The Midnight Special — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Odetta and others✓ No disputed shares

The Midnight Special was written by Huddie Ledbetter, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, New Words, Lyrics Lee Hays, Pete Seeger. US mechanical royalties are collected by Folkways Music Publishers INC (100%).

Odetta

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

1,476

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.

Folkways Music Publishers INC 100%Folkways Music Publishers INC · 100%

Folkways Music Publishers INC 100%

- Folkways Music Publishers INC
  Folkways Music Publishers INC
  100%
Huddie LedbetterUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Ronnie GilbertUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Fred HellermanUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
New WordsUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Lyrics Lee HaysUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Pete SeegerUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Folkways Music Publishers INC	00010456722	Folkways Music Publishers INC		100%
Huddie Ledbetter	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Ronnie Gilbert	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Fred Hellerman	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
New Words	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Lyrics Lee Hays	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Pete Seeger	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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