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Authorship & Acknowledgments |
Introduction Authorship & Acknowledgements
Song Titles and Authors

The publisher of a successful popular number usually owns the copyright to it, and the publisher, and not the author, of a disputed work is typically the defendant in music copyright infringement litigation. Many know that the Bee Gees were involved in a copyright infringement case, but few know that the Bee Gees are the Gibb brothers, and from the case list it is not immediately apparent which case is associated with this pop group. This list of titles and authors cross-referenced to the case list, will assist readers who are more familiar with the disputed songs than with the names of the parties involved to identify the cases they seek to review. You can now sort the database by the work's title, the author's name, the case title, or the year of the case.

Title of Work Author(s) Case Title Year
100 Miles and Runnin Dimension Films, et al. Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films 2005
Advertisement Celebrex/Aparthenonia Brian Transeau, et al. Vargas v. Pfizer 2005
Allà in el rancho grande Silvano D. Ramos Marks v. Stasny 1941
Allà in el rancho grande Anonymous Marks v. Stasny 1941
Alone Again Naturally Raymond "Gilbert" O'Sullivan Grand Upright v. Warner 1991
Amazing Grace W.M. Cooper Cooper v. James 1914
Amazing Grace Joseph James Cooper v. James 1914
Baby Boy Beyonce Knowles Armour v. Knowles 2007
Bad Lands of Dakota Salter Brodsky v. Universal Pictures 1945
Begin the Beguine Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946
Boogie Chillen John Hooker and Bernard Besman La Cienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top 1995
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Don Raye and Hughie Prince MCA Music v. Earl Wilson 1976
Bridgeport Music Bridgeport Music Bridgeport Music v. Still N the Water Publishing 2003
Bust Dat Groove Without Ride Ralph Vargas and Bland-Ricky Roberts Vargas v. Pfizer 2005
Call Me Back Again W. D. Hendrickson Blume v. Spear 1887
Carnival in Cotton Town Louis Ricca Jewel Music v. Leo Feist 1945
Chatterbox Evelyn Carew Carew v. R.K.O. Radio Pictures 1942
Chatterbox Jerome Brainan Carew v. R.K.O. Radio Pictures 1942
Choir James W. Newton Newton v. Diamond 2002
Confessing W.A. (Bud) Wilkie Willkie v. Santly Brothers 1935
The Cunnilingus Champion of Co. C Earl Wilson and Billy Cunningham MCA Music v. Earl Wilson 1976
Dangerous Crystal Cartier Cartier v. Jackson 1995
Dangerous Michael Jackson Cartier v. Jackson 1995
Dardanella Felix Bernard & Johnny Black Fred Fisher, Inc. v. Dillingham 1924
Day by Day Steven Schwartz Herald Square Music Co. v. Living Music 1978
Desert Song Sigmund Romberg Davilla v. Harms 1940
Dignity Bob Dylan Damiano v. Sony 1997
Dignity James Damiano Damiano v. Sony 1997
Does Anybody Want a Little Kewpie Jack Darrell Darrell v. Joe Morris Music 1940
Don't Cha Know John Benson Benson v. Coca-Cola 1986
Don't Fence Me In Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946
Don't Let the Sunshine Robert Smith and Reynard Jones Smith v. Michael Jackson 1996
Drummer Boy Roger Edens Jewel Music v. Leo Feist 1945
Es Enrique Chia Intersong-USA v. CBS 1991
Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day Maree McRae McRae v. Smith 1997
Every Second Wayne Perry and Gerald Smith McRae v. Smith 1997
Ezek'el Saw The Wheel Anonymous Dawson v. Hinshaw Music 1990
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel William Dawson (Arr.) Dawson v. Hinshaw Music 1990
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Gilbert Martin (Arr.) Dawson v. Hinshaw Music 1990
Feelings Morris Kaiserman (aka Morris Albert) Louis Gaste v. Morris Kaiserman 1988
Get Dumb! (Free Your Body) Robert Clivilles and David Cole Jarvis v. A & M Records 1993
