Bakers Dozen...

dmsesquire · Post by **dmsesquire** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:48 pm

1. Rocket Man - Elton John
2. Space Oddity - David Bowie
3. Cartoon Planet - Aqua
4. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
5. Starship Trooper - Yes
6. Ticket to the Moon - ELO
7. Mr Roboto - Styx
8. Doctoring the Tardis - The Timelords
9. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
10. Everyone's Gone To the Moon - Jonathan King
11. Venus and Mars - Wings

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:48 pm

1. Rocket Man - Elton John
2. Space Oddity - David Bowie
3. Cartoon Planet - Aqua
4. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
5. Starship Trooper - Yes
6. Ticket to the Moon - ELO
7. Mr Roboto - Styx
8. Doctoring the Tardis - The Timelords
9. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
10. Everyone's Gone To the Moon - Jonathan King
11. Venus and Mars - Wings
12. Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 1:54 am

1. Rocket Man - Elton John
2. Space Oddity - David Bowie
3. Cartoon Planet - Aqua
4. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
5. Starship Trooper - Yes
6. Ticket to the Moon - ELO
7. Mr Roboto - Styx
8. Doctoring the Tardis - The Timelords
9. Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
10. Everyone's Gone To the Moon - Jonathan King
11. Venus and Mars - Wings
12. Godzilla - Blue Öyster Cult
13. Mr Spaceman - The Byrds

Thought of one this morning. It should be interesting to see what y'all come up with.

13 posthumous hits. Songs that became hits after one (or more) of the artists in the recording had died. Such as the one I heard that made me think of this Baker's Dozen:

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

fiona · Post by **fiona** » Sat May 08, 2010 6:45 pm

Great Bakers Dozen subject PapaMouse.

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:15 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Mon May 24, 2010 1:45 am

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

fiona · Post by **fiona** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:11 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:39 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:33 am

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)

PapaMouse · Post by **PapaMouse** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:49 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce

dmsesquire · Post by **dmsesquire** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:47 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
9. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley

jodlyn · Post by **jodlyn** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:29 am

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
9. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
10. Sanctified Lady - Marvin Gaye

dmsesquire · Post by **dmsesquire** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 8:51 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
9. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
10. Sanctified Lady - Marvin Gaye
11. The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (It hit the charts the year after Kurt Cobain died.)

jodlyn · Post by **jodlyn** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:58 am

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
9. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
10. Sanctified Lady - Marvin Gaye
11. The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (It hit the charts the year after Kurt Cobain died.)
12. Dreaming of You - Selena (the song went to the top of the Billboard a few months after the singer was murdered by her fan club president)

dmsesquire · Post by **dmsesquire** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:18 pm

1. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. Way Down - Elvis Presley
3. Woman - John Lennon
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson (A huge hit in the UK several years after his death)
6. Free As a Bird - The Beatles (uncompleted John Lennon song, completed by his former bandmates)
7. End of the Line - Traveling Wilburys (released after the death of "Lefty Wilbury", aka Roy Orbison)
8. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
9. Guitar Man - Elvis Presley
10. Sanctified Lady - Marvin Gaye
11. The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (It hit the charts the year after Kurt Cobain died.)
12. Dreaming of You - Selena (the song went to the top of the Billboard a few months after the singer was murdered by her fan club president)
13. Unforgettable - Natalie Cole & Nat "King" Cole (remixed duet with Natalie's vocals dubbed in was a posthumous hit for her father)

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