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In pop music a cover version is a new rendition of a previously recorded song. Pop musicians may play covers as a tribute to the original performer or group, to win audiences who like to hear a familiar song, to increase their chance of success by using a proven hit or to gain credibility by its comparison with the original song. They may also do it simply because they enjoy playing it.Although cover versions are often produced for artistic reasons, they are commonly released to fill bargain bin s in the music section of supermarkets and even specialized music store s, where uninformed customers can easily confuse them with original recordings, especially
since the packaging is usually intentionally confusing. It combines the name of the original artist, written in large letters, with a small-letters periphrase like as originally sung by or as made popular by. Sometimes only the presence of the rather uncommon "cover" word indicates the true nature of the recordings. Certain publishing houses push the perversion up to using an expression like original cover versions. Cover versions are often sold in compilations, sorted by genre. When supermarkets conduct a major cover version sale, they sometimes put in place a DJ to play the items from the special collection exclusively. In America, this is done because compulsory licensing laws allow a musician to perform and publish a previously recorded song without getting the permission of the copyright holder. A band of unknown but talented musicians, then, can churn out imitations of popular songs that can then be sold at a high profit margin. Otherwise, the record company would have to either pay licensing fees to the copyright holders of the music or not even be able to release the music at all, if the copyright holders deny permission.
1 Early cover versions
From early in the 20th century it was common practice among phonograph record labels that if any company had a record that was a significant commercial success, other record companies would have singers or musicians "cover" the tune by recording a version for their own label in hopes of cashing in on the tune's success.
In the early days of rock and roll, many songs originally recorded by African American musicians were rerecorded by white artists, such as Pat Boone, in a more toned down style that lacked the hard edge of rock and roll, and vice versa. These cover versions were considered by some to be more palatable to parents, and white artists were more palatable to programmers at white radio stations. Also, many songs originally recorded by male artists were rerecorded by female artists, and vice versa. Such cover version is sometimes called a cross cover version.
2 Modern cover versions
Over the years, cover versions of many popular songs have been recorded, sometimes with a radically different style, and in other cases the cover version is virtually indistinguishable from the original. For example, Jose Feliciano's version of "Light My Fire" was utterly distinct from the original version by The Doors; but Carl Carlton 's 1974See also 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events February 10 record producer Phil Spector is badly injured in a car accident. Details of the accident are kept secret. February 12 New York' cover of Robert Knight 's 1967See also 1966 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 15 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show''. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band changed their lyrics from "Let's spend t hit single song "Everlasting Love" sounds almost identical to the original. Cover versions can also be in different languages; for example, FalcoEurope and North America during the 1980s Falco ( February 19, 1957 February 6, 1998) was the stage name of the classical music prodigy turned Austrian rock star, Johann Holzel (also Hans Holzel). He was born in Vienna and studied at the Vienna Music Cons's 1982 GermanGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union.-language hit "Der Kommissar" was covered in English by After the Fire later in the decade, although the German title was retained. The English version, which was not a direct translation of Falco's original but retained much of its spirit, reached the Top 5 on the US charts.
