Baby Don't Tell On Me — who wrote it?

ISWC T0700099791 Recorded by Count Basie and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: BABY DONT TELL ON ME

Baby Don't Tell On Me was written by Unknown Source, Count Basie, Lester Young. US mechanical royalties are collected by WC Music Corp. (77.78%), Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. (22.22%).

Count Basie

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

247

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.

WC Music Corp. 77.78%WC Music Corp. · 77.78%

Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 22.22%Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. · 22.22%

WC Music Corp. 77.78% Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 22.22%

- WC Music Corp.
  WC Music Corp.
  77.78%
- Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.
  Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.
  22.22%
Unknown SourceUnclaimed
IPI 00337508948 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Count BasieUnclaimed
IPI 00002259424 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Lester YoungUnclaimed
IPI 00033410038 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.		77.78%
Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.	00185314175	Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.		22.22%
Unknown Source	00337508948	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Count Basie	00002259424	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Lester Young	00033410038	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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