Can't play itunes music downloaded from old account

I  have a bunch of iTunes music downloads I purchased on an old account using an old email many years ago. I no longer have the password and have looked but have not found a way to close out the old account and authorize the music downloads to my current account.
When I tried to retrieve info on the old account it asked me for my birthday. I chose the correct date but the response was the date was INCORRECT!!
Beyond frustrating!!

See this article.
iPod does not play content purchased from the iTMS.
"Only to find to my surprise that the DRM'd AAC (m4a) files that I was sent in replacement of MP3"
In replacement? Not sure what you mean by that.

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