Song for Old Lovers — who wrote it?

ISWC T9228350752 Recorded by Patti LaBelle and others✓ No disputed shares

Song for Old Lovers was written by Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman. US mechanical royalties are collected by Unichappell Music, INC. (62.5%), Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. (25%).

Patti LaBelle

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

87.5%

partial

Unclaimed

12.5%

may be uncollected

⚠ 12.5% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 87 recordings may be going uncollected. We find who’s missing and help recover it.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Unichappell Music, INC. 62.5%Unichappell Music, INC. · 62.5%

Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 25%Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. · 25%

Unregistered · 12.5%

Unichappell Music, INC. 62.5% Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp. 25% Unregistered 12.5%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Shared · Gerard Jouannest & Jacques Brel	—		—	37.5%
Editions Jacques Brel	00508472550	Unichappell Music, INC.	Admin	37.5%
▸Mort Shuman	00028596159		Lyricist	25%
Mort Shuman Songs LLP	00763672120	Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp.	Admin	25%
▸Eric Blau	00040067028		Lyricist	25%
Unichappell Music, INC.	00055032802	Unichappell Music, INC.		25%

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