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 Them's Graveyard Words (03-03-27), Variety Stomp, Wasted Life Blues

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.

Them's Graveyard Words (03-03-27)

Listed as Bessie Smith – Them's Graveyard Words (03-03-27) (Complete Jazz Series 1927 - 1928) · Watch on YouTube

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Variety Stomp

Listed as Bessie Smith, Rosa Henderson – Variety Stomp (Fletcher Henderson and the Birth of Big Band Swing) · Watch on YouTube

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Wasted Life Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Wasted Life Blues (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 12) · Watch on YouTube

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There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Listed as Bessie Smith – There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 12) · Watch on YouTube

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St. Louis Blues - Part 2

Listed as Bessie Smith – St. Louis Blues - Part 2 (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Honey Man Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Honey Man Blues (Queen Of The Blues: Volume 1 D) · Watch on YouTube

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Cold in Hand Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Cold in Hand Blues (Deep South (The Story of the Blues)) · Watch on YouTube

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Me And My Gin

Listed as Bessie Smith – Me And My Gin (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Put It Right Here

Listed as Bessie Smith – Put It Right Here (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Spirit Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Blue Spirit Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Sobbin' Hearted Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong – Sobbin' Hearted Blues (Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934) · Watch on YouTube

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Mama's Got The Blues

Listed as Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith – Mama's Got The Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Outside Of That

Listed as Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson – Outside Of That (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Cemetery Blues

Listed as Jimmy Jones, Bessie Smith – Cemetery Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Mean Old Bed Bug Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Mean Old Bed Bug Blues (The Blues Heritage) · Watch on YouTube

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Send me to the "Lectric Chair"

Listed as Bessie Smith – Send me to the "Lectric Chair" (Female Blues Singers) · Watch on YouTube

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Homeless Blues (09-28-27)

Listed as Bessie Smith – Homeless Blues (09-28-27) (Complete Jazz Series 1927 - 1928) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Mountain Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Black Mountain Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Moan, You Moaners

Listed as Bessie Smith – Moan, You Moaners (Kind of gospel) · Watch on YouTube

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Bumble Bee

Listed as Bessie Smith – Bumble Bee (Bustin the Blues, Vol. 4, (Ladies Who Sing the Blues)) · Watch on YouTube

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If You Don't, I Know Who Will

Listed as Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson – If You Don't, I Know Who Will (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Reckless Blues - Alternate

Listed as Bessie Smith – Reckless Blues - Alternate (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 9) · Watch on YouTube

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I've Got What It Takes

Listed as Bessie Smith – I've Got What It Takes (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Take Me For A Buggy Ride

Listed as Bessie Smith – Take Me For A Buggy Ride (The Blues of Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Poor Man's Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Poor Man's Blues (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Cake Walking Babies

Listed as Bessie Smith – Cake Walking Babies (1920's Jazz Classics Volume 5) · Watch on YouTube

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Trombone Cholly

Listed as Bessie Smith – Trombone Cholly (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Chicago Bound Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson – Chicago Bound Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Bleeding Hearted Blues

Listed as Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith – Bleeding Hearted Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Summertime

Listed as Bessie Smith – Summertime (Bessie Smith - Queen of the Blues - Her Best Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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The Gin House Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – The Gin House Blues (Queen Of The Blues: Volume 1 D) · Watch on YouTube

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Any Woman's Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, James P. Johnson – Any Woman's Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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At The Christmas Ball

Listed as Bessie Smith – At The Christmas Ball (Queen Of The Blues: Volume 1 D) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh Daddy Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Oh Daddy Blues (Chicago Bound Blues, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Do Your Duty

Listed as Bessie Smith – Do Your Duty (Do Your Duty (Original Blues)) · Watch on YouTube

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Kitchen Man

Listed as Bessie Smith – Kitchen Man (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Beale Street Mam

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

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Alexander Ragtime Band

Listed as Bessie Smith – Alexander Ragtime Band (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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You've Got To Give Me Some

Listed as Bessie Smith – You've Got To Give Me Some (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle

Listed as Bessie Smith – I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time

Listed as Bessie Smith – Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time (Ladies Sing the Blues - 100 Classic Tracks) · Watch on YouTube

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Empty Bed Blues - Part 1

Listed as Bessie Smith – Empty Bed Blues - Part 1 (1928-1929) · Watch on YouTube

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Weepin' Willow Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Weepin' Willow Blues (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Jail House Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Jail House Blues (Chicago Bound Blues, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Thinking Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith – Thinking Blues (Bessie Smith Selected Favorites Volume 12) · Watch on YouTube

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St. Louis Gal

Listed as Bessie Smith – St. Louis Gal (Beale Street Mama) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Down In The Dumps

Listed as Bessie Smith – I'm Down In The Dumps (Fats Waller & Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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Fidgety Feet

Listed as Bessie Smith, Rosa Henderson – Fidgety Feet (Fletcher Henderson and the Birth of Big Band Swing) · Watch on YouTube

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Easy Come Easy Go Blues

Listed as Bessie Smith, Jimmy Jones – Easy Come Easy Go Blues (Bessie Smith) · Watch on YouTube

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I Ain't Got Nobody

Listed as Bessie Smith – I Ain't Got Nobody (Queen Of The Blues: Volume 1 D) · 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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