Cover (reads to dig) is an English term that characterizes a person or group's version of a famous artist, singer or band. consists of the re-recording a song that was originally recorded by another musician, for example.
In the English language, the term cover, literally means "cover" or "cover".
O cover usually it can be a version sung by a person or a band, where a kind of imitation of the performance of a musical theme that was previously recorded by another artist, but it can also be a specific performance or a dance.
It's common for many musicians to do covers as a form of tribute to someone who performed the performance for the first time or to honor some distinguished artist, whether in life or death.
For example, when Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, many tributes with versions cover of his songs were performed to honor him. The same happened when David Bowie died in 2016.
Another common feature of covers is that, in addition to the songs, the imitations can also be in the clothing, choreography or way of acting of the famous person, which need to be in the same way as the original.
There are groups that record entire albums of covers, only with interpretations of songs by other people, such as “Acid Eaters” (1993) by the Ramones, which is composed of songs by bands like Rolling Stones, The Who, The Byrds, among others.
There are also groups that are dedicated exclusively to the interpretation of covers. Typically, rock bands like The Beatles, Kiss and even Elvis Presley have a lot of covers around the world.