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 Takin' My Dreams Out On You, Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine), Big Ole Brew

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.

Takin' My Dreams Out On You

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Takin' My Dreams Out On You (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Dim The Lights (And Pour The Wine) (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Big Ole Brew

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Big Ole Brew (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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Roll Your Own

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Roll Your Own (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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The Greatest Lady of Them All

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Greatest Lady of Them All (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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The Grandest Lady Of Them All

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Grandest Lady Of Them All (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Still Got You Baby

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

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I Wish I Was In Nashville

Listed as Mel Mcdaniel – I Wish I Was In Nashville (Mel McDaniel Live From Church Street Station) · Watch on YouTube

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When The Saints Go Marching In

Listed as Mel McDaniel – When The Saints Go Marching In (Country Gospel - Will The Circle Be Unbroken) · Watch on YouTube

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Reel Good Feel Good Song

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Reel Good Feel Good Song (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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Mama's Bible

Listed as Mel Mcdaniel – Mama's Bible (Glorious Hymns) · Watch on YouTube

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The Farm

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Farm (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Reachin' High For Rainbows

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Reachin' High For Rainbows (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Oklahoma Wind

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Oklahoma Wind (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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I Wish I Was in Nashville (Live)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – I Wish I Was in Nashville (Live) (Back to Back: Freddy Fender & Mel Mcdaniel) · Watch on YouTube

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Damn the Loser (Mary's Song)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Damn the Loser (Mary's Song) (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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The Last Ride

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

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Love Is A Miracle

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Love Is A Miracle (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Let It Roll (Let It Rock)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Let It Roll (Let It Rock) (Super 16 Hits: Keep On Truckin') · Watch on YouTube

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Take Me to the Country (Live)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Take Me to the Country (Live) (Back to Back: Freddy Fender & Mel Mcdaniel) · Watch on YouTube

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Goodbye Marie

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Goodbye Marie (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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I Can Live With It If You Can Live Without It

Listed as Mel McDaniel – I Can Live With It If You Can Live Without It (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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T.J.'s Last Ride

Listed as Mel McDaniel – T.J.'s Last Ride (Gentle To Your Senses) · Watch on YouTube

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Stand Up

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Stand Up (Nashville Country Guys, Volume 3) · Watch on YouTube

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Amanda

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Amanda (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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Stand Up

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Stand Up (Mem'ryville) · Watch on YouTube

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Like a Motel 6

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Like a Motel 6 (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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Every Square Has An Angle

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Every Square Has An Angle (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Walk That Way

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Walk That Way (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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Mama's Bible

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Mama's Bible (The Old Rugged Cross) · Watch on YouTube

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Jukin'

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Jukin' (Reloaded) · Watch on YouTube

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The Gunfighter

Listed as Mel McDaniel – The Gunfighter (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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Louisiana Saturday Night (Live)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Louisiana Saturday Night (Live) (Church Street Station Presents: Mel McDaniel (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Chain Smokin'

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Chain Smokin' (Last Ride) · Watch on YouTube

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Hey Y'all

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

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Jump Into Love

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

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You Can&apost Play The Blues (in an Air-Conditioned Room)

Listed as Mel McDaniel – You Can&apost Play The Blues (in an Air-Conditioned Room) (Legends & Pioneers - live Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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It's About Time

Listed as Mel McDaniel – It's About Time (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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They'll Never Take Her Love From Me

Listed as Mel McDaniel – They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (Mello) · Watch on YouTube

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Sugar Mountains

Listed as Mel McDaniel – Sugar Mountains (Last Ride) · 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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