The covering of songs was the practice that emerged in the early 1950s which involved recording altered versions of songs previously recorded by black performers.
This means the new record of a previously recorded song by an artist other than the original artist with the lyrics and basic melody left intact.
Hence, these practice were widely used by the whites to alteredthe versions of songs previously recorded by black performers.
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