What Becomes of the Broken Hearted — who wrote it?

ISWC T0702024256 Recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and others✓ No disputed shares

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted was written by James Dean, James Riser, William Witherspoon, William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser. US mechanical royalties are collected by Jobete Music Co INC (100%).

Jimmy Ruffin

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

4,057

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.

Jobete Music Co INC 100%Jobete Music Co INC · 100%

Jobete Music Co INC 100%

- Stone Agate Music Corp
  Jobete Music Co INC
  67%
- Jobete Music Co INC
  Jobete Music Co INC · Admin
  33%
James RiserUnclaimed
Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
William WitherspoonUnclaimed
Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
William WeatherspoonUnclaimed
Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Paul RiserUnclaimed
IPI 00040753698 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸James Dean	00040656988		Composer / Lyricist	67%
Stone Agate Music Corp	00075601090	Jobete Music Co INC		67%
▸Writer not listed	—		—	33%
Jobete Music Co INC	00015357991	Jobete Music Co INC	Admin	33%
James Riser	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
William Witherspoon	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
William Weatherspoon	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Paul Riser	00040753698	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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