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| Paddy Roberts: Popular singer songwriter of amusing ditties. Very fashionable at the time; rather in the style of American Tom Lehrer. | ||
| Decca F11446 | 1961 | Love Is A Wonderful Thing/ Send For Me |
| Decca F11552 | 1962 | Merry Christmas You Suckers/ Got 'N Idea |
| Paris Sisters: Three real sisters from San Francisco whose first UK release was produced by Phil Spector. | ||
| Top Rank JAR588 | 1961 | I Love How You Love Me/ I'll Be Crying Tomorrow |
| MGM MGM 1240 | 1964 | Dream Lover/ Lonely Girl |
| Pat Harris: UK blonde singer from the west country. | ||
| Pye 7N15567 | 1963 | Hippy Hippy Shake/ You Gotta See Your Mama Ev'ry Night |
| Pat McGeegan: A male Irish singer who represented his country in the 1968 Eurovision song contest with 'Chance Of A Lifetime'. I think he came 4th; it was the same year Cliff Richard was runner-up with 'Congratulations'. | ||
| Decca F11756 | 1963 | The Wedding/ Hawaiian Wedding Song |
| Decca F11870 | 1963 | My Prayer/ The Wedding |
| Decca F12078 | 1965 | All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings/ Thousand Clowns |
| Emerald MD1061 | 1966 | Red Rose/ Looking Back |
| Emerald MD1096 | 1968 | Chance Of A Lifetime/ Don't Laugh At Me |
| Pathfinders: The members of this Birkenhead group played at Liverpool's legendary Cavern on a few occasions but were more regularly found at The Kraal Club in New Brighton, Wallasey.. Their first single was expected to be the signature for the pirate radio station Caroline- but lost out to the Fortunes. At this time the line-up was Tom Earley, Billy May, Roy Brockhurst, Tony Aldridge & Frank Hopley. By the second release (which featured on TV's 'Juke Box Jury'), their regular pianist had been replaced by organist Kingsley Foster. Thanks go to drummer Tony Aldridge for these details. | ||
| Decca F12038 | 1964 | I Love You Caroline/ Something I Can Always Do |
| Parlophone R5372 | 1965 | Don't You Believe It/ Castle Of Love |
| Patricia Bredin: | ||
| Top Rank JAR257 | 1959 | Till The Right Time Comes/ I Love To Love You |
| Patrick Macnee And Honor Blackman: This duet were the original TV 'Avengers' who tried to take advantage of their own popularity by coupling it to the fashion for long leather boots. Strangely, this novelty didn't chart until its revival decades later when the style of footwear had long since waned. | ||
| Decca F11843 | 1964 | Kinky Boots/ Let's Keep It Friendly |
| Patsy: West Indian Ska | ||
| Doctor Bird DB1122 | 1968 | Little Flea/ The Retreat Song |
| Patsy Ann Noble: Well known actress and singer that never managed the UK chart. Her 1967 release was recorded under the name 'Trisha Noble'. | ||
| HMV POP980 | 1961 | Good Looking Boy/ The Guy Who Can Mend A Broken Heart |
| Columbia DB4956 | 1963 | Don't You Ever Change Your Mind/ Sour Grapes |
| Columbia DB7008 | 1963 | Heartbreak Avenue/ I'm Nobody's Baby |
| Columbia DB7060 | 1963 | I Was Only Foolin' Myself/ Ordinary Love |
| Columbia DB7088 | 1963 | Accidents Will Happen/ He Tells Me With His Eyes |
| Columbia DB7148 | 1963 | It's Better To Cry Today/ Don't Tell Him I Told you |
| Columbia DB7258 | 1964 | I Did Nothing Wrong/ Better Late Than Never |
| Columbia DB7318 | 1964 | Private Property/ Crack In The Door |
| Columbia DB7386 | 1964 | Tied Up With Mary/ Green Eyed People |
| Columbia DB7472 | 1964 | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye/ If You Wanna Be More Than Friends |
| Polydor BM56054 | 1965 | He Who Rides A Tiger/ City Of Night |
| MGM MGM1371 | 1967 | Live For Life/ The New Is Rarely Patchka |
| Pattersons: A group with a number, apparently written by Tom Springfield, that has come true for them. I don't recall anything about them. | ||
| CBS 3749 | 1968 | I Don't Want To Be A Memory/ The World Will Never Turn Again |
| Patti Austin: This lady has spent most of her singing career as a session artist, providing backing for many well known artists. She started singing professionaly as a child but didn't start to record until she was 17 years old. | ||
