User:Shayshay619/Cover versions in 1950s rock

A cover version is a song that has been re-released only with a different cover. The cover version was believed to be invented by Bill Haley & the Comets on November 11 1954. Cover songs were boycotted by many disk-jockeys such as Alan Freed and Buddy Holly because they believed that they were "steeling" the song from the original artist. Some examples of cover versions and the original songs are in the table below.