Is It Because I'm Black? — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Ken Boothe and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: IS IT BECAUSE IM BLACK

Is It Because I'm Black? was written by Jimmy Jones, Glenn Watts, Syl Johnson. US mechanical royalties are collected by Songs in Numerical Order (33.34%), High Tone (33.33%), Badiah Publishing Co (33.33%).

Ken Boothe

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

3 collecting groups

Linked recordings

713

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.

Songs in Numerical Order 33.34%Songs in Numerical Order · 33.34%

High Tone 33.33%High Tone · 33.33%

Badiah Publishing Co 33.33%Badiah Publishing Co · 33.33%

Songs in Numerical Order 33.34% High Tone 33.33% Badiah Publishing Co 33.33%

- Songs in Numerical Order
  Songs in Numerical Order · Admin
  33.34%
- High Tone
  High Tone
  33.33%
- Badiah Publishing Co
  Badiah Publishing Co
  33.33%
Jimmy JonesUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Glenn WattsUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Syl JohnsonUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Songs in Numerical Order	—	Songs in Numerical Order	Admin	33.34%
High Tone	—	High Tone		33.33%
Badiah Publishing Co	00079346638	Badiah Publishing Co		33.33%
Jimmy Jones	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Glenn Watts	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Syl Johnson	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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