The original Space Oddity (“Ground control to Major Tom”) was sung by David Bowie. The 80s follow-up (Major Tom - “4, 3, 2, 1, Earth below us, drifting, falling…”) was sung by Peter Schilling.
True, and I’ll add that Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes,” in which he returned to the story of Major Tom (“Ashes to action, fun to funky, we know Major Tom’s a junkie”), came out in 1980–just a few years before Peter Schilling’s song–which further added to the confusion.
No comments on my mistakes so maybe they weren’t so stupid after all?
I don’t think anyone has mentioned this, but I use to think that “Run Around” by Sister Hazel was being sung by Blues Traveler.
Paul wrote it though.
okay here;s one my mother gave me shit for: I liked a christmas song by the Carpenters that I thought started Greeting cards of auburn scent. What iis auburn scent? I have no idea. My mother , however, thought it was good enough to make fun of me for.
“Love is in the Air” is sung by John Paul Young, not Neil Diamond as I had thought for twenty-some years.
I think you mean “All for you” by Sister Hazel (which, to add to the confusion, was once covered by John Popper). Blues Traveler did sing “Run-around”.
It should. It was written by Brian Wilson, who gave it to Jan and Dean to polish up. Dean Torrance reworked some of the lyrics, but it’s essentially as it was written by Wilson. In fact, Wilson shared the songwriting credits and sang backing vocals on the record.
The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean were friendly with each other, and Wilson collaborated with Jan and Dean on roughly a dozen songs, including “Drag City” and “Dead Man’s Curve.”
To add to your confusion, listen to the singer of Santana’s “Black Magic Woman”. Sound familiar?
Couple more…
“On the Dark Side” by John Cafferty, not Bruce Springsteen
“Baby Come Back” by Player, not Hall & Oates
“What People Do For Money” by Divine Style, not Run-DMC
For a very long time, I reckoned One Tin Soldier was a Joan Baez tune. In fact, that’s how I happened across the song : looking for Joan Baez on olden days’ Napster. Who’s Coven, anyhow ?
Is that Gregg Rolie too? If so, he sounds nothing like he sounds on Feeling That Way!
For years the only thing I knew about country music was that the hit version of “Elvira” was by Alabama. Nope, it’s the Oak Ridge Boys. Now that is the only thing I know about country music.
I knew that, but only because Mike Rabon, a member of the Five Americans, used to post here under the name aha. He hasn’t been around for 6 years, but I remember him fondly.
Whoops, I think you’re right.
Yup, that’s him. And he sounds the same to me.
If she weren’t an '80’s one-hit wonder artist (and therefore recognizable in her own right), I’m sure many would confuse Kim Carnes with Rod Stewart. I guess the test would be for some DJ to play some other Kim Carnes song, should such a thing exist. 
“Goin’ Up the Country” by Canned Heat sounds like it’s sung by Kermit the Frog.
I wasn’t sure about the Journey song (but Nobody seems to know (sorry)). Gregg Rolie, and later Neal Schon, left Santana to form Journey. In 1997 they, along with Michael Schrieve, Michael Carabello, Jose Areas and Alphonso Johnson, released a CD called *Abraxas Pool. *While long out of print, it’s well worth trying to find a copy if you are a fan of the early Santana band or the earliest Journey. Gregg Rolie has a solo album called Roots that is along the same lines, and also very good.
Same here. I still can’t help but think he sounds like a dead ringer for Michael Stipe.
Actually, the album I find he sounds different on is his self titled album in 1985. It’s very pop oriented. Funny thing is, he sounds younger to me than he does on the early Journey albums when he was lead singer, and this is about 10 years AFTER that.