Yes. Leadbelly has 161 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 161

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 Pretty Flower in Your Backyard, Easy Rider (See See Rider), Old Riley (Hey Rattler)

Listed under the artist name 161 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Pretty Flower in Your Backyard

Listed as Leadbelly – Pretty Flower in Your Backyard (Steeped in the Blues Tradition) · Watch on YouTube

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Easy Rider (See See Rider)

Listed as Leadbelly – Easy Rider (See See Rider) (Leadbelly Vol. 4 1939-1947) · Watch on YouTube

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Old Riley (Hey Rattler)

Listed as Lead Belly – Old Riley (Hey Rattler) (Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Vol 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Grey Goose (take 2)

Listed as Leadbelly – Grey Goose (take 2) (Too Late, Too Late Vol. 6 (1924-1946)) · Watch on YouTube

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Big Fat Woman

Listed as Leadbelly – Big Fat Woman (Leadbelly Selected Favorites Volume 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Jesse James (Live)

Listed as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie – Jesse James (Live) (Leadbelly with Woody Guthrie, 12 December 1940 (Doxy Collection, Remastered, Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Backwater Blues

Listed as Lead Belly – Backwater Blues (Lead Belly's Last Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Ain't Gonna Study War No More

Listed as Lead Belly – Ain't Gonna Study War No More (50 Legendary Tunes, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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The Medicine Man

Listed as Leadbelly – The Medicine Man (The Leadbelly Legacy, Vol. 2: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels, Blues, Texas, Louisianna, Barrelhouse) · Watch on YouTube

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Go Down, Old Hannah

Listed as Lead Belly – Go Down, Old Hannah (Lead Belly's Last Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Boll Weevil

Listed as Lead Belly – Boll Weevil (Lead Belly Sings for Children) · Watch on YouTube

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Sweet Mary Blues

Listed as Leadbelly – Sweet Mary Blues (Huddie Ledbetter's Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Packin' Trunk Blues

Listed as Leadbelly – Packin' Trunk Blues (The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel) · Watch on YouTube

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Line 'Em (2022 Remaster)

Listed as Lead Belly – Line 'Em (2022 Remaster) (In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole (2022 Remaster)) · Watch on YouTube

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Pick A Bale Of Cotton

Listed as Leadbelly – Pick A Bale Of Cotton (Leadbelly - Easy Rider Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Take A Whiff On Me

Listed as Leadbelly – Take A Whiff On Me (Cocaine Blues: Vintage Songs About Cocaine & Heroin) · Watch on YouTube

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Princess Elizabeth

Listed as Lead Belly – Princess Elizabeth (Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Duncan and Brady (Brady), Pt. 1

Listed as Lead Belly – Duncan and Brady (Brady), Pt. 1 (Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Vol 1) · Watch on YouTube

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If It Wasn't for Dicky

Listed as Lead Belly – If It Wasn't for Dicky (Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Ella Speed

Listed as Leadbelly – Ella Speed (Huddie Ledbetter's Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Green Corn

Listed as Lead Belly – Green Corn (Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Vol 1) · Watch on YouTube

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John Henry

Listed as Lead Belly – John Henry (Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3) · Watch on YouTube

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Out on the Western Plains

Listed as Lead Belly – Out on the Western Plains (Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Big Fat Woman

Listed as Lead Belly – Big Fat Woman (Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Vol 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Haul Away Joe

Listed as Lead Belly – Haul Away Joe (Bourgeois Blues: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Island Line

Listed as Leadbelly – Rock Island Line (Washboards and Tea Chests, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Linin' Track

Listed as Lead Belly – Linin' Track (Lead Belly Sings Folk Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him on the Cross (medley)

Listed as Lead Belly – Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him on the Cross (medley) (Lead Belly Sings for Children) · Watch on YouTube

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I’m On My Last Go-Round

Listed as Leadbelly – I’m On My Last Go-Round (The Definitive) · Watch on YouTube

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Take a Whiff on Me

Listed as Leadbelly – Take a Whiff on Me (The Leadbelly Legacy, Vol. 2: Square Dances, Sooky Jumps, Reels, Blues, Texas, Louisianna, Barrelhouse) · Watch on YouTube

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Keep Your Hands Off Her

Listed as Lead Belly – Keep Your Hands Off Her (The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1947 - Vol. 1: Blues, Gospel, and Jazz) · Watch on YouTube

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Pig Meat

Listed as Leadbelly – Pig Meat (The Best Of: Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Roberta

Listed as Lead Belly – Roberta (Goodnight Irene) · Watch on YouTube

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Red Cross Store Blues

Listed as Leadbelly – Red Cross Store Blues (The Definitive) · Watch on YouTube

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Goodnight Irene

Listed as Leadbelly – Goodnight Irene (Masters of the Blues - The Best, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Ain't Goin' Down to the Well no Mo' / Go Down Old Hannah

Listed as Lead Belly – Ain't Goin' Down to the Well no Mo' / Go Down Old Hannah (Negro Sinful Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Island Line

Listed as Leadbelly – Rock Island Line (Alabama Bound) · Watch on YouTube

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Irene Goodnight (Finale)

Listed as Leadbelly – Irene Goodnight (Finale) (Leadbelly "Live" New York, 1947 & Austin, Texas, 1949) · Watch on YouTube

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Backwater Blues

Listed as Leadbelly – Backwater Blues (Huddie Ledbetter's Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Ham An' Eggs

Listed as Leadbelly – Ham An' Eggs (Leadbelly Vol. 2 1940-1943) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Betty

Listed as Leadbelly – Black Betty (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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House of the Rising Sun

Listed as Lead Belly – House of the Rising Sun (Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Grey Goose

Listed as Leadbelly – Grey Goose (Leadbelly Vol. 2 1940-1943) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Girl

Listed as Huddie Ledbetter – Black Girl (The Mount Everest Of Blues Singers) · Watch on YouTube

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Frankie and Albert, Part 1

Listed as Lead Belly – Frankie and Albert, Part 1 (Negro Sinful Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Alberta

Listed as Leadbelly – Alberta (Alabama Bound) · Watch on YouTube

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Juliana Johnson

Listed as Leadbelly – Juliana Johnson (Leadbelly Vol. 4 1939-1947) · Watch on YouTube

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Listed as Leadbelly – Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (Blues Routes Leadbelly) · Watch on YouTube

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Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)(Cry to Me)

Listed as Lead Belly – Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)(Cry to Me) (Lead Belly's Last Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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De Kalb Blues

Listed as Lead Belly – De Kalb Blues (Negro Sinful Songs) · 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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