I mentioned in post #27 that I let myself get persuaded into believing Curtis Mayfield wrote, "Be Thankful For What You Got", a big hit that was really released by William Devaughn in the spring of 1974. This was the result of some young you-tubers posting this song, with Curtis Mayfield on the thumbnail, believing he was the originator.
I saw a you-tube video a few days ago of a White dude discussing the so-called Mandela Effect. And he used this William Devaughn/Curtis Mayfield mix up as his first example. However, most off the comments in that video said they thought everyone knew the song was written by William Devaughn. Like I said earlier, I should have known that one myself. That's why I agreed that this Mandela Effect thing has gotten a little blown outta proportion. Like I said, it's more of a matter of young people spreading information without doing their research. Or they really believed what they posted was true for a long time, perhaps since childhood, just to find out they were wrong all those years. That happens a lot with music in particular.
The same thing happened again recently, concerning the nice 1975 release, "Do You Remember The Rain", sung by a group outta Chicago named, "21st Century". That group should have went a lot further than they did, especially with that release. But today on you-tube, you can also find this exact same song with the "The Silvers" thumbnail, which is incorrect. I thought it was the Jackson Five when I first heard it back in the day. I could understand someone thinking it was the Silvers too. But to me, it sounded more like a Jackson Five cut, even though Michael Jackson and Foster Silver sounded just alike.
So again, I wouldn't create some type of a phenomenal outta this mixup either.