Yes. Billy Joe Royal has 150 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 150

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 A Place For The Heartache, Games People Play (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970), (Don't Let the Sun Set on You in) Tulsa

Listed under the artist name 150 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

A Place For The Heartache

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – A Place For The Heartache (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Games People Play (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970)

Listed as Joe South, Tommy Roe, Billy Joe Royal – Games People Play (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970) (Games People Play (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, November 15, 1970)) · Watch on YouTube

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(Don't Let the Sun Set on You in) Tulsa

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – (Don't Let the Sun Set on You in) Tulsa (Singles and Rarities) · Watch on YouTube

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Bring It On Home To Me

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Bring It On Home To Me (Billy Joe Royal At His Best) · Watch on YouTube

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The Truth Is I Lied

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – The Truth Is I Lied (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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She Don't Cry Like She Used To

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – She Don't Cry Like She Used To (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Billy Joe Royal Featuring "Hush") · Watch on YouTube

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Cherryhill Park

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Cherryhill Park (Cherry Hill Park) · Watch on YouTube

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The Greatest Love

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – The Greatest Love (Billy Joe Royal Featuring "Hush") · Watch on YouTube

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It's Who's In Your Heart

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – It's Who's In Your Heart (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Funny How Time Slips Away

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Funny How Time Slips Away (Down in the Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Down In The Boondocks

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Down In The Boondocks (Billy Joe Royal At His Best) · Watch on YouTube

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What's the Matter Baby

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – What's the Matter Baby (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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He Don't Know

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – He Don't Know (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Old Bridges Burn Slow

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Old Bridges Burn Slow (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Let It Rain

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Let It Rain (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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He'll Have To Go

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – He'll Have To Go (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Kiss and Say Goodbye

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Kiss and Say Goodbye (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Down In The Boondocks

Listed as Billie Joe Royal – Down In The Boondocks (Down In The Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Love Has No Right

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Love Has No Right (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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I Knew You When

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I Knew You When (The Best Of Billy Joe Royal) · Watch on YouTube

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Yo-Yo

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Yo-Yo (Billy Joe Royal Featuring "Hush") · Watch on YouTube

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Stand By Me

Listed as Billie Joe Royal – Stand By Me (Down In The Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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I've Got to Be Somebody

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I've Got to Be Somebody (Down in the Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Steal Away

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Steal Away (Down in the Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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You Really Got A Hold On Me

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – You Really Got A Hold On Me (Down In The Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Out of Sight And On My Mind

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Out of Sight And On My Mind (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Love Is a Full Time Job

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Love Is a Full Time Job (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Heart's Desire

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Heart's Desire (Cherry Hill Park) · Watch on YouTube

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Boardwalk Angel

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Boardwalk Angel (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Cross My Heart and Hope to Try

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Cross My Heart and Hope to Try (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Hush

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Hush (Cherry Hill Park) · Watch on YouTube

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Look What You've Done To My Heart

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Look What You've Done To My Heart (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Save the Last Dance for Me

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Save the Last Dance for Me (King of Fools) · Watch on YouTube

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Till I Can't Take It Anymore

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Till I Can't Take It Anymore (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll Pin A Note On Your Pillow

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I'll Pin A Note On Your Pillow (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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I Miss You Already

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I Miss You Already (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Let Your Love Flow

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Let Your Love Flow (Down In The Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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To Love Somebody

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – To Love Somebody (Drift Away) · Watch on YouTube

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Give 'Em My Number

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Give 'Em My Number (The Royal Treatment) · Watch on YouTube

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Burned Like a Rocket

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Burned Like a Rocket (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Down in the Boondocks

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Down in the Boondocks (From the Pen of Joe South) · Watch on YouTube

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I Knew You When

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I Knew You When (Down in the Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Slip Away

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Slip Away (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll Pin a Note On Your Pillow

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I'll Pin a Note On Your Pillow (The Best Of Billy Joe Royal) · Watch on YouTube

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Tell It Like It Is

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Tell It Like It Is (Tell It Like It Is) · Watch on YouTube

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Down in the Boondocks

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Down in the Boondocks (Down in the Boondocks) · Watch on YouTube

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Dark Glasses

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – Dark Glasses (Golden Records: The Early Songwriting Genius Of Joe South 1961-1966) · Watch on YouTube

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I Was Losing You

Listed as Billy Joe Royal – I Was Losing You (Tell It Like It Is) · 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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