MetadataThird Chair

How Long Must I Cry — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by K-Ci & JoJo and others✓ No disputed shares

How Long Must I Cry was written by Rory a. Bennett, Cedric R Hailey, Darryl Pearson, Joel Lamonte Hailey. US mechanical royalties are collected by Emi April Music INC (50%), WC Music Corp. (45%), BMG Ruby Songs (5%).

Writers
4
credited writers
Publishers & admins
8
3 collecting groups
Linked recordings
45
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.

Emi April Music INC 50%Emi April Music INC · 50%
WC Music Corp. 45%WC Music Corp. · 45%
BMG Ruby Songs · 5%
Emi April Music INC 50% WC Music Corp. 45% BMG Ruby Songs 5%
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