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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.
Pereza
Pereza is a Spanish rock duo from Madrid formed by Rubén Pozo and Leiva, active from 2001 to 2011, selling over 170,000 albums and reuniting on stage since 2021.
Perfect (Ed Sheeran song)
"Perfect" (Ed Sheeran song): 2017 ballad from the album ÷ (Divide), written for Cherry Seaborn; fourth UK No. 1, 2017 UK Christmas Number 1, certified 8x Platinum in the US, with Beyoncé and Andrea Bocelli versions.
Perfect (One Direction song)
Perfect is a 2015 One Direction song, the second single from Made in the A.M., co-written by Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson; UK No. 2, US Hot 100 No. 10, Ireland No. 1.
Perfect All-Kill
Perfect All-Kill (퍼펙트 올킬) is a South Korean chart achievement, coined in 2010, in which one song is No.1 simultaneously on all major streaming platforms and iChart's weekly chart.
Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)
"Perfect Day" is a 1972 Lou Reed ballad from Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson and issued as a double A-side with "Walk on the Wild Side". Known for disputed heroin readings, the Trainspotting soundtrack, and the 1997 BBC Children in Need charity version that topped the UK chart.
Perfect fifth
Perfect fifth: musical interval of seven semitones with just ratio 3:2 (701.96 cents), 700 cents in 12-TET. Most consonant interval after the octave; generates Pythagorean tuning and the circle of fifths.
Perfect Illusion
Perfect Illusion: September 2016 Lady Gaga single, lead track of Joanne, co-produced with Mark Ronson, Kevin Parker, and BloodPop, guitar by Josh Homme; UK No. 12, US No. 15, France No. 1.
Perfect Strangers (album)
Perfect Strangers (1984) is Deep Purple's reunion studio album for the Mark II lineup of Gillan, Blackmore, Lord, Paice, and Glover, recorded in Stowe, Vermont, peaking at UK number 5 and selling 3 million copies.
Perfecth
Perfecth is the ninth studio album by Queens of the Stone Age, released October 30, 2026 on Matador Records. Produced by Josh Homme and Michael Shuman, recorded in New Orleans and Los Angeles, its deliberately misspelled title reflects a kintsugi-inspired theme of imperfection and repair.
Performance and community use of small-town opera houses
Small-town American opera houses were civic auditoriums, usually under 500 seats, hosting touring shows, lyceum concerts, dances, and movies rather than opera, declining after 1917 as films and automobiles took over.
Perfume (パフューム) (Japanese band)
Perfume (パフューム, Pafyūmu) is a Japanese technopop trio from Hiroshima: A-chan, Kashiyuka, and Nocchi, produced by Yasutaka Nakata since 2003. Broke through with "Polyrhythm" (2007); announced a "cold sleep" hiatus from the end of 2025.
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).
Péricles (musician)
Péricles is a Brazilian pagode singer and composer who fronted Exaltasamba from 1986 to 2012, selling more than 15 million records, and has pursued a solo career since.
Perimenopop
Perimenopop is Sophie Ellis-Bextor's eighth studio album, a pop-disco record released September 12, 2025 on Decca Records; its title, coined as a joke with co-writer Hannah Robinson, fuses perimenopause with pop, and it peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart.
Period (album)
Period (album) covers two albums with this title: City Girls' 2018 debut mixtape Period on Quality Control (16 tracks) and Kesha's 2025 independent sixth album . (Period) on Kesha Records, plus other minor uses.
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.
Periphery (band)
Periphery is an American progressive metal band formed in 2005 in Washington, D.C., by Misha Mansoor from his Bulb project, known for djent-style guitar work, albums Periphery through A Pale White Dot, and the 3DOT Recordings label.
Permanent Waves
Permanent Waves is Rush's seventh studio album, released January 1980, recorded at Le Studio, Quebec, with Terry Brown. Six songs, about 36 minutes; first Rush album in the Billboard 200 Top 5, marking the shift to shorter, radio-friendly songs.
Permission to Dance on Stage – Live
Permission to Dance on Stage – Live is BTS's first live album, released July 18, 2025 by BIGHIT MUSIC: 22 tracks from their 2021–2022 tour across Seoul, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, including rearranged hits like Dynamite and Butter.
Perpetuous Dreamer
Perpetuous Dreamer is a trance project of Dutch DJ and producer Armin van Buuren, active 1999 to 2002 and best known for "The Sound Of Goodbye" (2001).
Perreo
Perreo, also known as sandungueo, is an explicit reggaeton partner dance with grinding hip movements, common in Puerto Rico since the early 1990s and added to the Spanish dictionary in 2023.
Perrie (album)
Perrie is the 2025 self-titled debut solo album by Perrie Edwards of Little Mix, released 26 September 2025 on Columbia Records; 16 tracks, UK Albums Chart number 3, singles including Forget About Us and If He Wanted To He Would.
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.