Actually, I've heard and seen the REAL stars screw up many of their most popular songs. Gotta' give them credit, though. They could really cover their mistakes quite well, and of course, they were working with live bands that also was able to cover those minor mishaps extremely well.

Most entertainers that I know have several hundred songs memorized quite well. Beyond that, we need some help, especially when it's a requested song that we rarely perform. And, there some instances where a brain-fart fires up. That happened with me one night while performing Margarettaville - couldn't remember the first line to save my life. My wife looked at me and mouthed "Nibblin' on sponge cake." and the rest of the words just popped into my head. I don't recall using the laptop at all that night and it was a 4-hour job. Those things just happen - even if you're sober.

Cheers,

Gary