Original sentence: Before the efforts of Freed and others, black music was taboo on many white-owned radio outlets, but artists and producers quickly recognized the potential of rock and roll.Covers were customary in the music industry at the time; it was made particularly easy by the compulsory license provision of United States copyright law (still in effect )
Edited sentence: "Heartbreak Hotel", the song that brought Presley to a worldwide audience (and his first ever release that was not a cover) was composed by country writers.Before the efforts of Freed and others, black music was taboo on many white-owned radio outlets.Covering was customary in the music industry at the time; it was made particularly easy by the compulsory license provision of United States copyright law (still in effect ).However, savvy artists and producers quickly recognized the potential of rock, and raced to cash in with white versions of this black music.This, however, is somewhat unfair and a lot of the early rock hits were country based songs too.White musicians also fell in love with the music and played it everywhere they could