Yes. Sonny Terry has 145 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 145

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 Chicken Hop, I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby, Tryin' To Win

Listed under the artist name 145 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Chicken Hop

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Chicken Hop (Chicken Hop) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby

Listed as Brownie Mcghee, Sonny Terry – I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby (Folk Blues, Vol. 1) · Watch on YouTube

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Tryin' To Win

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Tryin' To Win (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Wailin' & Whoopin'

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Wailin' & Whoopin' (A Long Way From Home) · Watch on YouTube

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Po' Boy

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Po' Boy (Sing and Play) · Watch on YouTube

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John Henry

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – John Henry (Preachin' the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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My Key Won't Fit No More

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – My Key Won't Fit No More (Wizard Of The Harmonica) · Watch on YouTube

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Custard Pie Blues

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Custard Pie Blues (Sonny Terry) · Watch on YouTube

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From My Childhood

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – From My Childhood (Blues Masters Vol. 5) · Watch on YouTube

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Blues For The Lowlands

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Blues For The Lowlands (Blues Hoot - Live Recording At The Ash Grove) · Watch on YouTube

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Key To The Highway

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Key To The Highway (Blues Is A Story) · Watch on YouTube

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Blowin' the Fuses

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Blowin' the Fuses (Got the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Fox Chase

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Fox Chase (Blowing Our Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Island Line

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Rock Island Line (A Long Way From Home) · Watch on YouTube

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How Long

Listed as Leadbelly, Brownie Mcghee, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – How Long (Classics by Lead Belly, Vol. 3) · Watch on YouTube

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Key To The Highway (live at Sugar Hill)

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Key To The Highway (live at Sugar Hill) (Backwater Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Meet Me Down The Bottom

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Meet Me Down The Bottom (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Train Whistle Blues

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Train Whistle Blues (BD Music Presents Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) · Watch on YouTube

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Baby, Please Don't Go

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Baby, Please Don't Go (Blues Is A Story) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm 10 000 Years Old

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – I'm 10 000 Years Old (BD Music Presents Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) · Watch on YouTube

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Drinkin' in the Blues

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Drinkin' in the Blues (Sing and Play) · Watch on YouTube

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Coffee House Blues

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins – Coffee House Blues (Coffee House Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Stool Pigeon Blues

Listed as Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee – Stool Pigeon Blues (Blues Bash (Digitally Remastered)) · Watch on YouTube

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Blowin' The Fuses

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Blowin' The Fuses (Blues Hoot - Live Recording At The Ash Grove) · Watch on YouTube

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Right On That Shore

Listed as Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Right On That Shore (Blues Hoot - Live Recording At The Ash Grove) · Watch on YouTube

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I Got A Woman

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – I Got A Woman (Back To New Orleans) · Watch on YouTube

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Can't Help Myself

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Can't Help Myself (Preachin' the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Uncle Bud

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Uncle Bud (Uncle Bud) · Watch on YouTube

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Gone Gal

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Gone Gal (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Pick a Bale of Cotton

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Coyal McMahan – Pick a Bale of Cotton (Get on Board: Negro Folksongs by the Folkmasters) · Watch on YouTube

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Just Rode into Your Town

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Just Rode into Your Town (Sing and Play) · Watch on YouTube

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Blues Before Sunrise

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Blues Before Sunrise (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Sportin' Life

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Sportin' Life (Live at The New Penelope Café) · Watch on YouTube

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Midnight Special

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Midnight Special (Blues Masters Vol. 5) · Watch on YouTube

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Old Jabo

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Old Jabo (Preachin' the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Diggin' My Potatoes

Listed as Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry – Diggin' My Potatoes (Wizard Of The Harmonica) · Watch on YouTube

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Chain Gang Blues

Listed as Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Chain Gang Blues (Absolutely The Best: Big Joe Williams) · Watch on YouTube

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Change the Lock on My Door

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Change the Lock on My Door (London 1958) · Watch on YouTube

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Harmonica Blues

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Harmonica Blues (Numero Uno Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Buked and Scorned

Listed as Big Joe Williams, Sonny Terry, Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee – Buked and Scorned (Blues Bash (Digitally Remastered)) · Watch on YouTube

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Lost John

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Lost John (Brownie and Sonny: The Giants of the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Back To New Orleans

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Back To New Orleans (Back To New Orleans) · Watch on YouTube

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Take This Hammer Whup

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Take This Hammer Whup (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Betty And Dupree's Blues

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Betty And Dupree's Blues (Back To New Orleans) · Watch on YouTube

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Born and Livin' with the Blues (Live Oct 20, 1962)

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Born and Livin' with the Blues (Live Oct 20, 1962) (Live in Paris: First American Folk Blues Festival 1962) · Watch on YouTube

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One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (live at Sugar Hill)

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (live at Sugar Hill) (Backwater Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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My Fault

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – My Fault (Two's a Party) · Watch on YouTube

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Pick a Bale of Cotton

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Pick a Bale of Cotton (Brownie and Sonny: The Giants of the Blues) · Watch on YouTube

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Too Nicey Mama

Listed as Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Too Nicey Mama (Midnight Special) · Watch on YouTube

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Key to the Highway

Listed as Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee – Key to the Highway (This Is the Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) · 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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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.