Yes. Richie Valens has 146 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 146

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 La Bamba, Dooby-Dooby-Wah, Bluebirds Over The Mountain (take 1)

Listed under the artist name 146 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

La Bamba

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Dooby-Dooby-Wah

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Dooby-Dooby-Wah (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Bluebirds Over The Mountain (take 1)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Bluebirds Over The Mountain (take 1) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (7 merveilles de la musique: Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Donna

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Donna (We Like Pop) · Watch on YouTube

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Tell Laura I Love Her

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Tell Laura I Love Her (Highlights of Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Ooh, My Head

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Ooh, My Head (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Ritchie's Blues

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Ritchie's Blues (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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In A Turkish Town (take 14)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – In A Turkish Town (take 14) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Air Crash Newscast (Broadcast)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Air Crash Newscast (Broadcast) (The Master Takes) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (Going Back in Time, Vol. 3) · Watch on YouTube

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Donna [Live]

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Donna [Live] (The Songs That Inspired A Rock 'n' Roll Generation) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Cry Cry 1 (demo)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Cry Cry Cry 1 (demo) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba

Listed as Richie Valens – La Bamba (Summer in Spain) · Watch on YouTube

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Rhythm Song (Live Version)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Rhythm Song (Live Version) (In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High) · Watch on YouTube

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Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys: Slow Poke

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys: Slow Poke (Deck of Cards) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Cry Cry

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Cry Cry Cry (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Cry Cry 2

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Cry Cry Cry 2 (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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From Beyond

Listed as Ritchie Valens – From Beyond (Presenting Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Donna

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Donna (The 50 Best Unchained Melodies, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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That's My Little Suzie (Alternate Take)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – That's My Little Suzie (Alternate Take) (Greatest Hits & Lost Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Let's Rock & Roll (Live Version)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Let's Rock & Roll (Live Version) (In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba (band track)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (band track) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Donna

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Donna (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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News Telecast, 3rd February 1959

Listed as The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens – News Telecast, 3rd February 1959 (2 - 3 - 1959, The Day the Music Died) · Watch on YouTube

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That's My Little Suzie

Listed as Ritchie Valens – That's My Little Suzie (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Bluebirds Over the Mountain

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Bluebirds Over the Mountain (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Perdido Street Blues

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Perdido Street Blues (Ya Es Muy Tarde) · Watch on YouTube

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Dooby Dooby Wah (demo)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Dooby Dooby Wah (demo) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Malaguena (Live Version)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Malaguena (Live Version) (In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High) · Watch on YouTube

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Blues With Drum (demo)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Blues With Drum (demo) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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In A Turkish Town

Listed as Ritchie Valens – In A Turkish Town (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Lay Some Kisses On Me

Listed as Ritchie Valens and Jerry Cole – Lay Some Kisses On Me (Ritchie Valens & Jerry Cole) · Watch on YouTube

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Framed

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Framed (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Malaguena (demo)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Malaguena (demo) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Dooby Dooby Wah (take 16)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Dooby Dooby Wah (take 16) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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That's My Little Suzie (take 2)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – That's My Little Suzie (take 2) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba (take 5)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (take 5) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Little Darlin' (Live Version)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Rock Little Darlin' (Live Version) (In Concert At Pacoima Jr. High) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Cry Cry (demo false start)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Cry Cry Cry (demo false start) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Cry Cry (take 3)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Cry Cry Cry (take 3) (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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La Bamba

Listed as Ritchie Valens – La Bamba (El Rock de los 60´s) · Watch on YouTube

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Bluebirds Over The Mountain

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Bluebirds Over The Mountain (The Lost Tapes) · Watch on YouTube

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Come on Let's Go

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Come on Let's Go (Rock & Roll) · Watch on YouTube

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Hi-Tone

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Hi-Tone (Ritchie Valens) · Watch on YouTube

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Ooh! My Head (fragment)

Listed as Ritchie Valens – Ooh! My Head (fragment) (The Lost Tapes) · 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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