Yes. Bessie Smith has 239 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 239

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Hustlin' Man, Black Mountain Blues, Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Listed under the artist name 239 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Hustlin' Man

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Jack Teagarden – Hustlin' Man (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD C, 1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Mountain Blues

Listed as Ed Allen, Steve Stevens, Bessie Smith – Black Mountain Blues (Smith, Bessie: I'Ve Got What It Takes (1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Listed as Bessie Smith – Take Me for a Buggy Ride (Ladies Sing the Blues - 100 Classic Tracks) · Watch on YouTube

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Yes Indeed He Do

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson – Yes Indeed He Do (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD B, 1928-1929)) · Watch on YouTube

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Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Listed as Buck Washington, Bobby Johnson, Bessie Smith, Frank Newton – Take Me for a Buggy Ride (Smith, Bessie: I'Ve Got What It Takes (1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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Do Your Duty

Listed as Buck Washington, Bobby Johnson, Bessie Smith, Frank Newton – Do Your Duty (Smith, Bessie: I'Ve Got What It Takes (1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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You Ought To Be Ashamed

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson – You Ought To Be Ashamed (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD B, 1928-1929)) · Watch on YouTube

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Gimme A Pigfoot (Live)

Listed as Bessie Smith – Gimme A Pigfoot (Live) (Stars of the Apollo) · Watch on YouTube

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The St. Louis Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong – The St. Louis Blues (Encyclopedia of Jazz, Vol. 1 (The History of Jazz: 1917-1936)) · Watch on YouTube

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Baby Doll

Listed as Bessie Smith – Baby Doll (Jazzuela. Julio Cortázar y el Jazz) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Wild About That Thin

Listed as Bessie Smith – I'm Wild About That Thin (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Backwater Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Backwater Blues (Ken Burns Jazz-The Story Of America's Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Empty Bed Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Empty Bed Blues (Women In Blues 1920-1943: New York, Chicago, Memphis, Dallas) · Watch on YouTube

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Moan You Moaners

Listed as Bessie Smith – Moan You Moaners (You'll Never Walk Alone) · Watch on YouTube

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A Good Man It's Hard to Find

Listed as Bessie Smith – A Good Man It's Hard to Find (Do Your Duty (Original Blues)) · Watch on YouTube

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Summertime

Listed as Bessie Smith – Summertime (Summertime) · Watch on YouTube

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Lost Your Head Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Lost Your Head Blues (Queen Of The Blues: Volume 1 D) · Watch on YouTube

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Nobody Knows You When You 're DownAnd Out

Listed as Bessie Smith, Ed Allen, Clarence Williams, Cyrus St-Clair – Nobody Knows You When You 're DownAnd Out (Vintage Vocal jazz / Swing No. 194 - EP: Gimme A Pigfoot) · Watch on YouTube

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St Louis Blues - Original Mono

Listed as Bessie Smith – St Louis Blues - Original Mono (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 11) · Watch on YouTube

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Mary Jane

Listed as Bessie Smith – Mary Jane (Soul Sisters - Classic Female Black Performers, Vol. 8) · Watch on YouTube

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It Won't Be You

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson – It Won't Be You (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD B, 1928-1929)) · Watch on YouTube

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Back Water Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith & James P. Johnson – Back Water Blues (Swinging Jazz Favorites) · Watch on YouTube

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Back Water Blues - Original Mono

Listed as Bessie Smith – Back Water Blues - Original Mono (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Worn Out Papa Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Jack Teagarden – Worn Out Papa Blues (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD C, 1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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Preaching the Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Preaching the Blues (Midnight Steppers) · Watch on YouTube

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Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do

Listed as Bessie Smith – Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Body and soul

Listed as Bessie Smith – Body and soul (Music History - Girls, Girls, Girls) · Watch on YouTube

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Haunted House Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson – Haunted House Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Summertime (from 'Porgy and Bess')

Listed as Bessie Smith – Summertime (from 'Porgy and Bess') (The Best of the 1930's) · Watch on YouTube

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There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

Listed as Bessie Smith, Joe Smith, Jimmy Harrison, Buster Bailey – There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (Me and My Gin) · Watch on YouTube

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Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl

Listed as Bessie Smith – Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Ladies Sing The Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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The Yellow Dog Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Joe Smith, Charlie Green, Buster Bailey – The Yellow Dog Blues (Vintage Vocal jazz / Swing No. 194 - EP: Gimme A Pigfoot) · Watch on YouTube

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Reckless Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Reckless Blues (Chicago Bound Blues, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Hustlin' Dan

Listed as Ed Allen, Steve Stevens, Bessie Smith – Hustlin' Dan (Smith, Bessie: I'Ve Got What It Takes (1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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Slow And Easy Man

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson – Slow And Easy Man (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD B, 1928-1929)) · Watch on YouTube

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Back Water Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Back Water Blues (Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Jeepers Creepers

Listed as Bessie Smith – Jeepers Creepers (Song Doubles Volume One) · Watch on YouTube

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The Yellow Dog Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – The Yellow Dog Blues (Le Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Bashful Baby

Listed as Ben Selvin and his Orchestra, Bessie Smith, Annette Hanshaw – Bashful Baby (Slice of 1929) · Watch on YouTube

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A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Listed as Bessie Smith – A Good Man Is Hard to Find (That's Jazz) · Watch on YouTube

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Devil's Gonna Get You

Listed as Bessie Smith – Devil's Gonna Get You (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Careless Love

Listed as Bessie Smith – Careless Love (Every Day I Have The Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Nobady Knows You When You're Down and Out

Listed as Bessie Smith – Nobady Knows You When You're Down and Out (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Mountain Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Black Mountain Blues (Northern Soul and R&b Essentials) · Watch on YouTube

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Dippermouth Blues

Listed as Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bessie Smith – Dippermouth Blues (Mostly Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson – Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD B, 1928-1929)) · Watch on YouTube

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Safety Mama

Listed as Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Jack Teagarden – Safety Mama (Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD C, 1929-1933)) · Watch on YouTube

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You've Been a Good Ole Wagon

Listed as Bessie Smith – You've Been a Good Ole Wagon (Ladies Sing the Blues - 100 Classic Tracks) · Watch on YouTube

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Young Woman's Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Young Woman's Blues (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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After You've Gone

Listed as Bessie Smith – After You've Gone (Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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