# 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:** 395
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7882 "2011-10-06T02:49:46Z")
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists 1. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows 2. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone 5. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 6. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary 7. Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin 8. Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski 9. Nanci Griffith - From a Distance - Bette Midler And Nanci’s version was SO much better! :: sob :: ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7883 "2011-10-06T03:48:22Z")
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists 1. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows 2. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone 5. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 6. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary 7. Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin 8. Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski 9. Nanci Griffith - From a Distance - Bette Midler 10. Beach Boys - California Girls - David Lee Roth ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7884 "2011-10-06T13:02:19Z")
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists 1. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows 2. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone 5. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 6. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary 7. Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin 8. Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski 9. Nanci Griffith - From a Distance - Bette Midler 10. Beach Boys - California Girls - David Lee Roth 11. Patty Griffin - Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) - Kelly Clarkson ---
**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 6, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7885 "2011-10-06T13:09:33Z")
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists 1. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows 2. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone 5. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 6. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary 7. Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin 8. Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski 9. Nanci Griffith - From a Distance - Bette Midler 10. Beach Boys - California Girls - David Lee Roth 11. Patty Griffin - Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) - Kelly Clarkson 12. Tom Waits - Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7886 "2011-10-06T13:12:18Z")
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists 1. Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows 2. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 3. Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone 5. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin 6. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary 7. Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin 8. Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski 9. Nanci Griffith - From a Distance - Bette Midler 10. Beach Boys - California Girls - David Lee Roth 11. Patty Griffin - Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) - Kelly Clarkson 12. Tom Waits - Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen 13. Bruce Springsteen - Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole Next category: Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7887 "2011-10-06T13:17:43Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7888 "2011-10-06T13:26:19Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7889 "2011-10-06T13:34:45Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7890 "2011-10-06T13:43:52Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7891 "2011-10-06T13:55:36Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7892 "2011-10-06T14:01:02Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7893 "2011-10-06T15:12:59Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7894 "2011-10-06T15:15:10Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India 9. Germany ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7895 "2011-10-06T16:52:10Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India 9. Germany 10. Brazil ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7896 "2011-10-06T19:27:29Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India 9. Germany 10. Brazil 11. Colombia ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7897 "2011-10-06T19:40:46Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India 9. Germany 10. Brazil 11. Colombia 12. Nigeria The Most Esteemed Undersecretary to the Ambassador has recently requested my assistance on an urgent financial matter. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7898 "2011-10-06T19:50:51Z")
Current members of the United Nations Security Council 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Gabon 4. France 5. Russia 6. Portugal 7. China 8. India 9. Germany 10. Brazil 11. Colombia 12. Nigeria 13. Bosnia and Herzegovina Boardwalk Properties 1. Vermont Ave. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7899 "2011-10-06T20:11:16Z")
Boardwalk Properties 1. Vermont Ave. 2. Baltic Ave. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7900 "2011-10-06T20:36:00Z")
Boardwalk Properties 1. Vermont Ave. 2. Baltic Ave. 3. Park Place Lebanon and South Africa are the two other current UN Security Council members, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7901 "2011-10-06T20:36:44Z")
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