Describe the circumstances surrounding the appearance of cover songs and the importance of the cover artist in the development of rock and roll.

With the advent of the civil rights movement in the early and mid 1950's some African American artists were getting airplay on pop radio stations. People like Pat Boone and Elvis Presley took full advantage of the situation and covered some of the more popular Black hits. Pat Boone became rich making some awful sounding covers, while Elvis at least had some style