| P.S. I Love You | w. Johnny Mercer m. Gordon Jenkins | Chorus | Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra | Decca | 27171 | Los Angeles | L 5580 | 27 April 1950 |
| P.S. I Love You(1) | w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney | Beatles | Parlophone | R4949 | Abbey Road studios, London | 11 September 1962 | ||
| Pablo Pasablo | Sherman Edwards | Peggy Lee | O/Dave Barbour | Decca | 29681 | Los Angeles | L 8471 | 3 June 1955 |
| Pablo The Dreamer | w. Roberto Lopez m. Julio Sanders | Anne Shelton | O/Stanley Black | Dec(E) | 9 June 1945 | |||
| Pacific Boogie Woogie | m. Les Welch | Les Welch & his Boogie Woogie Quartet | Pacific | 10-0020 | Sydney | MX 32331 | January 1950 | |
| Padre | w. (Eng) Paul Francis Webster (Fr) Marcel Algeron & Jacques Larue m. Alain C. Romans | Toni Arden | Decca | 30628 | New York City | 104558 | 14 March 1958 | |
| Pagan Love Song | w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown | Ted Heath & his Music | Dec(E) | F 8956 | London | DR 12218-1 | 19 April 1948 | |
| Pagan Love Song | w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown | Jo Stafford | Paul Weston's Dixie Eight | Capitol | 1039 | Hollywood | 5922 | 27 April 1950 |
| Pagan Love Song | w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown | Howard Keel | O/Adolph Deutsch | MGM | 30288 | Hollywood | 50 S 3146-F1 | 5 October 1950 |
| Painted Rhythm | m. Stan Kenton | Stan Kenton | Capitol | 250 | Hollywood | 779 | 30 October 1945 | |
| Panama Rag | Tyers | Kid Ory & his Creole Jazz Band | radio | LP | Los Angeles | 12 April 1944 | ||
| Panama Rag | Tyers | Graeme Bell & his Australian Jazz Band | Parlophone | Sydney | A 8998 | 27 June 1952 | ||
| Papa Loves Mambo | w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Bix Reichner | Johnnie Ray | Columbia | 40324 | CO 52558 | 28 August 1954 | ||
| Papa Loves Mambo | w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Bix Reichner | Perry Como w. Ray Charles Chorus | O/Mitchell Ayres | RCA Victor | 20-5857 | New York City | E4 VW 5169 | 31 August 1954 |
| Papa Loves Mambo | w.m. Al Hoffman, Dick Manning & Bix Reichner | Nat King Cole | O/Builly May | Capitol | EAP 1-9120 | Hollywood | 13103-D2 | 18 October 1954 |
| Papa Won't You Dance With Me? | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Gracie Fields & Tommy Fields | O/Bob Farnon | Dec(E) | F 9066 | London | DR 12851-2 | 23 October 1948 |
| Papa Won't You Dance With Me? | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Galli Sisters | Art Mooney & his Orchestra | MGM | 10092 | New York City | 47-S-294-4B | 22 September 1947 |
| Papa Won't You Dance With Me? | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Doris Day | O/Lou Bring | Columbia | 37931 | Hollywood | HCO 2604-2 | 3 September 1947 |
| Papa Won't You Dance With Me? | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Trio | Guy Lombardo | Decca | 24226 | New York City | 74093 | 29 September 1947 |
| Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Polka | Leon Pober | Jerry Lewis | O/Dick Stabile | Capitol | 1385 | 6988 | 10 January 1951 | |
| Paper Doll | w.m. Johnny S. Black | Anne Shelton | Ambrose & his Orchestra | Dec(E) | F 8398 | London | DR 8027-2 | 7 January 1944 |
| Paper Roses | w. Janice Torre m. Fred Spielman | Marie Osmond | MGM | 14609 | Nashville | 73L 5321 | 7 June 1973 | |
| Paperback Writer | w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney | Beatles | Parlophone | R 5452 | Abbey Road, London | 13 & 14 April 1966 | ||
| The Papoofnik Polka | m. Billy May & Mickey Katz | Mickey Katz & his Orchestra | Capitol | 869 | Los Angeles | 5425-2D-4 | 18 January 1950 | |