| United Artists UP35018 | 1969 | The Family Tree/ Magical Boy |
| Patty La Belle: With various minor variations in name and backing singers- normally the 'Blue Belles' it was Patty that did the original version of 'Groovy Kind Of Love'. That was a long time before Phil Collins featured it in 'Buster' and even a little before the Mindbenders' hit in 1966. | ||
| Sue WI324 | 1964 | Down The Aisle/ C'Est La Vie |
| Cameo Parkway P935 | 1965 | Danny Boy/ I Believe |
| Atlantic AT4055 | 1965 | All Or Nothing/ You Forgot How To Love |
| Atlantic AT4064 | 1966 | Over The Rainbow/ Groovy Kind Of Love |
| Atlantic 584007 | 1966 | Patti's Prayer/ Family Man |
| Atlantic 584072 | 1967 | Take Me For A Little While/ I Don't Want To Go On Without You |
| Paul Arnold: Former lead singer with the Overlanders who left the group for an unsuccessful solo career shortly after their only hit 'Michelle' | ||
| Pye 7N17317 | 1967 | Somewhere In A Rainbow/ Got A Feeling |
| Pye 7N17473 | 1968 | Bon Soir Dame/ Don't Leave |
| Paul Beattie: | ||
| Parlophone R4385 | 1957 | I'm Comin' Home/ Nothing So Strange |
| Parlophone R4429 | 1958 | Me, Please Me/ Wanderlust |
| Parlophone R4468 | 1958 | Banana/ A House A Car And A Wedding Ring |
| Parlophone R4664 | 1960 | Slick Chic/ Big Bounce |
| Paul Dean: I think this is a different Paul Dean from the one that helped found the Punk group X-Ray specs in the 1970s, but I can't be sure. | ||
| Decca F12136 | 1965 | You Don't Own Me/ Hole On The Head |
| Reaction 591002 | 1966 | She Can Build A Mountain/ A Day Gone By |
| Paul Gayten: US artist whose 'The Hunch' was one of few early Motown products released by Decca on their London label in the UK.. | ||
| London HL8503 | 1957 | Yo Yo Walk |
| London HLM8998 | 1959 | The Hunch/ Hot Cross Buns |
| Paul Hanford: His British cover missed out to Brian Hyland. | ||
| Parlophone R4680 | 1960 | Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini/ Why Have You Changed Your Mind |
| Parlophone R4694 | 1960 | If You Ain't Got Love/ Ev'ry Little Girl |
| Parlophone R4813 | 1961 | Memphis Address/ Flutter Flutter |
| Oriole CB1866 | 1963 | The Minute You're Gone/ High School Dance |
| Paul Raven: This was probably his best known monicker out of several that he used from time to time during the 1960s before finally evolving into Garry Glitter in the 1970s. | ||
| Decca F11202 | 1960 | Alone In The Night/ Too Proud |
| Parlophone R4812 | 1961 | Walk On Boy/ All Grown Up |
| Parlophone R4842 | 1961 | Tower Of Strength/ Livin' The Blues |
| MCA MU1024 | 1968 | Musical Man/ Wait For Me |
| MCA MK5008 | 1969 | Here Comes The Sun/ Musical Man (As Paul Monday) |
| MCA MU1035 | 1968 | Soul Thing/ We'll Go Where The World Can't Find Us |
| Paul Revere And The Raiders: This Oregon based group, whose organist leader shared his name with the American folk hero, had plenty of US hits and UK releases, but they never charted in Britain. | ||
| Top Rank JAR557 | 1961 | Like Long Hair/ Sharon |
| CBS 202003 | 1965 | Steppin' Out/ Blue Fox |
| Sue WI344 | 1966 | Like Long Hair/ Sharon |
| CBS 202027 | 1966 | Just Like Me/ B F D R F Blues |
| CBS 202253 | 1966 | Kicks/ Shake It Up |
| CBS 202411 | 1966 | The Great Airplane Strike/ In My Community |
| CBS 202502 | 1967 | Good Thing/ Undecided Man |
| CBS 202610 | 1967 | Ups And Downs/ Leslie |
| CBS 2737 | 1967 | Him Or Me- Who's It Gonna Be/ The Legend Of Paul Revere |
| CBS 2919 | 1967 | I Had A Dream/ Upon Your Leaving |
| CBS 3186 | 1967 | Mo'reen/ Oh! To Be A Man |
| CBS 3310 | 1968 | Too Much Talk/ Happening '68 |
| CBS 3586 | 1968 | Don't Take It So Hard/ Observation From Flight 285 |
| CBS 3757 | 1968 | Cinderella Sunshine/ Theme From It's Happening |
| CBS 4025 | 1969 | Mr. Sun Mr. Moon/ With You |
| CBS 4260 | 1969 | Let Me/ I Don't Know |
| CBS 4504 | 1969 | We Gotta All Get Up Together/ Frankfurt Side Street |
