Bygones — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Dolly Parton and others✓ No disputed shares

Bygones was written by Dolly Parton, Kent Wells. US mechanical royalties are collected by Sony/atv Countryside (50%), WC Music Corp. (50%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

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.

Sony/atv Countryside 50%Sony/atv Countryside · 50%

WC Music Corp. 50%WC Music Corp. · 50%

Sony/atv Countryside 50% WC Music Corp. 50%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Dolly Parton	00023550710		Composer / Lyricist	50%
Song a Billy Music	01026017801	Sony/atv Countryside	Admin	50%
▸Writer not listed	—		—	50%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.	Admin	25%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.		25%
Kent Wells	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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