Get Off Your Ass and Jam George Clinton Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films 2005
Ghetto Symphony Calvin Broadus Marlon Williams v. Calvin Broadus 2001
The Girl Is Mine Michael Jackson Smith v. Michael Jackson 1996
Got A Little Bit of Love For You Jennifer Armour Armour v. Knowles 2007
Got My Mojo Working McKinley Morganfield Strachborneo v. Arc Music 1973
Independent Lady Paula Kandace Toliver Toliver v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. 2001
Independent Women (Part I) Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Toliver v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. 2001
Iron Bar Lionel Walters Walters v. Shari 1960
Kept on Singing Philip J. Lipari Testa v. Janssen 1980
Hand Clapping Song Leo Nocentelli, et al. Jean v. Bug Music 2002
The Happy Whistler Donald Irwin Robertson Robertson v. Batten, Barton 1956
Hello It's Me / I Just Called to Say Lloyd Chiate Chiate v. Morris 1992
Hero Christopher Selletti Selletti v. Carey 1997
Hero Mariah Carey Selletti v. Carey 1997
He's So Fine Ronald Mack Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music 1976
Hey Mario Balducci Intersong-USA v. CBS 1991
Hiding the Wine Ernest Gold Granite Music v. United Artists 1976
The Holiday Polka Don Large Plymouth Music Co. v. Magnus Organ Corp. 1978
How Deep is Your Love Barry Gibb et al. Selle v. Gibb 1984
Humoresque in G Major, op.101 Dvorak Heim v. Universal Pictures 1946
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Solider Al Piantadosi Haas v. Leo Feist 1916
I Dreamed Charles Green Dorchester Music v. N.B.C. 1959
I Hear You Calling Me Charles Marshall Boosey v. Empire Music 1915
I Just Called to Say I Love You Stevland Morris Chiate v. Morris 1992
I Love New York (advertising jingle) Steve Karman Elsmere Music v. N.B.C. 1980
I Love Sodom ("Saturday Night Live" skit) N.B.C. Elsmere Music v. N.B.C. 1980
I Love You Madly Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Edward Marks Music 1936
I Love You Madly Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
I Love You, Yes I Do Henry B. Glover Northern Music v. King Record 1952
I Need a Haircut Biz Markie Grand Upright v. Warner 1991
I Think About You Collin Raye Suzane McKinley v. Collin Raye 1999
I Think About You Suzane McKinley Suzane McKinley v. Collin Raye 1999
I Think I Hear a Woodpecker Joseph E. Howard Hein v. Harris 1923
I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke Coca-Cola Company Benson v. Coca-Cola 1986
If I Were a Spider Joseph Davilla Davilla v. Harms 1940
Independent Lady Paula K. Toliver Toliver v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. 2001
Independent Women (Part I) Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. Toliver v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. 2001
In Sunny Kansas Joseph McMahon McMahon v. Harms 1942
It All Comes Back to Me Now Hy Zaret et al. Arnstein v. Broadcast Music 1943
I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo Harry Warren Arnstein v. Twentieth Century-Fox 1943
Jamaica Farewell Erving Burgie Walters v. Shari 1960
Jeannie Michele Wilma Ferguson Ferguson v. N.B.C. 1978
Joy Leslie Baxter Baxter v. MCA, Inc. 1987
Just an Old Fashioned Mother and Dad Thelma Jones Jones v. Supreme Music 1951
Kalamazoo Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Twentieth Century-Fox 1943
Ka-lu-a Jerome Kern Fred Fisher, Inc. v. Dillingham 1924
Keep on Singing Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart Testa v. Janssen 1980
Kentucky Babe Adam Geibel White-Smith v. Apollo Music 1907
Kept on Singing Philip J. Lipari Testa v. Janssen 1980
La Grange ZZ Top La Cienega Music Co. v. ZZ Top 1995
La Grange ZZ Top ZZ Top v. Chrysler Corp. 1999
Lady of Love Hortense Hirsch Hirsch v. Paramount Pictures 1937
L'Annee Passee Lionel Belasco and Massie Patterson Baron v. Leo Feist 1948
Lay Me Out By the Jukebox When I Die Everett Ellis Ellis v. Diffie 1999
