Black Woman — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by African China and others✓ No disputed shares

Black Woman was written by Mary Early, Mack Rice. US mechanical royalties are collected by Irving Music (75%), Fourteenth Hour Music, INC. (25%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

331

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Irving Music 75%Irving Music · 75%

Fourteenth Hour Music, INC. 25%Fourteenth Hour Music, INC. · 25%

Irving Music 75% Fourteenth Hour Music, INC. 25%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Irving Music	00355698807	Irving Music	Admin	37.5%
Irving Music	00355698807	Irving Music		37.5%
Fourteenth Hour Music, INC.	00010633631	Fourteenth Hour Music, INC.	Admin	25%
Mary Early	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Mack Rice	00063669649	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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