Yes. Mel McDaniel has 140 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 140

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 She's A Lover Of Lost Causes, Shoeshine Man, Louisiana Saturday Night

Listed under the artist name 140 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

She's A Lover Of Lost Causes

Listed as Mel McDaniel – She's A Lover Of Lost Causes (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Shoeshine Man

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Shoeshine Man (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Louisiana Saturday Night

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Louisiana Saturday Night (Travelling Country) · Watch on YouTube

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Preaching Up A Storm

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Preaching Up A Storm (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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The Way You Do The Things You Do

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Way You Do The Things You Do (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock-A-Billy Boy

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Rock-A-Billy Boy (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh, Naomi

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Oh, Naomi (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Hard Earned Country Livin'

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Hard Earned Country Livin' (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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You Really Never Loved Her Anyway

Listed as Mel McDaniel – You Really Never Loved Her Anyway (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Mountain Eyes

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Mountain Eyes (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll Just Take It Out In Love

Listed as Mel McDaniel – I'll Just Take It Out In Love (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Henrietta

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Henrietta (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Oklahoma Shines

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Oklahoma Shines (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Some Folks Are Dying To Live Like This

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Some Folks Are Dying To Live Like This (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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Love Will

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Love Will (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Help Me Make It Through the Night

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Help Me Make It Through the Night (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Livin' For The Weekend

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Livin' For The Weekend (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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Stand Up

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Stand Up (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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Now You're Talkin'

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Now You're Talkin' (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Hello Daddy, Good Morning Darling

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Hello Daddy, Good Morning Darling (Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Nobody Said It Was Easy

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Nobody Said It Was Easy (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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Under My Skin

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Under My Skin (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Night

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Oh What A Night (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Bordertown Woman

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Bordertown Woman (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed (I'm Countryfied) · Watch on YouTube

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Candee

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Candee (Rare Rock N' Roll Tracks Of The '50s & '60s Vol. 4) · Watch on YouTube

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Sunday Mornin' Preachers

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Sunday Mornin' Preachers (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Gentle To Your Senses, Easy On Your Mind

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Gentle To Your Senses, Easy On Your Mind (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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The Gathering

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Gathering (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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In Oklahoma

Listed as Mel McDaniel – In Oklahoma (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Ride This Train

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Ride This Train (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Just Can't Sit Down Music

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Just Can't Sit Down Music (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Plastic Girl

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Plastic Girl (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Doo-ma-flatchey

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Doo-ma-flatchey (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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She Knows What to Do With a Saturday Night

Listed as Mel McDaniel – She Knows What to Do With a Saturday Night (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Suede Shoes

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Blue Suede Shoes (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Do You Want To Say Goodbye

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Do You Want To Say Goodbye (Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Memphis Might As Well Be On The Moon

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Memphis Might As Well Be On The Moon (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – You Can't Play The Blues (In An Air-Conditioned Room) (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On (Live)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On (Live) (Church Street Station Presents: Mel McDaniel (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Bye Bye Johnny

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Bye Bye Johnny (Now You're Talkin') · Watch on YouTube

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Roll Your Own

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Roll Your Own (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Lower On The Hog

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Lower On The Hog (Just Can't Sit Down Music) · Watch on YouTube

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Just Because It Feels Good

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Just Because It Feels Good (Naturally Country) · Watch on YouTube

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Out of the Question

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Out of the Question (Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On) · Watch on YouTube

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Plastic Girl

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Plastic Girl (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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Country Heart

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Country Heart (Rock-A-Billy Boy) · Watch on YouTube

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Big Ole Brew (Live)

Listed as Mel Mcdaniel – Big Ole Brew (Live) (Mel McDaniel Live From Church Street Station) · 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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