Let It End Ronald Selle Selle v. Gibb 1984
Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) Paul DiFranco and Norman Dolph Levine v. McDonald's 1990
Little Cotton Dolly Adam Geibel White-Smith v. Apollo Music 1907
Long Gone Alphonso Tompkins and Lewis Simpkins Shapiro, Bernstein v. Miracle Record 1950
The Lord is My Shepherd Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
Louella Schwartz Describes Her Malady Frank Jacobs and Larry Siegel Berling et.al. v. E.C.Publications, Inc. 1963
Love is a Wonderful Thing Isley Brothers Three Boys Music v. Michael Bolton 2000
Love is a Wonderful Thing Michael Bolton and Andrew Goldmark Three Boys Music v. Michael Bolton 2000
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses John Openshaw McMahon v. Harms 1942
Luna mezzo mare Paolo Citorello (Arr.) Italian Book Company v. Rossi 1928
Ma Este Meg Boldog Vagyok Hajdu Imre (Heim) Heim v. Universal Pictures 1946
Mamma mia m'ha maritari A. Galasso (Arr.) Italian Book Company v. Rossi 1928
Maria Cahill's Arab Love Song Silvio Hein Hein v. Harris 1923
Menu Song for McDonald's commercial McDonald's Corporation Levine v. McDonald's 1990
Mizpah or Shalom Frank Nordstrom Nordstrom v. R.C.A. 1965
A Modern Messiah Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
A Mother's Prayer Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
MOJO Workout Ruth Stratchborneo Strachborneo v. Arc Music 1973
The Music's Got Me Boyd Jarvis Jarvis v. A & M Records 1993
My God and I Wihtol (I.B. Sergei) Wihtol v. Wells 1956
My God and I Latvian Folk Tune, arr. Kenneth H. Wells Wihtol v. Wells 1956
My Heart Belongs to Daddy Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946
My Love is Your Love Nel Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis Jean v. Bug Music 2002
My Own Sweet Darling Fannie Beane Blume v. Spear 1887
My Sweet Lord George Harrison Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music 1976
Near You Francis Craig Jones v. Supreme Music 1951
Night and Day Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946
O Gladsome Light N. Lindsay Norden (arranger) Norden v. Oliver Ditson 1936
O Gladsome Light Fisher (arranger) Norden v. Oliver Ditson 1936
Oh, Pretty Woman Williams Dees and Roy Orbison Campbell v. Acuff-Rose 1994
Oh, Pretty Woman Luther Campbell et. al. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose 1994
The Old Arm Chair Henry Russell Reed v. Carusi 1845
The Old Man Down the Road John C. Fogerty Fantasy v. Fogerty 1994
Old Eli Wadsworth Doster Allen v. Walt Disney 1941
On a Slow Boat to China Frank Loesser Overman v. Loesser 1953
On Our Own Antonio Reid and Kenny Edmonds Moore v. Columbia Pictures 1992
On the Beach at Bali-Bali Sherman, Meskill, and Silver Darrell v. Joe Morris Music 1940
One of Those Love Songs Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell Swirsky v. Carey 2002
Oye Mi Canto Gloria Estefan Palmieri v. Estefan 1996
Paginas De Mujer Eddie Palmieri Palmieri v. Estefan 1996
Pass the Mic Beastie Boys Newton v. Diamond 2002
Perhaps Aldo Franchetti Heim v. Universal Pictures 1946
Phantom Song Andrew Lloyd-Webber Repp v. Webber 1997
Play, Fiddle, Play Emery Deutsch and Arthur Altman Arnstein v. Edward Marks Music 1936
Pour Toi Louis Gaste Louis Gaste v. Morris Kaiserman 1988
Prelude in A Major Brodsky Brodsky v. Universal Pictures 1945
A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody Irving Berlin Irving Berlin et al.v. E.C.Publications, Inc. 1963
Promotional video for Plymouth Prowler Chrysler Corporation ZZ Top v. Chrysler Corp. 1999
Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) Joe Diffie Ellis v. Diffie 1999
Proposed Theme Music for "Sally Jesse Raphael Show Gerard McDonald McDonald v. Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1991
Ready to Die Notorious B.I.G. Bridgeport v. Combs 2007
