Yes. Merle Travis has 139 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 139

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 Re-Enlistment Blues, Texas Tornado ((Instrumental)), Eight More Miles To Louisville

Listed under the artist name 139 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Re-Enlistment Blues

Listed as Merle Travis – Re-Enlistment Blues (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Texas Tornado ((Instrumental))

Listed as Merle Travis – Texas Tornado ((Instrumental)) (The Very Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Eight More Miles To Louisville

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Eight More Miles To Louisville (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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Muskrat

Listed as Merle Travis – Muskrat (Folk Songs Of The Hills) · Watch on YouTube

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Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - That Cigarette

Listed as Merle Travis – Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - That Cigarette (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Rose Time

Listed as Merle Travis – Rose Time (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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The Waltz You Saved For Me (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – The Waltz You Saved For Me (Instrumental) (The Merle Travis Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Too Tight Rag

Listed as Merle Travis – Too Tight Rag (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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Steel Guitar Stomp

Listed as Merle Travis – Steel Guitar Stomp (Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past Vol.1) · Watch on YouTube

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Petticoat Fever

Listed as Merle Travis – Petticoat Fever (I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man) · Watch on YouTube

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Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Listed as Merle Travis – Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Cincinnati Lou

Listed as Merle Travis – Cincinnati Lou (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Lost John

Listed as Merle Travis – Lost John (Folk Songs Of The Hills) · Watch on YouTube

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16 Tons

Listed as Merle Travis – 16 Tons (The Very Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Sioux City Sue

Listed as Merle Travis – Sioux City Sue (Cowboy Hit Parade (Mono Version)) · Watch on YouTube

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Cane Break Blues (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Cane Break Blues (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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Rose Time (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Rose Time (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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Walkin' The Strings (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Walkin' The Strings (Instrumental) (The Merle Travis Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Sweet Temptation

Listed as Merle Travis – Sweet Temptation (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Midnight Special

Listed as Merle Travis – Midnight Special (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Bell (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Blue Bell (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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Three Times Seven

Listed as Merle Travis – Three Times Seven (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Is Anything Better Than This

Listed as Chet Atkins, Merle Travis – Is Anything Better Than This (The Essential Chet Atkins) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll See You In My Dreams

Listed as Merle Travis – I'll See You In My Dreams (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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No Vacancy

Listed as Merle Travis – No Vacancy (Country Volume 7) · Watch on YouTube

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The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart"

Listed as Merle Travis – The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart" (Strictly Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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John Henry

Listed as Merle Travis – John Henry (Wabash Cannonball : 20 Classic Train Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Dance Of The Golden Rod (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Dance Of The Golden Rod (Instrumental) (Strictly Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Barbara Allen

Listed as Merle Travis – Barbara Allen (Folk Songs of the Hills 1947) · Watch on YouTube

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Dark As A Dungeon

Listed as Merle Travis – Dark As A Dungeon (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Lazy River

Listed as Merle Travis – Lazy River (Strictly Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Blues Stay Away From Me

Listed as Merle Travis – Blues Stay Away From Me (The Great Merle Travis, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Bloody Brethitt County

Listed as Merle Travis – Bloody Brethitt County (Songs Of The Coalmines) · Watch on YouTube

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No Vacancy

Listed as Merle Travis – No Vacancy (The Greatest Country Music Recordings Of All Time Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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John Bolin

Listed as Merle Travis – John Bolin (Folk Songs Of The Hills) · Watch on YouTube

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Darby's Ram (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Darby's Ram (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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My Old Kentucky Home (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – My Old Kentucky Home (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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Lazy River

Listed as Merle Travis – Lazy River (The Guitar Picker) · Watch on YouTube

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Kentucky Means Paradise

Listed as Merle Travis – Kentucky Means Paradise (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home (Instrumental) (The Merle Travis Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Ridin Down To Santa Fe

Listed as Merle Travis – Ridin Down To Santa Fe (Songs of the Golden West) · Watch on YouTube

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Kinfolks In Carolina

Listed as Merle Travis – Kinfolks In Carolina (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine

Listed as Merle Travis – Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine (Strictly Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Freight Train

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Freight Train (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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Over By Number Nine

Listed as Merle Travis – Over By Number Nine (Folk Songs Of The Hills) · Watch on YouTube

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Love Letters in the Sand

Listed as Merle Travis – Love Letters in the Sand (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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Fat Gal

Listed as Merle Travis – Fat Gal (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man

Listed as Merle Travis – I'm A Natural Born Gamblin' Man (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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The World is Waiting for the Sunshine

Listed as Merle Travis – The World is Waiting for the Sunshine (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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Lonesome Road Blues (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Lonesome Road Blues (Instrumental) (Hats Off! The Bluegrass Tribute To Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs) · 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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