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Philip Selway
Philip Selway is the English drummer of Radiohead and a solo artist whose albums Familial (2010), Weatherhouse (2014), and Strange Dance (2023) blend folk, classical, and electronic influences; he also composed film scores including Let Me Go.
Philip Taylor Kramer
Philip Taylor Kramer (1952–1995), Iron Butterfly bassist 1974–1977 and Total Multimedia fractal-compression executive, vanished February 12, 1995 after a 911 call; remains found 1999 in Decker Canyon, death undetermined.
Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Kirkorov (Филипп Киркоров), Russian estrada and pop singer born 1967 in Varna, People's Artist of Russia, ex-husband of Alla Pugacheva, Eurovision 1995 entrant, known for camp stage spectacle and Eurovision songwriting.
Phillip Phillips
Phillip Phillips (Phillip LaDon Phillips Jr.), American singer-songwriter, winner of American Idol season 11 (2012), known for the five-times platinum hit "Home" and albums The World from the Side of the Moon, Behind the Light, Collateral, and Drift Back.
Phillip Wilcher
Phillip Wilcher (born 1958, Sydney) is an Australian composer of piano music and art song, and the original fifth member of The Wiggles on their 1991 debut album; youngest published Australian composer at 14 with "Daybreak".
Phish
Phish: American jam band formed 1983 at the University of Vermont; members Anastasio, Fishman, Gordon, McConnell; 20 studio and 53 live albums, 8 million US sales, 2024 Sphere residency and Evolve.
Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers (born 1994) is an American indie folk singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. Solo albums: Stranger in the Alps (2017), Punisher (2020), Lost Weekend (2026); bands boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center; four Grammys at the 2024 ceremony.
Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow (Phoebe Ann Laub, 1950 or 1952-2011) was an American singer-songwriter whose gold 1974 debut and hit 'Poetry Man' showcased her elastic contralto across pop, jazz, and folk.
Phyllis Boyens
Phyllis Boyens (Phyllis Workman Boyens Liptak, 1947-2009), Appalachian singer-songwriter and actress from Lobata, West Virginia; daughter of Nimrod Workman; recorded Passing Thru the Garden and I Really Care; played Loretta Lynn's mother in Coal Miner's Daughter.
Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Hyman (1949–1995), also Phyllis Linda Hyman, American soul, jazz, and R&B contralto singer and actress; hits "You Know How to Love Me," "Living All Alone," "Don't Wanna Change The World"; Tony-nominated for Sophisticated Ladies; died June 30, 1995.
Pi'erre Bourne
Pi'erre Bourne (Jordan Jenks, born 1993) is an American producer and rapper from Columbia, South Carolina, behind Playboi Carti's "Magnolia" and 6ix9ine's "Gummo", known for video-game-style trap melodies, his Jamie Foxx Show producer tag, and The Life of Pi'erre albums.
Pia Mia
Pia Mia is a Guam-born American singer whose 2015 single Do It Again became an international hit; she later founded Cherry Pie Records and released Anti Romantica in 2024.
Pia Toscano
Pia Toscano (born 1988) is an American singer from Queens, New York, who placed ninth on American Idol season 10 in 2011, signed with Interscope, and now tours with Bocelli, Foster, and Lopez.
Pick Withers
Pick Withers (David Withers, born 1948, Leicester) is an English drummer, founding member and original drummer of Dire Straits 1977-1982, playing on their first four albums and Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming; left in 1982, later played with Plant, Baez, Rafferty.
Pidżama Porno
Pidżama Porno, Polish punk rock band founded December 1987 in Poznań by Krzysztof "Grabaż" Grabowski and Andrzej "Kozak" Kozakiewicz; nine studio albums, 2007–2014 hiatus, trio since 2014, album "Sprzedawca jutra" (2019).
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez (1925–2016), French composer and conductor of total serialism (Structures, Le marteau sans maître); founder of IRCAM and the Ensemble Intercontemporain; led the New York Philharmonic and BBC Symphony.
Pierre Bouvier
Pierre Bouvier (Pierre Charles Bouvier), born 1979, is the Canadian lead vocalist and lyricist of pop-punk band Simple Plan, formerly of Reset, known for Welcome to My Life and 10 million records sold.
Pierre de Maere
Pierre de Maere (Pierre de Maere d'Aertrycke), Belgian pop singer born 2001 in Uccle; breakthrough hit "Un jour je marierai un ange", Victoires de la musique revelation 2023, albums Regarde-moi (2023) and Ave de Maere (2026).
Pierrot ensemble
Pierrot ensemble: chamber instrumentation of voice, flute/piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola, cello, piano, created by Schoenberg for Pierrot lunaire op. 21 (1912) and now standard in contemporary music.
Pietro Alfieri
Pietro Alfieri (1801–1863) was an Italian priest, musicologist, and composer who taught Gregorian chant at the English College in Rome and published the first large modern collection of Palestrina's music.
Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), Italian verismo opera composer and conductor from Livorno; won the Sonzogno competition with Cavalleria rusticana (1890), later wrote Iris, Isabeau, and Il Piccolo Marat.
Pigface
Pigface is an American industrial rock collective formed in Chicago in 1990 by drummer Martin Atkins and Bill Rieflin during a Ministry tour. Known as a revolving supergroup with roughly 600 to 800 collaborators, its albums include Gub, Fook, and Easy Listening.
Pilita Corrales
Pilita Corrales (Maria del Pilar Corrales y Garrido), "Asia's Queen of Songs," Filipino singer born 1939 in Cebu City, died April 12, 2025; Australian No. 1 hit "Come Closer to Me" (1959), Tokyo Music Festival winner 1972, over 100 albums.
Pinegrove (band)
Pinegrove is an American indie rock band from Montclair, New Jersey, formed in 2010 by Evan Stephens Hall and Zack Levine, blending emo, Americana, and country; known for Cardinal (2016), a 2017 hiatus, and Rough Trade albums.
Pink (singer)
Pink (P!nk), born Alecia Beth Moore in 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is an American pop-rock singer; debut Can't Take Me Home (2000), M!ssundaztood with Linda Perry, three Grammys, 60 million albums sold.
Pink Fairies
The Pink Fairies: English proto-punk/psychedelic rock band from Ladbroke Grove, formed 1969-70 from the Deviants with Twink, Rudolph, Sanderson, Hunter, Wallis; known for free gigs, Pinkwind with Hawkwind, and punk influence.
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd, English rock band formed in London in 1965 (Syd Barrett, Waters, Wright, Mason; Gilmour from 1967), progressive/psychedelic rock; 250 million records sold, Dark Side of the Moon 741 weeks on Billboard 200.
Pink Martini
Pink Martini is a Portland, Oregon "little orchestra" founded by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, with lead singer China Forbes; known for Sympathique, multilingual pop-jazz repertoire, and Heinz Records.
PinkPantheress
PinkPantheress (Victoria Beverley Walker, born 2001, Bath) is an English singer-producer known for short TikTok-era songs blending UK garage, jungle, and drum 'n' bass with hyperpop; albums To Hell with It (2021), Heaven Knows (2023), Fancy That (2025).
Pino Palladino
Pino Palladino (Giuseppe Henry Palladino, born 1957, Cardiff) is a Welsh session bassist known for 1980s fretless StingRay work with Paul Young and Gary Numan, D'Angelo's Voodoo, The Who, John Mayer, Adele, and his Blake Mills instrumental albums.