| Paula Parfitt: A rarity with a different sentiment on each side. | ||
| Beacon BEA135 | 1969 | I'm Gonna Give You Back Your Ring/ Love Is Wonderful |
| Paulette: | ||
| Major Minor MM565 | 1968 | One Love In My Heart/ Must We Say Goodbye |
| Peanuts Wilson: A member of the Teen Kings who backed Roy Orbison on his early singles. | ||
| Coral Q72302 | 1958 | Cast Iron Arm/ You've Got Love |
| Pearls: I believe this well crafted Chiffons cover on Woolworth's Embassy label is by two former Vernons Girls. (Note the B-Side is an instrumental by 'Bud Ashton & His group'). | ||
| Embassy WB564 | 1963 | He's So Fine /(Scarlett O'Hara) |
| Pee Wee Hunt Orchestra: US | ||
| Capitol CL14225 | 1955 | It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love/ A Room In Bloomsbury |
| Capitol CL14286 | 1955 | Save Your Love For Me/ My Extraordinary Gal |
| Capitol CL14515 | 1956 | Petunia's Patch/ Vanessa |
| Capitol CL14538 | 1956 | Lullaby Of Birdland/ It's All Been Done Before |
| Capitol CL14583 | 1956 | Swedish Rhapsody/ The Object Of My Affection |
| Capitol CL14630 | 1956 | I'll See You In Cuba/ Canoodlin' Rag |
| Capitol CL14884 | 1958 | Miss Otis Regrets/ I Love Paris |
| Capitol CL15246 | 1962 | June Is Bustin' Out All Over/ The Surrey With The Fringe On Top |
| Peels: I'm told that their second single was briefly used as a Pirate Radio jungle. | ||
| Stateside SS513 | 1966 | Juanita Banana/ Fun |
| Audio Fidelity | 1966 | Time Marches On/ Scrooey Mooey |
| Peenuts: | ||
| Ember EMB242 | 1967 | Theme From The Monkees/ The World's Been Good To Me Tonight |
| Peep Show: Fourpiece group from the London area. | ||
| Polydor BM56196 | 1967 | Mazy/ Your Servant, Steven |
| Polydor BM56226 | 1968 | Esprit De Corps/ Mino In A Mix Up |
| Peggy Scott And Jo Jo Benson: | ||
| Polydor 56722 | 1968 | Every Little Bit Hurts/ You Can Never Get Something For Nothing |
| Polydor 56745 | 1968 | Lover's Holday/ Here With Me |
| Polydor 56761 | 1969 | Soulshake/ We Were Made For Each Other |
| Polydor 56773 | 1969 | We Got Our Own Bag/ I Want To Love You Babe |
| Penguins: This classic Los Angeles based Doo Wop group were formed during 1953 and are responsible for one of the most collectable singles in the UK. | ||
| London HL8114 | 1955 | Earth Angel/ Hey Senorita |
| Penny: | ||
| Piccadilly 7N35009 | 1961 | Who Does He Think He Is/ Sparks |
| Piccadilly 7N35045 | 1962 | Shall I Take My Heart And Go/ What'd I Do |
| Penny Candy: She is best known in the UK for 'Rocking Lady', but I've never seen a single. | ||
| Top Rank JAR328 | 1960 | Come On Over/ They Said |
| Pete Chester: The son of the late comedian and broadcaster Charlie Chester, Pete was founder member of the 'Five Chesternuts' who later became the Shadows. Pete went off to do his own thing; here are some of the singles that resulted. | ||
| Pye 7N15305 | 1960 | Ten Swinging Bottles/ Whole Lotta Shakin' On The Range |
| Pye 7N25074 | 1961 | Three Old Maids/ Forest Fire |
| Pete Maclaine And The Clan: Pete was the original vocalist with the Dakotas, a Manchester band who became the backing group for Bill J. Kramer from Liverpool. Pete Maclaine started a new group, but their only single didn't gain the chart success it deserved. | ||
| Decca F11699 | 1963 | Yes I Do/ U.S. Mail |
| Pete Seeger: He was a familiar sound on Radio and TV during the early sixties, but his style of pseudo-folk became more popular among those buying albums (or LPs as we called them then). | ||
| CBS AAG187 | 1963 | Little Boxes/ Mail Myself To You |
| Peter B's: Peter Green, Dave Ambrose, Mick Fleetwood and organist leader Peter Bardens. This instrumental group only lasted long enough to cut one unsuccessful, but collectable, single before adding Rod Stewart and Beryl Marsden as vocalists and becoming Shotgun Express. | ||
| Columbia DB7862 | 1966 | If You Wanna Be Happy/ Jodrell Blues |
| Peter Elliott: UK | ||
| Parlophone R4355 | 1957 | To The Aisle/ All At Once |
