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 The Kentucky Waltz (Live in the Studio), Hominy Grits, There Ain't a Cow In Texas

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.

The Kentucky Waltz (Live in the Studio)

Listed as Merle Travis – The Kentucky Waltz (Live in the Studio) (Pickin' Live) · Watch on YouTube

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Hominy Grits

Listed as Merle Travis – Hominy Grits (The All Time Greatest Country Artists-Merle Travis-Vol. 13) · Watch on YouTube

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There Ain't a Cow In Texas

Listed as Merle Travis – There Ain't a Cow In Texas (Red, White & Bluegrass) · Watch on YouTube

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Free Little Bird

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Free Little Bird (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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Faithful Fool

Listed as Merle Travis – Faithful Fool (The Guitar Picker) · Watch on YouTube

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Cannonball Rag

Listed as Merle Travis – Cannonball Rag (The Best Of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation 1946-1953) · Watch on YouTube

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Whitehouse Blues

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Whitehouse Blues (Hats Off! A Tribute To Bill Monroe) · Watch on YouTube

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Kentucky Means Paradise

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

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Sugar Moon

Listed as Merle Travis – Sugar Moon (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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White Heat

Listed as Merle Travis – White Heat (Long Live Bluegrass!: CMH Records 30th Anniversary Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Alabama Jubilee

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

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Lonesome Road Blues

Listed as Merle Travis – Lonesome Road Blues (Bluegrass Light, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Ike Everly's Rag

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Ike Everly's Rag (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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There'll Be Some Changes Made

Listed as Merle Travis – There'll Be Some Changes Made (Travis Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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After You've Gone

Listed as Merle Travis – After You've Gone (Guitar Retrospective) · Watch on YouTube

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Divorce Me C.O.D.

Listed as Merle Travis – Divorce Me C.O.D. (Cowboy Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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What A Shame

Listed as Merle Travis – What A Shame (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Over In Gloryland

Listed as Merle Travis – Over In Gloryland (Sea Of Dreams) · Watch on YouTube

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Little David Play On Your Harp (Instrumental)

Listed as Merle Travis – Little David Play On Your Harp (Instrumental) (Walkin' The Strings) · Watch on YouTube

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Goodbye My Bluebell

Listed as Merle Travis – Goodbye My Bluebell (The Merle Travis Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Mack the Knife

Listed as Merle Travis – Mack the Knife (Guitar Retrospective) · Watch on YouTube

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Crazy Boogie

Listed as Merle Travis – Crazy Boogie (Capitol Country Music Classics) · Watch on YouTube

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Black Mountain Rag

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Black Mountain Rag (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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Beer Barrel Polka

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Beer Barrel Polka (Country Guitar Giants) · Watch on YouTube

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Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)

Listed as Merle Travis – Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) (Strictly Guitar) · Watch on YouTube

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Detour

Listed as Merle Travis, Jimmy Wakely, Wesley Tuttle – Detour (The Very Best) · Watch on YouTube

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Deep South

Listed as Merle Travis – Deep South (Country Pioneers - Merle Travis) · Watch on YouTube

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Devil's Dream (feat. Fiddlin' Red Herron)

Listed as Joe Maphis, Mac Wiseman, Merle Travis – Devil's Dream (feat. Fiddlin' Red Herron) (50 Years of Bluegrass, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Back in the Saddle Again (From "Back in the Saddle Again")

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Back in the Saddle Again (From "Back in the Saddle Again") (Pickin' On the Movies: A Bluegrass Tribute to Classic Film Recordings) · Watch on YouTube

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T For Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)

Listed as Merle Travis – T For Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) (The Best Of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation 1946-1953) · Watch on YouTube

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Cocaine Blues

Listed as Merle Travis – Cocaine Blues (In the Jailhouse Now : Prison Songs & Murder Ballads) · Watch on YouTube

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Corrine Corrina

Listed as Merle Travis, Joe Maphis – Corrine Corrina (Country Music's 2 Guitar Greats Merle Travis & Joe Maphis) · Watch on YouTube

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Blue Smoke (Instrumental)

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

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Liza

Listed as Merle Travis – Liza (Guitar Retrospective) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll See You In My Dreams ((Instrumental))

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

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Lost John Boogie

Listed as Merle Travis – Lost John Boogie (Country Pioneers - Merle Travis) · Watch on YouTube

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I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size

Listed as Merle Travis – I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size (Hot Pickin') · Watch on YouTube

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Gambler's Guitar

Listed as Merle Travis – Gambler's Guitar (The Guitar Picker) · Watch on YouTube

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The Steppin' Out Kind

Listed as Merle Travis – The Steppin' Out Kind (Guitar Rags and a Too Fast Past 1943-1955 Vol.1) · 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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