| Paradise | w. Nacio Herb Brown & Gordon Clifford m. Nacio Herb Brown | Frank Sinatra | Columbia | 36921 | New York City | CO 35499-1 | 7 December 1945 | |
| Paris In The Spring | w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel | Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) | p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards) | Columbia | CL 8313 (LP "Jonathan And Darlene Edwards In Paris") | Hollywood | RHCO 46447 | 28 January 1960 |
| Paris Wakes Up And Smiles | w.m. Irving Berlin | Allyn McLerie & Johnny Thompson | O/Jay Blackton | Columbia | LP | CBS 30th Street Studio NYC | 21 July 1949 | |
| Paris Wakes Up And Smiles | w.m. Irving Berlin | Buddy Clark & Dinah Shore | Columbia | 38515 | Hollywood | HCO 3763 | 12 May 1949 | |
| Parmi veder le lagrime | w. Francesco Mario Piave m. Giuseppe Verdi | Mario Lanza | O/Constantine Callinicos | 29 May 1950 | ||||
| Party Doll | w.m. Jimmy Bowen & Buddy Knox | Steve Lawrence | O/Dick Jacobs | Coral | 61792 | New York City | 101386 | 17 January 1957 |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Margaret Whiting | O/Billy May | Capitol(Can) | 3586 | 15914-6 | 19 September 1956 | |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Doris Day | O/Frank De Vol | Columbia | 40798 | Hollywood | RHCO 40023 | 30 October 1956 |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Nat King Cole | O/Billy May | Capitol | LP | 17393-14 | 31 July 1957 | |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Carmen McRae | O/Jack Pleis | Decca | 30112 | New York City | 100557 | 4 September 1956 |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Blossom Dearie | g. Kenny Burrell b. Ray Brown d. Ed Thigpen p. Blossom Dearie | Verve | MGVS 6050 (LP "Blossom Dearie Sings Comden And Green") | Nola Recording Studio, New York City | 8 or 9 April 1959 | |
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Jo Stafford | trombone Warren Covington | Readers Digest | RD 4112 (LP set "Swing Again" | 19 November 1969 | ||
| The Party's Over | w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne | Judy Holliday | O/Milton Rosenstock | Columbia | OS 2006 | New York City | 2 December 1956 | |
| Pass Me By | w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman | Frank Sinatra | O/Billy May | Reprise | FS 1013 (LP Softly As I Leave You) | Los Angeles | 2980-5 | 3 October 1964 |
| Pass Me By | w. Carolyn Leigh m. Cy Coleman | Peggy Lee | Capitol | 5346 | 9 December 1965 | |||
| Pass That Peace Pipe | w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin | Bing Crosby w. Chickadees | John Scott Trotter | Decca | 24269 | L 4552 | 12 November 1947 | |
| Pass That Peace Pipe | w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin | Margaret Whiting | O/Frank DeVol | Capitol | 15010 | 2332-7 | 8 October 1947 | |
| Pass The Udder Udder | Stan Freberg, Ruby Raksin | Stan Freberg | O/Billy May | Capitol | 2029 | Los Angeles | 9816 | 3 March 1952 |
| Passing By (Vous Qui Passez Me Voir) | Hess-Misraki-Lawrence-Trenet | Jo Stafford | O/Paul Weston | Capitol | 423 | 1896 | 9 May 1947 | |
| Passing By (Vous Qui Passez Me Voir) | Hess-Misraki-Lawrence-Trenet | Buddy Clark | O/Mitchell Ayres | Columbia | 37488 | New York City | CO 37709 | 2 May 1947 |
| Passing Strangers | Mel Mitchell, Stanley Applebaum | Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine | O/Hal Mooney | Mercury | 71122X45 | 26 April 1957 | ||
| Patience And Fortitude | w.m. Billy Moore & Blackie Warren | Carole Carr | Geraldo & his Orchestra | Parlophone | 25 June 1946 | |||
| Patricia | w.m. Benny Davis | Perry Como | O/Mitchell Ayres | RCA Victor | 20-3905 | New York City | E0-VB-5250-1A | 10 August 1950 |
