# Right Song, Wrong Artist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060 "2009-11-26T20:12:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/21 "2009-11-30T17:03:02Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > I also thought that “Dancin’ in the Moonlight” was a Van Morrison song. Even Wikipedia acknowledges that the King Harvest version (the only such version I am familiar with) is often mistaken for being a Van Morrison song. It probably doesn’t help that one of Van’s most famous songs is called “Moondance”. I always thought that Wilbert Harrison’s version of “Kansas City” was by Fats Domino. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/22 "2009-11-30T18:16:05Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > They’re from the same Jersey scene as Springsteen IIRC and a lot of his songs have the same sensibilities as BS. He’s still going too–saw him at the fair this summer! Nope, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are from Rhode Island. They were all about trying to sound like Bruce though. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/23 "2009-11-30T20:01:50Z")
> [@WreckingCrew](#): > > Nope, John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are from Rhode Island. They were all about trying to sound like Bruce though. :smack: My memory sucks. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/24 "2009-11-30T20:48:55Z")
“Gemini Dream”, by the Moody Blues. When it first came out, I was positive that it was the Electric Light Orchestra. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/25 "2009-11-30T21:00:42Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Gemini Dream”, by the Moody Blues. When it first came out, I was positive that it was the Electric Light Orchestra. Oh, yes, absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/26 "2009-11-30T21:03:53Z")
When I first heard Through and Through I kept trying to find it by googling “Waiting on a call from you” and “Bruce Springsteen.” It was on the Sopranos, and I guess I figured, Stevie Van Zandt, prominent Bruce Springsteen song. Then I finally found out it was by the Rolling Stones except it was a Keith Richards song which is why I didn’t realize it was by the Stones right away. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/27 "2009-12-01T05:08:03Z")
I thought “I Know” was by Arrested Development. Nope, it was Dionne Farris who used to be with Arrested Development. But, since I was born during the Eisenhower administration, I think I get a pass. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/28 "2009-12-01T12:49:43Z")
Up until about a year ago, I thought “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” was CCR. Hollies. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/29 "2009-12-01T14:35:17Z")
I think that the Hollies are the hardest group to remember that it was them that sang their songs and not some other group. To me their songs sounded like they were sung by half a dozen different groups. The Wikipedia entry on them suggests a different reason that I may be confusing them with other groups: > **[The Hollies discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies_discography)** > > The discography of British rock and pop band the Hollies consists of 21 studio albums, 24 compilation albums, two tribute/covers albums, seven extended plays, and 67 singles. > Since the Hollies released their first single on 17 May 1963, the group has had 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on RPM magazine's singles chart, 25 on Germany's singles chart, and 11 on the VG-lista singles chart. Many of the Hollies' singles contain three-part vocal harmony, a... They took a long time to be recognized in the U.S. as a major group. Back when I was listening to radio a lot in the 1960’s and the early 1970’s, they would have an occasional minor hit. I never heard enough songs by them at any single point to be able to associate all the songs with a single group. At some point (perhaps ten years ago) I bought a boxed set of their major and minor hits. It was only then that I realized that they were responsible for all those songs that I remembered without being able to put a name to the group. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/30 "2009-12-01T15:50:32Z")
Yeah, there’s a lot of Hollies’ songs I confuse with Herman’s Hermits, too. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060/31 "2009-12-01T15:59:55Z")
Who the fuck is Hope Benedict? CNN tells me she has a new cd out, but I’ve never heard of her. No biggie. So many new artists I’ve never heard of abd I could give a shit. What? Wait. What? Pope Benedict has an album? Fuck me. Seriously? Huh. So, there’s no Hope Benedict, then? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-song-wrong-artist/519060.md?page=1)