Asking permission to cover another artist's song is one thing; asking permission from Prince is another. In 1997, Elvis Costello approached Prince and asked if he could record his 1985 hit "Pop Life" ...

In 1987, Johnny Cash covered Elvis Costello‘s “The Big Light” on his album Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town. Costello first released the song a year earlier on King of America. By the late ’80s, Costello ...