| Peace In The Valley (For Me) | w.m. Thomas Dorsey | Roy Rogers | Capitol | LP | Los Angeles | 12 April 1962 | ||
| Peace In The Valley (For Me) | w.m. Thomas Dorsey | Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae | Capitol | ST 1916 (LP "There's Peace In The Valley") | 39450 | 9 April 1963 | ||
| Peace In The Valley (For Me) | w.m. Thomas Dorsey | Jo Stafford w. Norman Luboff Choir | O/Paul Weston | Columbia | 40191 | Hollywood | RHCO 10536 | 25 June 1953 |
| Peace In The Valley (For Me) | w.m. Thomas Dorsey | Elvis Presley | RCA | EPA-4054 | Hollywood | h2wb-0258-09 | 13 January 1957 | |
| The Peanut Vendor | w. (Eng) Marion Sunshine & L. Wolfe Gilbert w. (Sp.) & m. Moisés Simons | Stan Kenton | Capitol | 904 | 2668-2 | 6 December 1947 | ||
| Pearls On Velvet | m. Mel Powell | p. Mel Powell | transcription | LP | 19 February 1944 | |||
| Pearls On Velvet | m. Mel Powell | Glenn Miller & Army Air Force Band | transcription | LP | New York City | 10 March 1944 | ||
| Pearly Shells | w.m. Webley Edwards & Leon Pober | Burl Ives | Decca | 31659 | Nashville | NA 12990 | 6 July 1964 | |
| Peculiar | Buddy Clark | O/Mitchell Ayres | Columbia | 38115 | New York City | CO 37982 | 26 June 1947 | |
| Pedro The Fisherman | w. Harold Purcell m. Harry Parr-Davies | Leslie Douglas | Carroll Gibbons & Savoy Orpheans | Col(E) | FB-2985 | CA-19381-1 | 10 December 1943 | |
| Pedro The Fisherman | w. Harold Purcell m. Harry Parr-Davies | Richard Tauber | O/George Melachrino | Parlophone | RO 20545 | CE 11615 | 5 February 1946 | |
| Pedro The Fisherman | w. Harold Purcell m. Harry Parr-Davies | Sam Browne | New Mayfair Dance Orchestra cond. Joe Loss | HMV | BD-5821 | London | OEA 10063-1 | 14 October 1943 |
| Peek-A-Boo(1) | Phil Springer, Richard Adler | Rose Murphy | MCA | 1558 | New York City | W 76679 | 21 July 1950 | |
| Peg O' My Heart | w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher | Buddy Clark | O/Mitchell Ayres | Columbia | 37392 | New York City | CO 37671 | 25 April 1947 |
| Peg O' My Heart | w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher | Art Lund | O/Johnny Thompson | MGM | 10037 | Los Angeles | 47-S-3077-3 | 12 May 1947 |
| Peg O' My Heart | w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher | Eddie Heywood | Decca | 23960 | New York City | 73926T1A | 27 May 1947 | |
| Peg O' My Heart | w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher | Sunnysiders | Lou Preager & his Orchestra | Col(E) | FB 3355 | 15 October 1947 | ||
| Peggy, The Pin-Up Girl | w.m. Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb | Ray McKinley | Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band | transcription | LP | 25 March 1944 | ||
| Pennies From Heaven | w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston | Frank Sinatra | O/Nelson Riddle | Capitol | W 653 (LP: "Songs For Swingin' Lovers") | Los Angeles | 14613 | 10 January 1956 |
| Pennies From Heaven | w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston | Frank Sinatra | Count Basie and His Orchestra | Reprise | FS 1008 | Los Angeles | 1499-6 | 3 October 1962 |
| Penny | Danny Long | Pied Pipers | Capitol | 478 | 2379-4 | 24 October 1947 | ||
| A Penny A Kiss, A Penny A Hug | w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ralph Care | Andrews Sisters | O/Vic Schoen | Decca | 27414 | Los Angeles | L 5956 | 14 December 1950 |
| A Penny A Kiss, A Penny A Hug | w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ralph Care | Maggie Fitzgibbon & Les Welch | Les Welch & his Orchestra | Pacific | 10-0065 | Sydney | MX 40635 | June 1951 |
| Penny Arcade | Roy Orbison | 18 July 1969 | ||||||
