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* [[Tony Bennett]] did this all over his album ''For the Ladies'' which was entirely covers of songs made famous by female singers or written for female singers. This is averted in his live shows, however where he feels the original song is more important than the pronouns. And really trying to make "Black and Blue" about anything other than the colorism black women experience doesn't work.
* [[Frank Sinatra]] performed "The Man That Got Away" as "The Gal That Got Away." (Aside from pronouns and such, the only difference in the lyrics was changing "A one-man woman" to "A lost, lost loser.") However, this was averted in [[Jeff Buckley]] and [[Rufus Wainwright]]'s versions. (Then again, Rufus Wainwright is openly gay, so that's not surprising)
** Sinatra also recorded "The Girl Next Door," an alternate-pronoun version of another song originally done by [[Judy Garland]], "The Boy Next Door" from ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]''.
* Used by [[The Beatles]] ("my girl says when I kiss her lips...") in their cover of [[The Shirelles]]' "Boys." It's still full of [[Ho Yay]], though.
** Another Beatles example: the obscure girl group song "Devil in His Heart" was changed to "Devil in Her Heart."
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