TV Is the Thing This Year — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Dinah Washington and others✓ No disputed shares

TV Is the Thing This Year was written by Phil Medley, Bill Sanford. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Platinum Songs (40%), BMG Gold Songs (40%).

Dinah Washington

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

165

matched to this work

Share registered

80%

partial

Unclaimed

20%

may be uncollected

⚠ 20% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 165 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.

BMG Platinum Songs 40%BMG Platinum Songs · 40%

BMG Gold Songs 40%BMG Gold Songs · 40%

Unregistered · 20%

BMG Platinum Songs 40% BMG Gold Songs 40% Unregistered 20%

- BMG Platinum Songs
  BMG Platinum Songs · Admin
  40%
- BMG Gold Songs
  BMG Gold Songs · Admin
  40%
Phil MedleyUnclaimed
IPI 00020327827 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Bill SanfordUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	80%
BMG Platinum Songs	00595808890	BMG Platinum Songs	Admin	40%
BMG Gold Songs	00601191692	BMG Gold Songs	Admin	40%
Phil Medley	00020327827	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Bill Sanford	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

This song is leaving royalties on the table

Unclaimed shares or a missing ISWC mean mechanical royalties go uncollected. We help get it corrected at The MLC.