I used to think that the term 'Prima Donna' was actually 'Pre-Madonna',
i.e. a singer who makes pop music in the style usual before Madonna
(cf. 'Pre-Raphaelite'.)

Ollie

When I was a kid, I heard my parents talking about Madonna as a bad influence, coz kids would want to be like her if they saw her or listen to her music. Everytime she appeared on the telly or sang on the radio I ran away, afraid to someday start to wear ladies underpants and act like a woman.

Liam G.

As I´m brazilian and speak portuguese, when I was about 8 or 9, I thought Ray Charles was the king of Britain, ´cos you pronnounce "Ray" as "rei", and "Rei" means King in portuguese. I always heard of the queen of England and the 'REI' Charles (not togheter, of course). You can imagine the mess in my head thinking "why is the king of Britain blind? Why is he playing the piano with such a wide smile ???". In fact, I began to think the Queen and the 'King Ray Charles' were divorced, because I never saw them in the same place. Weird...

G.Albo

I really, truly thought that Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson were the same person.

Anon

I was a little boy when Elvis Presley died. When the news cam out that he had died of a heart attack, I did not know what that was, so I though he had died of a "hard attack."

I pictured Elvis getting killed in a swordfight with a bunch of bad guys.

Anon

Up to about the age of 8 i never always thought Michael Jackson was a sort of monster and not a human. I don't think i ever asked anyone about this either.So he scared me for quite a while!!!

badlilangel2002

Back in the fifth grade we used to drop money into the heater in the girls bathroom for 'The Michael Jackson Fund'. We believed that Michael Jackson came to the school at night to collect his money and whoever put in the most would be considered a super cool chick. I remember one girl dropped a five dollar bill in and the next day it was gone. That was proof enough! No wonder the janitors were always so happy and had jingly pockets...

How much plastic surgery did we pay for?

Tiff

for a long time i was convined that david bowie really did come from outer space, rather than beckenham. somewhere in my mind i guess i still believe that...

nick

I used to believe that Donny Osmond was actualy trapped inside the posters on my wall!! No matter where i stood in my bedroom he would be looking at me.
I stared to get dressed in the bathroom after that discovery or get dressed under the blanket!!

Helgz

I remember being seven years old, living in Sweden, and being appalled by the disgusting name of a rock band. The band was Kiss. "Kiss" means "pee" in Swedish.

Martin

My dad told me when I was a kid that Ringo Starr (Beatles Drummer) had a big nose because he used to drum with his drumsticks sticking out of his nose. I told all my friends in the street this and we believed it! My I was (still am) gullible. And my dad, well... He forgets he ever told me such a thing. I will never let him forget it!

vstar

I once thought that if you listened to Led Zeppelin you would explode. This was because of the raw power of the band. There music would instantly become too much for your body to take.

I believe someone told me this but I don't know who.

I've been listening to Zep for several years now. I haven't exploded yet.

Some Random Guy

On the Elvis Presley song 'Good Luck Charm' there is a strong harmony backing vocal. I used to think that he was singing both parts simultaneously. This largely explained to me why Elvis was so highly regarded as an artist.

George

i was about 5 years old when i believed that Micheal Jackson And Madonna were married because i kept hearing people say that HE was the king of pop and SHE was the queen of pop. I assumed that meant that they were married but wondered why i never really saw them togther or heard them talking about one another.

Zo

Does anyone remember the 'Chipmunks' singing group? My mother believed they were real chipmunks who had been taught to sing!

Rosy Baxter

When I was young (about seven)I thought that I could not be a popstar because I didn't have the ability to sing 2 things at once. Years later, i learned they used a backing track.

Anon

At one time I believed that ZZ Top was an unusually large bustline.

Donna K.

When I was 10 or so, in the mid-70s, a record company called K-Tel used to put out compilation albums of top-40 hits a couple of times a year. They used to advertise them heavily on TV - they would play little clips of some of the songs and name the singer: "Elton John! Hall & Oates! 10 cc! Helen Reddy!"... They always ended the list by saying "and Many more!"... For the longest time, I thought there was a VERY successful pop singer named "Manny Moore" who somehow ended up with a hit song on EACH K-Tel album released... I finally had to stand corrected when I asked my cousin Lucie if she had any good "Manny Moore" records I could borrow.... Took a while for me to live this down.

Charles

There was a note in the credits of a Disney movie I saw as a child that said some of the singers who had performed songs for the film appeared "courtesy of Columbia." I didn't realize that Columbia was a recording company (nor would I have understood about contracts if I had known), and I thought they were talking about Colombia, the country. I was sure these singers must be amazingly important people if Disney had to get the whole Colombian government's permission to use them!

Tabby

I used to wonder why people didn't use his first name when they spoke of McJagger of the Rolling Stones.

silly me