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* Metallic hardcore band Converge themselves [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_llg7k2EZdk1qjl4w9o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1309210670&Signature=IH8a7PMDzFzLbIn7%2FmxHxB1%2Bi8U%3D pointed out an example of this in ''Terrorizer'' magazine ]. The band (who are almost all straight edge) answered the questions with joke answers and were surprised that they were accepted at face value.
* [[David Bowie]]'s groundbreaking 'Berlin Trilogy' is often referred to as being produced by Brian Eno. While all parties involved have noted Brian Eno's huge influence on the records, the fact is that the actual production was down to Tony Visconti. Tony Visconti himself has complained about how critics can't seem to be bothered to read sleeve notes which quite clearly state 'Produced by Tony Visconti & David Bowie'
* Allmusic's biography for the country band [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819035934/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blackhawk-p44752/biography Blackhawk] says that their debut single "Goodbye Says It All" went to number one; it actually went to number 11, and the band never had a number-one hit on Billboard. The biography also says that the fourth single was "Wherever You Go" at number 10. While the fourth single did go to number 10, it was titled "Down in Flames", and it's not like there's any [[Refrain From Assuming]] issue that could have anyone possibly think that the song was called "Wherever You Go" — apparently the writer somehow got it crossed with [[Clint Black]]'s "Wherever You Go", released around the same time. Strangely, the biography also fails to mention the (far more famous) number 7 hit "That's Just About Right", the last single from said album.
** Similarly, their biography for [https://web.archive.org/web/20101118125113/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pirates-of-the-mississippi-p1768/biography Pirates of the Mississippi] says that their debut album tanked, and that their second album was more successful with the hits "Feed Jake" and "Speak of the Devil". These songs were actually the third and fourth singles, respectively, from their most successful ''first'' album. They do correctly identify "Fighting for You" as a dud single from the (unsuccessful) second album, but make no mention of the far more successful "Til I'm Holding You Again" (their second biggest chart hit). You'd think they would be able to avoid mistakes like this, particularly since Allmusic also includes track listings and chart positions for most albums in their reviews...
** They also have a habit of not doing simple checking through BMI and ASCAP databases for songwriters with similar names. [[wikipedia:Tim James (music producer)|This Tim James]] and [[wikipedia:Tim James (country music songwriter)|this Tim James]] are combined into one listing on Allmusic, but two seconds in the BMI database would show them to be two different people.
* Contrary to popular belief, [[Barry Manilow]] does not write the songs that make the whole world sing. That would be the spirit of Music, not Manilow himself. In fact, the very last line of the song is "I am Music, and I write the songs.". As Manilow is constantly at great pains to point out, ''he didn't even write that song''; [[wikipedia:Bruce Johnston|Bruce Johnston]] did.
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