Lafayette — who wrote it?

ISWC T0700948691 Recorded by Count Basie and others✓ No disputed shares

Lafayette was written by Count Basie, Eddie Durham. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Gold Songs (50%), Peer International Corp (50%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

511

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.

BMG Gold Songs 50%BMG Gold Songs · 50%

Peer International Corp 50%Peer International Corp · 50%

BMG Gold Songs 50% Peer International Corp 50%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
BMG Gold Songs	00601191692	BMG Gold Songs	Admin	50%
Peer International Corp	00023764981	Peer International Corp		50%
Count Basie	00002259424	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Eddie Durham	00008896942	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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