Bakers Dozen

Cover songs that are better than the original.

  1. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
  2. “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
  3. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
  4. “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. “Young Man Blues”, The Who
  6. “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
  7. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
  8. “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
  9. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell

Cover songs that are better than the original.

  1. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
  2. “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
  3. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
  4. “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. “Young Man Blues”, The Who
  6. “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
  7. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
  8. “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
  9. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
  10. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles

Cover songs that are better than the original.

  1. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
  2. “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
  3. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
  4. “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. “Young Man Blues”, The Who
  6. “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
  7. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
  8. “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
  9. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
  10. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
  11. “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt

Cover songs that are better than the original.

  1. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
  2. “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
  3. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
  4. “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. “Young Man Blues”, The Who
  6. “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
  7. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
  8. “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
  9. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
  10. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
  11. “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt
  12. “Sound of Silence,” Disturbed

(I’d call that one a tie, actually)

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Cover songs that are better than the original.

  1. “Hurt,” Johnny Cash
  2. “You’re No Good,” Van Halen
  3. “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” Al Green
  4. “All Along the Watchtower” - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  5. “Young Man Blues”, The Who
  6. “The Star Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix
  7. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” Vanilla Fudge
  8. “Piece of My Heart,” Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co.
  9. “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell
  10. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles
  11. “Blue Bayou”, Linda Ronstadt
  12. “Sound of Silence,” Disturbed
  13. “Police and Thieves”, The Clash

New

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany

Public domain.

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde

Not fictional, but certainly legendary.

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold
  9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold
  9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
  10. Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold
  9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
  10. Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
  11. The Phantom,* The Pinks Panther* (1963)

Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold
  9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
  10. Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
  11. The Phantom, The Pinks Panther (1963)
  12. Jessie James

Another “legendary” outlaw.

  1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
  2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany
  3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung
  4. Robin Hood
  5. Bonnie and Clyde
  6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit”
  7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist
  8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold
  9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books
  10. Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology
  11. The Phantom, The Pinks Panther (1963)
  12. Jessie James
    13.Andrew Vachss’s Burke and his partners in crime

Next up: Famous fictional killers

  1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer

Famous fictional killers

  1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer
  2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera

Famous fictional killers

  1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer
  2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera
  3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M