# 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:** 3128
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62547 "2018-11-12T18:37:47Z")
Rock or pop albums with two-word names 1. Abbey Road - The Beatles 2. The Carpenters - The Carpenters 3. Disraeli Gears - Cream 4. Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg 5. Who’s Next - The Who 6. Ring Ring - ABBA 7. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8. Secret Messages - Electric Light Orchestra 9. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles 10. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones 11. The Doors - The Doors 12. On Time - Grand Funk Railroad ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62548 "2018-11-12T18:48:36Z")
Rock or pop albums with two-word names 1. Abbey Road - The Beatles 2. The Carpenters - The Carpenters 3. Disraeli Gears - Cream 4. Nether Lands - Dan Fogelberg 5. Who’s Next - The Who 6. Ring Ring - ABBA 7. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8. Secret Messages - Electric Light Orchestra 9. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles 10. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones 11. The Doors - The Doors 12. On Time - Grand Funk Railroad 13/ American Pie - Don McLean Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62549 "2018-11-12T19:03:27Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62550 "2018-11-12T19:12:57Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney Although credited to Lennon-McCartney. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62551 "2018-11-12T19:34:03Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62552 "2018-11-12T19:40:37Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62553 "2018-11-12T20:42:42Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62554 "2018-11-12T20:46:49Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62555 "2018-11-12T20:49:44Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62556 "2018-11-12T20:52:08Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > 1. Crazy - Willie Nelson And sung well by Patsy Cline, too. Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne 9. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62557 "2018-11-12T21:29:39Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne 9. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 10. Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter YMMV ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62558 "2018-11-12T22:09:50Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne 9. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 10. Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter 11. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell ---
**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:** [November 12, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62559 "2018-11-12T23:25:55Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne 9. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 10. Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter 11. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell 12. Substitute - Pete Townshend ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62560 "2018-11-13T00:40:39Z")
Best songs written by one solo individual 1. American Pie - Don McLean 2. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel 3. Blackbird - Paul McCartney 4. Jolene - Dolly Parton 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 6. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel 7. Crazy - Willie Nelson 8. Turn to Stone - Jeff Lynne 9. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg 10. Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter 11. Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell 12. Substitute - Pete Townshend 13. Piano Man - Billy Joel Pass ---
**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:** [November 13, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62561 "2018-11-13T02:01:32Z")
National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu Translated, it means “we, we, we” [Yumi, Yumi, Yumi - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumi,_Yumi,_Yumi) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62562 "2018-11-13T02:05:25Z")
National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA ---
**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:** [November 13, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62563 "2018-11-13T02:20:47Z")
National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA 3. “O Canada” ---
**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:** [November 13, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62564 "2018-11-13T03:18:23Z")
National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA 3. “O Canada” - Botswana Oops. My bad. National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA 3. “O Canada” - Canada 4. “Advance Australia Fair” - Australia One of my favorites, here sung by Olivia Newton-John: [Olivia Newton-John sings Advance Australia Fair 1986 VFL GF - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVezMI5S4Hg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62565 "2018-11-13T03:47:36Z")
Well then, I just have to! 🙂 National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA 3. “O Canada” - Canada 4. “Advance Australia Fair” - Australia 5. “Fatshe leno la rona” - Botswana ---
**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:** [November 13, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62566 "2018-11-13T05:20:56Z")
National Anthems from around the world 1. “Yumi, Yumi, Yumi” - Vanuatu 2. “Star Spangled Banner” - USA 3. “O Canada” - Canada 4. “Advance Australia Fair” - Australia 5. “Fatshe leno la rona” - Botswana 6. “Hatikvah” - Israel The melody is based on an Italian and Romanian folk song; the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana used the same melody in _The Moldau_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3129)