I was convinced that the person who sang and recorded a song was the writer of that song. I was very impressed to find out Kenny Rogers "wrote" a certain Christmas carol.
A childhood belief about songs

others believed things like this
- I was told that for every christmas carol i sang before christmas time santa would give me one less present!— K
- Until I was about 15, I beleived my Father was the person who sang the "Cheers" TV Show Theme Song.— Dustin
- I thought that singer/songwriter was spelled this way: sing-a-song-writer...Anon
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- for my little sis -
Paul McCarty song "Band on the Run" but when she sang it it was "Man has the Runs"Anon - I used to think that the actors on tv shows sang the show's theme song.Anon