P

  Song Artist/Date/Label Remade by
art
 Pale Faced Indian, The (aka Indian Reservation) Marvin Rainwater 12-9-59
MGM 12865 		John D. Loudermilk (1966, 1971), Don Fardon, Raiders
art
 Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Undisputed Truth 1972
Gordy 7117 		Temptations (5-15 & 6-14, 22, 28-72), David Lindley
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme see Scarborough Fair
art
 Party, (Let's Have A) Elvis Presley 2-57
on lp RCA Victor 1515 Loving You 		Wanda Jackson (4-7-58), Collins Kids, Roomful of Blues
Elvis recorded his version for the film Loving You on January 15, 1957.

Amos Milburn's "Let's Have A Party" (1953, Aladdin 3218) is a different song.

 Party's Over, The see My Party's Over
art
 Pass The Kouchie (aka Pass The Dutchie) Mighty Diamonds 1981
JA Music Works (no #)/lp US Alligator 8303 Indestructible 		Musical Youth
art
 Pata Pata (aka Ei Yow [Phata Phata]) Dorothy Masuka c. 1955
S. African ??? 		Brown Cool Six, Sunbeams (aka Skylarks) w/ Miriam Makeba (7-59), Miriam Makeba (1967 for Reprise and numerous times since)
Melody is based on a 1941 South African recording, "Noma Kumnyana," by the Dundee Wandering Singers.

"Phatha Phatha" means "Touch Touch" in Zulu ("Pata Pata" is the Xhosa spelling.)

art
 Patches Chairmen Of The Board 1970
Invictus 9079 		Clarence Carter (6-17-70)
art
 Patches Jimmy Isle 1960
Everest 19383 		Dickey Lee
art
 Peace, Love & Understanding, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Brinsley Schwarz 5-74
UK United Artists 36446 		Elvis Costello, Curtis Stigers, Nick Lowe, A Perfect Circle, Keb Mo
Writer Nick Lowe was a member of Brinsley Schwarz.

art
 Peaceful Kenny Rankin 1967
Mercury 72768 		Kenny Rankin (1973 for Little David), Helen Reddy
art
 Pennies From Heaven Bing Crosby 7-24-36
Decca 947 		Bing Crosby (8-17-36 on Decca 15027), Dick Haymes, Skyliners
Introduced by Crosby in the 1936 film of the same title.

art
 Penny For Your Thoughts, A Marion Jarvis 1975
Roxbury 2012 		Tavares
art
 People Sure Act Funny (When They Get A Lotta' Money) Titus Turner 1962
Enjoy 1005 		Lee Dorsey, Titus Turner (1968 for Josie ), Arthur Conley
art
 Perdido Duke Ellington 1-21-42
Victor 27880 		Sarah Vaughn, Louis Armstrong, Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Pérez Prado, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae et al.
art
 Perfidia Lupita Palomera w/ San Cristobal Marimba Band 1937
Victor 75940 		Orquesta Hermanos Dominguez (2-22-39), Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Pérez Prado, Ventures, Linda Ronstadt et al.
art
 Personally Jackie Moore 1978
Columbia 10779 		Karla Bonoff
art
 Peter Rabbit Myron Lee w/ The Caddies 1962
M&L 1004 		Dee Jay & Runaways
Phonenix Love Theme (Senza Fine), The see Senza Fine
art
 Piano (aka Softly, As I Leave You) Mina 1960
Italian Italdisc MH 72 		Matt Monro, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Michael Bublè
art
 Piece Of My Heart Erma Franklin 1967
Shout 221 		Big Brother & Holding Co.w/ Janis Joplin (5-20-68), neyBetty LaVette, Sammy Hagar, Etta James, John Hartford
art
 Pieces Of April Dave Loggins 1972
Vanguard 35167 		3 Dog Night
art
 Pied Piper, The Changin' Times 1965
Philips 40320 		Crispian St. Peters, Bob & Marcia
art
 Pink Cadillac Bruce Springsteen 5-31-83
Columbia 04463 		Natalie Cole
art
 Pizza Song, The (aka On Top Of Spaghetti) Dick Biondi 1961
IRC 6904 		Sharon & Lollipops, Tom Glazer
Dick Biondi was a popular dj at Chicago's WLS when he recorded this novelty number, using the melody from "On Top Of Old Smokey" (the American Southern folk song of unknown authorship, popularized by the Weavers in 1950). Two years later, Tom Glazer took Biondi's concept, wrote his own Italian-food lyrics, and had the hit. In between, Sharon & the Lollipops issued a record of "On Top Of Spaghetti" with lyric's different from Glazer's. Perhaps the "Spaghetti" angle had been floating around for some time, possibly as a kid's playground song.

