Changed accounts, now some songs won't authorize

I changed from an aol account quite a while ago to an apple account. I can play songs purchased since the new ID, but I just discovered I can't play anything previous to it. It will tell me I am not authorized and bring up my old screen name. How can I fix this?

Do you have a backed up copy of the music? Just rip it to Mp3 from there.
If you don't, log into that account and burn a CD of the music, then log out and rip it.
Backups of your purchased music are VERY important!!
Backing Up Your Music in iTunes

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