343)