HT201363 music purchased under old ID

I purchased music from Itunes using my daughters ID, but when the computer the music was purchased on crashed, all music from that old account was lost. She no longer has the email address associated with that old ID. How do I get her present email address assigned to the old Apple ID so a new password can be received and all the purchased music recovered?

You should have had to convert your AOL to a new account at some time.
When you purchase a song, the iTunesID is embedded in the song file (in this case yoru AOL ID). If you try to play a protected song with that account and yrou computer is not authorized, iTunes will pop up a window with the account name prefilled.
Just change it to your current iTunesID (which should be the converted account) and password.

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