Play Something Sweet see Brickyard Blues
art
 Playground In My Mind Billy Lawrence 1971
Atlantic 2813 		Clint Holmes
art
 Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard Andrea Carroll 1961
Epic 9450 		Diane Ray
art
 Please Love Me Forever Tommy Edwards 1958
MGM 12688 		Cathy Jean & Roommates, Bobby Vinton
As the flip side of Edwards' number one hit "It's All In The Game," "Please Love Me Forever" did chart, but only briefly.

art
 Please Mr. Please Bruce Welch 1974
EMI 3948 		Olivia Newton-John
art
 Please Remember Me Rodney Crowell 1-95
on CD MCA 11223 Jewel Of The South 		Tim McGraw
art
 Please Send Me Someone To Love Percy Mayfield 1950
Specialty 375 		Moonglows, Wade Flemons
art
 Pony Time Goodtimers 1960 (late)
Arnold 1002 		Chubby Checker
art
 Poor Little Puppet Jan & Dean 1961
Liberty 55397 		Cathy Carroll
art
 Poor People Of Paris, The (as "La goualante du pauvre Jean") Edith Piaf 1954
French Columbia BF 599 		Les Baxter, Lawrence Welk, Russ Morgan, Chet Atkins
art
 Poor Poor Pitiful Me Warren Zevon 1976
on lp Asylum 1060 		Linda Ronstadt, Terri Clark
art
 Pop Corn (aka Popcorn) Gershon Kingsley 1969
on lp Audio Fidelity 6226 Music To Moog By 		Hot Butter, Gershon Kingsley (1972 on lp Audio Fidelity 6254 First Moog Quartet, 1999), Aphex Twin
art
 Popsicle Todds 1962
Todd 1076 		Jan & Dean (11-63)
Jan & Dean's version was issued, and became a hit, in 1966, after they'd left their label. Liberty Records put it out (originally as a B-side) in hopes of cashing in on the publicity surrounding Jan's April, 1966 near-fatal car crash.

 Pretty Flamingo see Flamingo
art
 Pretty In Pink Psychedelic Furs 1981
on lp Columbia 37339 Talk Talk Talk 		Psychedelic Furs (1986 for A&M)
The 1986 hit version was done for the movie of the same name.

art
 Prisoner Of Love Russ Columbo 10-9-31
Victor 22867 		Perry Como, Billy Eckstine, Ink Spots, James Brown
Prodigal Son see That's No Way To Get Along
art
 Psycho Eddie Noack 1968
K-Ark 843 		Jack Kittell, Elvis Costello
art
 Puddin' Tan (aka Puddin N' Tain) Splendors 1962
Jano 004 		Alley Cats
art
 Puppet Man (Pull My String) Neil Sedaka 10-69
on lp Aussie Festival 933616 Workin' On A Groovy Thing 		5th Dimension
art
 Put A Ring On Her Finger (aka Put A Ring On My Finger) Eddie Silver 1958
UK Parlophone 4439 		Les Paul & Mary Ford
art
 Put Your Hand In The Hand Anne Murray 1970
on lp Capitol 579 Snowbird 		Ocean
The Don Shirley Trio's 1961 hit version of "Water Boy" (Cadence 1392) contains a piano interlude that's very similar to the chord progression in "Put Your Hand..."

art
 Puttin' On The Ritz Leo Reisman & Orch. w/ Lew Conrad 1-20-30
Victor 22306 		Jan Garber (1-24-30), Harry Richman (1-30-30), Earl Burtnett & Orch. (1-31-30), Fred Astaire (4-26-30 ), Taco
While Harry Richman introduced the song in the 1930 movie of the same name, Resiman was the first to record it for commercial release. Fred Astaire also performed it, with rewritten lyrics, in the 1946 film Blue Skies. Astaire's performance was parodied by Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974).