Rendezvous Fred Spielman Dorchester Music v. N.B.C. 1959
Rum and Coca-Cola Jeri Sullivan and Paul Baron Baron v. Leo Feist 1948
Run Through the Jungle John C. Fogerty Fantasy v. Fogerty 1994
Sadness O'erwhelms My Soul Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
Satin Doll Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer Tempo Music v. Famous Music 1993
Sell Your Soul Michael Tisi Tisi v. Patrick 2000
The Serious Family Polka Anonymous Jollie v. Jaques 1850
Shalom Jerry Herman Nordstrom v. R.C.A. 1965
She Can't Stand It Derrick D. Moore Moore v. Columbia Pictures 1992
Singing In the Rain Ohio Players Bridgeport v. Combs 2007
Someday My Prince Will Come Frank Churchill Allen v. Walt Disney 1941
Stand Up Christopher Bridges BMS Entertainment v. Bridges 2006
Starlight Bernice Petkere, words by Joe Young Willkie v. Santly Brothers 1935
Stick 'Em Morales and Robertson [Fat Boys] Tin Pan Apple v. Miller Brewing 1994
Straight Like That Ramid Brown, et al. BMS Entertainment v. Bridges 2006
Swanee River Moon H. Pitman Clarke Marks v. Leo Feist, Inc. 1923
The Symphony Marlon Williams Marlon Williams v. Calvin Broadus 2001
Take a Picture Richard Patrick Tisi v. Patrick 2000
Television Commercial Miller Brewing Co. Tin Pan Apple v. Miller Brewing 1994
Tennessee, I Hear You Calling Me Jeff Godfrey Boosey v. Empire Music 1915
Thank God I Found You Mariah Carey Swirsky v. Carey 2002
Theme for television program "This is Today" Ray Ellis Herald Square Music Co. v. Living Music 1978
Theme from 'A Time to Love' John Williams Ferguson v. N.B.C. 1978
Theme from 'E.T.' John Williams Baxter v. MCA, Inc. 1987
Theme Music for "Sally Jesse Raphael Show' Dan Radlauer McDonald v. Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1991
Tic Toc Smith Smith v. Muehlebach Brewing 1956
Till You Ray Repp Repp v. Webber 1997
Time for Muehlebach Muehlebach Brewing Smith v. Muehlebach Brewing 1956
Tiny Bubbles Leon Pober Granite Music v. United Artists 1976
Tonight He Sailed Again Guy B. Wood and Sol Marcus Northern Music v. King Record 1952
Toot, Toot, Tootsie Gus Kahn et al. Leo Feist v. Apollo Records 1969
Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Latin arrangement.) Apollo Records Leo Feist v. Apollo Records 1969
Twilight Waltz Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Porter 1946
Tzena, Tzena Mills Music, Inc. Mills Music, Inc. v. Cromwell Music, Inc. 1954
Tzena, Tzena Cromwell Music, Inc. Mills Music, Inc. v. Cromwell Music, Inc. 1954
We Are The World Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie Smith v. Michael Jackson 1996
Wedding Dance Waltzes Paul Linke Marks v. Leo Feist, Inc. 1923
What Is This Thing Called Love Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946
What U See is What U Get Jorgen Elufsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Rami Yacoub Cottrill v. Spears 2003
What Will Become of the Children Robert Smith and Reynard Jones Smith v. Michael Jackson 1996
What You See is What You Get Michael Cottrill and Lawrence Wnukowski Cottrill v. Spears 2003
When Sonny Sniffs Glue Rick Dees Fisher v. Dees 1986
When Sunny Gets Blue Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal Fisher v. Dees 1986
When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along Harry Woods Woods v. Bourne 1995
When the Sun Bids the Sky Goodnight Cholvin and Stade Cholvin v. B&F Music Co. 1958
While We Dream Kaczmarek Cholvin v. B&F Music Co. 1958
Whisper to Me Ira Arnstein Arnstein v. Broadcast Music 1943
Without a Word of Warning Harry Revel Hirsch v. Paramount Pictures 1937
Wonderful You Robert Overman Overman v. Loesser 1953
Yancey Special Meade Lewis Shapiro, Bernstein v. Miracle Record 1950
You Will Never Know How Much I Really Cared William Cahalin Haas v. Leo Feist 1916
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Cole Porter Arnstein v. Porter 1946