| Parlophone R4457 | 1958 | Devotion/ No Fool Like An Old Fool |
| Parlophone R4514 | 1959 | Call Me/ Flamingo |
| Parlophone R4529 | 1959 | The Young Have No Time/ Over And Over |
| Top Rank JAR390 | 1961 | Waiting For Robert E. Lee/ Toot Toot Tootsie |
| Fontana H325 | 1961 | Devil's Workshop/ Three Little Peggies |
| Fontana H359 | 1962 | The Swinging Sailor/ Tread Softly Stranger |
| Decca F12067 | 1965 | Woman Needs/ Heaven Knows |
| Strike JH311 | 1966 | Thinking/ Song Is Love |
| Peter Law: US | ||
| Major Minor MM522 | 1967 | Memories/ Of You |
| Major Minor MM545 | 1967 | The Long Black Veil/ You'll Never Get The Chance Again |
| Peter Lee Stirling: UK vocalist- previously leader of the 'Bruisers'- see Tommy Bruce. | ||
| Decca F12433 | 1966 | The Sweet And Tender Hold Of Your Love/ Everybody Needs A Someone |
| Decca F12535 | 1966 | Oh What A Fool/ I'm Sportin'A New Baby |
| Decca F12628 | 1967 | You Don't Live Twice/ 8.35 On The Dot |
| Decca F12674 | 1967 | Goodbye Thimblemill Lane/ Hey Conductor |
| MCA MU1093 | 1969 | Big Sam/ Mr. Average Man |
| Peter Pan And Wendy: | ||
| Major Minor MM588 | 1968 | We All Love Tiny Tim/ March Of The Pirates |
| Peter Vardas: | ||
| Top Rank JAR173 | 1959 | He Threw A Stone/ Checkerboard Love |
| Peter Wynne: Golden voiced UK singer who later became better known as Simon Smith (see artists-s). His final release as Peter Wynne was one of very few numbers written by Frank Sinatra and among the first published by Polydor in the UK. | ||
| Parlophone R4597 | 1960 | Chapel Of Dreams/ Twilight Time |
| Parlophone R4668 | 1961 | Ask Anyone In Love/ I Need You Close Again |
| Parlophone R4705 | 1961 | Our Concerto/ Your Love |
| Parlophone R4884 | 1962 | The Wall/ You're Mine |
| Polydor NH52.316 | 1964 | I Am A Fool To Want You/ It's A Lonely Town |
| Pickwicks: Larry Page managed group from Coventry, previously calling themselves the 'Echo Four'. Their final single allegedly has Jimmy Page playing on it. | ||
| Decca F11901 | 1964 | Apple Blossom Time/ I Don't Wanna Tell You Again |
| Decca F11957 | 1964 | You're Old Enough/ Hello Lady |
| Warner Bros. WB151 | 1965 | Little By Little/ I Took My Baby Home |
| Pinewood Studio Band: Presumably from the west of London film studios. | ||
| Top Rank JAR112 | 1959 | Sapphire/ Tiger Bay |
| Top Rank JAR255 | 1959 | 77 Sunset Strip/ Swinging At The Strip |
| Top Rank JAR355 | 1960 | League Of Gentlemen/ The Golden Fleece |
| Top Rank JAR361 | 1960 | French Horn Blues/ Elevator Ride |
| Parlophone R4906 | 1962 | Waltz Of The Toreadors/ Picture Parade |
| Pipes Of Pan: | ||
| Page One POF038 | 1967 | Monday Morning Rain |
| Poor Souls: Scottish beat group. | ||
| Decca F12183 | 1965 | When My Baby Cries/ My Baby She's Not There |
| Alp ALP595004 | 1966 | Love Me/ Please Don't Change Your Mind |
| Powerhouse: | ||
| Decca F12471 | 1966 | Chain Gang/ Can You Hear Me |
| Decca F12507 | 1966 | Raindrops/ La Bamba |
| Preachers: Forerunners of 'The Herd' including Peter Frampton. | ||
| Columbia DB7680 | 1965 | Hole In My Soul/ Too Old In The Head |
| Preston Epps: I don't know of another Bongo player with more releases to his name. | ||
| Top Rank JAR140 | 1959 | Bongo Rock/ Bongo Party |
| Top Rank JAR180 | 1959 | Doin' The Cha Cha Cha/ Bongo In Pastel |
| Top Rank JAR345 | 1960 | Bongo Boogie/ Flamenco Boogie |
| Top Rank JAR413 | 1960 | Bongo Bongo Bongo/ Hully Gully Bongo |
| Top Rank JAR522 | 1960 | Bongola/ Blue Bongo |
| Professor Longhair: One of the greatest pianists to emerge from New Orleans. Drawing on a huge mixture of rhythms and styles he has proved both inimitable and inspirational. Although a contemporary of Fats Domino, he never achieved fame until near the end of his life. He is the father of the rolling blues piano playing that can still be heard in New Orleans from more recent exponents like Dr. John and Allen Toussaint. | ||
| Sue WI397 | 1965 | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand/ Looka No Hair |