Bakers Dozen

Done.

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet

(Well, Binchois is closer to the common interpretation of “classical” than Bacharach, anyway)

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach

Ummm…would you accept Bolfgang Bamadeus Bozart?

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen
  9. Samuel Barber

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen
  9. Samuel Barber
  10. Harrison Birtwistle

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen
  9. Samuel Barber
  10. Harrison Birtwistle
  11. William Boyce

My favorite piece of his: William Boyce, Symphoni No. 5 in D major, First movement - YouTube

Classical composers whose last name begins with B but who are not named “Bach”, “Beethoven” or “Brahms”:

  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen
  9. Samuel Barber
  10. Harrison Birtwistle
  11. William Boyce
  12. Elmer Bernstein
  1. Ronald Binge
  2. Gilles Binchois
  3. Hector Berlioz
  4. Bela Bartok
  5. Benjamin Britten
  6. Georges Bizet
  7. Amy Beach
  8. Laurent Belissen
  9. Samuel Barber
  10. Harrison Birtwistle
  11. William Boyce
  12. Elmer Bernstein
  13. Pierre Boulez

Next: wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot.

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp

AKA the Rand Paul of the 90s.

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern
  8. Wendell L. Willkie

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern
  8. Wendell L. Willkie
  9. Jesse Jackson

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern
  8. Wendell L. Willkie
  9. Jesse Jackson
  10. Victoria Woodhull

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern
  8. Wendell L. Willkie
  9. Jesse Jackson
  10. Victoria Woodhull
  11. Thomas Brackett Reed

(1896, Republican)

Wanna-be presidential nominees who were a big deal then are now all but forgotten or irrelevant except as a footnote, at best.

  1. Ross Perot
  2. John B. Anderson
  3. Gary Hart
  4. Jack Kemp
  5. Ed Muskie
  6. Michael Dukakis
  7. George McGovern
  8. Wendell L. Willkie
  9. Jesse Jackson
  10. Victoria Woodhull
  11. Thomas Brackett Reed
  12. Salmon P. Chase

Tried for years to get the GOP nomination, even after he was on the Supreme Court. Always fell short.