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Pennie Lane Trumbull
Pennie Lane Trumbull (Pennie Anne Trumbull), Oregon farmer and former 1970s rock-scene figure whose Flying Garter Girls and friendship with Cameron Crowe inspired Penny Lane in Almost Famous.
Pennywise (band)
Pennywise is an American skate punk band formed in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1988, named after Stephen King's It villain. Known for Bro Hymn, Fuck Authority, Epitaph albums About Time and Full Circle, and founding bassist Jason Thirsk's 1996 death.
Pentangle (band)
Pentangle: British folk-jazz quintet formed in London 1967 (Jansch, Renbourn, Thompson, Cox, McShee); Basket of Light hit UK number five; dissolved 1973, reunited 1982 and 2007–2011.
Pentatonix
Pentatonix (PTX), American a cappella quintet formed 2011 in Arlington, Texas; won The Sing-Off season 3, three Grammy Awards, holiday-music franchise, members Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado, Olusola, Sallee.
Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams (Park Frederick Adams III, 1930–1986), American hard bop baritone saxophonist and composer nicknamed "the Knife"; co-led with Donald Byrd, played in Thad Jones–Mel Lewis band, wrote 43 compositions, influenced later baritone players.
Pepsi & Shirlie
Pepsi & Shirlie: English pop duo of Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque and Shirlie Kemp, former Wham! backing singers; hits "Heartache" (UK No. 2, 1987) and "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 9); albums All Right Now (1987) and Change (1991).
Per Gessle
Per Håkan Gessle (born 1959, Halmstad) is the Swedish songwriter behind Gyllene Tider and Roxette, with four US Billboard number ones and a parallel Swedish-language solo career.
Percy French
Percy French (William Percy French, 1854–1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and watercolourist from Cloonyquin, Roscommon; wrote "The Mountains o' Mourne" words, "Phil the Fluther's Ball", "Are Ye Right There Michael?"; former civil engineer, toured with Collisson.
Percy Grainger
Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born composer, virtuoso pianist, and folk-song collector; known for Country Gardens, Lincolnshire Posy, the Grainger Museum in Melbourne, and Free Music experiments.
Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge (1940 or 1941 to April 14, 2015) was an American Southern soul and country-soul singer from Leighton, Alabama whose 1966 debut "When a Man Loves a Woman" hit No. 1, was Atlantic's first gold record, and earned him a 2005 Rock Hall induction.
Pere Ubu
Pere Ubu, the American avant garage rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975 by David Thomas from Rocket From the Tombs; debut album The Modern Dance (1978) shaped British post-punk; Thomas died April 23, 2025.
Pérez Prado
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader and composer (Matanzas; died 1989, Mexico City), created the mambo's brass-driven form in Mexico; hits include Mambo No. 5 and Patricia; known as the King of the Mambo.
Perfume Genius
Perfume Genius, the moniker of American singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas (Michael Alden Hadreas, born 1981), spans piano ballads to glam rock across seven Matador albums from Learning (2010) to Glory (2025).
Period-instrument orchestra
A period-instrument orchestra performs orchestral repertoire on instruments of the composer's era or replicas, using historically informed practice; leading ensembles include the Academy of Ancient Music and Boston Baroque.
Perrie Edwards
Perrie Edwards (born 1993), known solo as Perrie, is a British singer from Little Mix, The X Factor 2011 winners. Solo since 2024 with "Forget About Us" (UK No. 10) and the 2025 debut album Perrie on Columbia.
Perry Como
Perry Como (Pierino Como), American crooner and TV pioneer born 1912 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; RCA star of 'Till the End of Time,' first RIAA Gold single 'Catch a Falling Star,' weekly TV 1948-1963, five Emmys, died 2001.
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell (born Perry Bernstein, 1959) is the American singer of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros and founder of the Lollapalooza festival; his 2024 onstage fight with Dave Navarro ended the band.
Personal life of David Bowie
Personal life of David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016): family in Brixton and Bromley, half-brother Terry, marriages to Angela Barnett and Iman, children Duncan and Lexi, 2004 heart surgery, New York privacy.
Personal life of Frank Sinatra
Personal life of Frank Sinatra: four marriages (Nancy Barbato, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, Barbara Marx), three children, the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Jr., 40 years of FBI files, and the biographies covering them.
Personal life of Marvin Gaye
Personal life of Marvin Gaye: the soul singer's abusive childhood under Rev. Marvin Gay Sr., name change to "Gaye," marriages to Anna Gordy and Janis Hunter, children Nona and Frankie, and his 1984 killing by his father.
Personal life of Whitney Houston
Personal life of Whitney Houston: her Newark gospel family, secret romance with Robyn Crawford confirmed in 2019, 1992-2007 marriage to Bobby Brown, daughter Bobbi Kristina, addiction, 2012 death, and estate under Pat Houston.
Personnel of the Jazz Messengers
Personnel of the Jazz Messengers: the hard bop group co-founded by Art Blakey and Horace Silver in 1954 and led by Blakey until 1990, with rotating lineups including Dorham, Mobley, Morgan, Golson, Timmons, Shorter, and the Marsalises.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys: English synth-pop duo of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, formed London 1981; "West End Girls" hit 1985; 50 million records, albums Please to Nonetheless (2024) and A Man from the Future (2026).
Pete Best
Pete Best (born 1941), English drummer with The Beatles from August 1960 to August 1962, covering the Hamburg residencies and Cavern era; fired 16 August 1962 and replaced by Ringo Starr.
Pete Burns
Pete Burns (Peter Jozzeppi Burns, 1959–2016) was an English singer, lead vocalist of Dead or Alive, known for the 1985 hit "You Spin Me Round".
Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty (Peter Doherty, born 1979), English musician; Libertines and Babyshambles frontman; Up the Bracket (2002), The Libertines (2004) and All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade (2024) chart-topper; long addiction battle, clean since 2020, lives in Etretat, France.
Pete Farndon
Pete Farndon (Peter Granville Farndon, 1952-1983), English bassist and founding member of the Pretenders; played on Pretenders and Pretenders II, fired June 1982 for drug use, died of a heroin overdose in London on April 14, 1983.
Pete Ham
Pete Ham (Peter William Ham, 1947–1975), Welsh singer-songwriter and leader of Badfinger, wrote "No Matter What," "Day After Day," "Baby Blue," and co-wrote "Without You"; he died by suicide in 1975.
Pete Koller
Pete Koller (Pierre Michel Koller, unconfirmed) is the co-founding guitarist of New York hardcore band Sick of It All since 1986, brother of vocalist Lou; known for mosh riffs, ESP Vipers, Peavey 6505 amps, and the Koller brothers memoir.
Pete Parada
Pete Parada (Peter Andrew Parada) is an American rock drummer, drummer for The Offspring 2007-2021 and earlier Face To Face and Saves The Day; he left The Offspring in 2021 over a COVID-19 vaccine refusal and co-founded The Defiant in 2023.