I was watching Ed Sullivan one night, waiting for an appearance from Elvis Presley. For whatever reason, he was unable to make it and they substituted Roy Orbison. At my young unassuming age I believed that it was Elvis and that he was blind.
A childhood belief about pop stars

others believed things like this
- When I was very little, I thought that my dad and Elvis Presley were the same person. — Monty
- Because of MAD Magazine, I believed that Elvis died while on the john, with a tub of KFC in his lap.Anon
- My mother went to prom with Elvis.— Fiona
- I thought Elvis was a genre.— Lucy
- I used to believe that Elvis died when he was trampled by fans.— Aretia
- When I was little I thought that Shakin' Stevens was Elvis' nephew— Ali