Various songs have various administrators, including Music Sales Group and Warner Chappell, to name but two.
In life+50 countries (such as Canada), Boris Vian's works are in the public domain.
It varies, based on who received a composer credit, but a significant majority are controlled at least in part by EMI April.
You Be illin' is administered by Warner Chappell.
Angus
There are many people who own the rights to jazz standards. Those who publish the standards have rights for example.
Paul McCartney
Which one? There appear to be at least three songs by this name.
Various songs are controlled by various companies and individuals.
Warner Tamerlane and Sony/ATV Songs.
Samuel Beckett's estate owns the copyrights and the estate is currently run by his nephew.
There are too many things by that name to list--movies, television shows, songs, etc.
Some are Music Sales Group, some are EMI Longitude, and some are other publishers or administrators.
It varies, based on who received a composer credit, but a significant majority are controlled at least in part by EMI April.
As with most hip hop, there is a long list of stakeholders for each song, but most licensing can be handled through Universal.
Brentwood-Benson.
Random House.
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Little Ruby Tunes.