Any ideas for a fix since my external drive for my iTunes Library failed...

I had my large iTunes Library stored on an external hard drive. The drive has now failed and my backup isn't working correctly. When I go to my iTunes Library on my Mac, the songs, videos etc that were stored on the external library show up but when I click on them I get a message saying "The song/video etc ------- ----could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"
If I reload some of the songs (saw the ones I had originally imported from CD) back into my Mac, will I be able to access them again. Will I have one song listed twice (as in one from the external drive and one reloaded) and then have to constantly try to pick which one works?
It should be noted that person who originally set up on system including the iTunes Library external hard drive and my backup and who was my computer guru is no longer available for assistance.
Thank you.
Whirlybird21

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