| Penny Lane | w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney | Beatles | Parlophone | R5570 | Abbey Road, London | 29 December 1966- 17 January 1967 | ||
| Penny Serenade | w. Hal Halifax m. Melle Weersma | Vic Damone | O/Glenn Osser | Columbia | 41333 | New York City | CO 62105 | 23 January 1959 |
| Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) | w.m. Will Jason & Val Burton | Mildred Bailey | O/Eddie Sauter | Majestic | 1040 | T-674 | 5 March 1946 | |
| Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) | w.m. Will Jason & Val Burton | Sarah Vaughan | Teddy Wilson Octet | Musicraft | 505 | New York City | 19 August 1946 | |
| The Peony Bush | w.m. Meredith Willson | Danny Kaye | O/Vic Schoen | Decca | 24784 | 2 October 1949 | ||
| People | w. Bob Merrill m. Jule Styne | Jo Stafford | Readers Digest | RD 4112 (LP set "Swing Again" | 19 November 1969 | |||
| People | w. Bob Merrill m. Jule Styne | Barbra Streisand | O/Peter Matz | Columbia | 42965 | New York City | CO 81057 | 20 December 1963 |
| People | w. Bob Merrill m. Jule Styne | Barbra Streisand | O/Milton Rosenstock | Capitol | LP | New York City | 5 April 1964 | |
| People Are Funnier Than Anybody | Spike Jones & his City Slickers | RCA Victor | 20-2592 | D7 VB 1140 | 5 November 1947 | |||
| People Got To Be Free | Rascals | Atlantic | 2537 | 14 May 1968 | ||||
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Frank Sinatra w. Bobby Tucker Singers | Columbia | 36682 | New York City | CO 33250-6 | 5 August 1943 | |
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin w. The Sportsmen Glee Club | Decca | 18564 | Los Angeles | L 3181 | 23 August 1943 | |
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts | O/Jay Blackton | Decca | 23287 | New York City | 71477 | 25 October 1943 |
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Johnny Desmond | Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band | transcription | LP | 18 December 1943 | ||
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones | O/Jay Blackton | Capitol | 11 May 1955 | |||
| People Will Say We're In Love | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Paul Carpenter | Ted Heath & his Music | Decca(E) | F 8768 | DR 11145-1 | 8 April 1947 | |
| Pepe | H. Wittstatt, D. Langdon | Duane Eddy | Jamie | 1175 | 20 November 1960 | |||
| Pepper-Hot Baby | w.m. Alicia Evelyn | Gisele MacKenzie | O/Richard Maltby | X | 0172 | F4 PB 7079 | 21 October 1955 | |
| Pepper-Hot Baby | w.m. Alicia Evelyn | Jaye P. Morgan | O/Joe Thomas | RCA Victor | 47-6282 | F2 PB 6359 | 27 September 1955 | |
| Perdido | w. Hans Lengsfelder & Ervin Drake m. Juan Tizol | Jimmy Dorsey | Decca | 18812 | New York City | 73349-A | 6 February 1946 | |
| Perdido | w. Hans Lengsfelder & Ervin Drake m. Juan Tizol | Sarah Vaughan | O/Norman Leyden | Columbia | 39001 | New York City | CO 44309 | 7 September 1950 |
| A Perfect Day | w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond | Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae | Capitol | ST 1696 (LP "Whispering Hope") | 36985 | 5 January 1962 | ||
| A Perfect Day | w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond | Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae | O/Paul Weston | Capitol | 1061 | 6040 | 17 May 1950 | |
| A Perfect Love | w. Sammy Cahn m. Nicholas Brodsky | Jo Stafford | Columbia | 40745 | Hollywood | RHCO 33876 | 18 July 1956 | |
| Perfidia | w. (Eng) Milton Leeds m. Alberto Dominguez | Four Aces | Decca | 27987 | New York City | 82071 | 4 January 1952 | |
| Perhaps Love | w.m. John Denver | Placido Domingo & John Denver | Columbia | FM 37243 (LP " Perhaps Love") | New York City | BL 37243 | 29 March 1981 | |
| Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps | w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farres m. Osvaldo Farres | Doris Day | O/Mort Garson | Columbia | LP | Los Angeles | 5 November 1964 | |
| Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps | w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farres m. Osvaldo Farres | Tony Bavaar | Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra | Decca | 24720 | New York City | 75138 | 12 August 1949 |
| Periwinkle Blue | w. Paul Francis Webster m. Jerry Livingston | Doris Day | O/Jim Harbert | Columbia | CS 8460 (LP "I Have Dreamed") | 3 May 1961 | ||
| Personality(1) | w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen | Johnny Mercer & Pied Pipers | Capitol | 230 | 761-3 | 28 September 1945 | ||
| Personality(1) | w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen | Pearl Bailey | O/Mitchell Ayres | Columbia | 36930 | CO 35419 | 13 November 1945 | |
| Personality(1) | w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen | Bing Crosby | Eddie Condon | Decca | 18790 | New York City | W73280-A | 16 January 1946 |
| Pet Me, Poppa | w.m. Frank Loesser | Rosemary Clooney | O/Ray Conniff | Columbia | 40579 | New York City | CO 53786 | 19 September 1955 |
| Pete | Lanny Grey | Doris Day | Columbia | 37324 | New York City | CO 37418 | 27 February 1947 | |
| Peter Cottontail | w.m. Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson | Mervin Shiner | Decca | 46221 | New York City | 75798 | 2 February 1950 | |
| Peter Gunn | m. Henry Mancini | Duane Eddy | Jamie | 1168 | 16 March 1959 | |||
| Peter Gunn | m. Henry Mancini | Henry Mancini | RCA | 47-7460 | 26 August 1958 | |||
| Peter Gunn | m. Henry Mancini | Ray Anthony | Capitol | 4041 | 4 August 1958 | |||
| Peterkin Pillowby | w.m. Sol Marcus & Eddie Seiler | Rosemary Clooney | O/ Percy Faith | Columbia | 3885 1 | New York City | CO 43158 | 18 April 1950 |
| Le Petit Homme | Henri Contet, Marguerite Monnot | Édith Piaf | O/Guy Luypaerts | Columbia | DFX 244 | Paris | CLX 2467-3 | 27 March 1947 |
| Petite Fleur | m. Sidney Bechet | Chris Barber & his Jazz Band | Pye Nixa | NJ-2026 | 12 September 1957 | |||
| The Petite Waltz | w. E. A. Ellington & Phyllis Claire m. Joe Heyne | Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians | Decca | 27208 | New York City | 76746 | 24 August 1950 | |
| The Petite Waltz | w. E. A. Ellington & Phyllis Claire m. Joe Heyne | Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye | Columbia | 39031 | New York City | CO 44391-1E | 28 September 1950 | |
| Petootie Pie | Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan | Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five | Decca | 23546 | New York City | 73074-A | 8 October 1945 | |
| Petticoat Lane | w.m. Michael Carr, Phil Green & Ken Jones | Stanley Holloway w. Rita Williams Singers | O/Tony Osborne | Col(E) | 45DB 4517 | London | 7XCA 251161 | 15 September 1960 |
| Petticoats Of Portugal | w.m. Michael Durso, Murl Kahn & Mel Mitchell | Dick Jacobs & his Orchestra | Coral | 61724 | New York City | 100632 | 20 September 1956 | |
| Pettin' And Pokin' | Lora Lee | Louis Jordan | Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five | Decca | 24527 | Los Angeles | L 4598 | 1 December 1947 |
| The Phantom Stage | Vaughn Monroe | Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 20-3818 | E0 VB 4378 | 11 May 1950 | ||
| Phonetic Punctuation | Victor Borge | Columbia | 36911 | Hollywood | HCO 1482 & 1483 | 20 July 1945 | ||
| Pianissimo | w.m. Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss | Buddy Clark | O/Dick Jones | Columbia | 38051 | New York City | CO 38359 | 7 November 1947 |
| The Pidgin English Hula | Dinning Sisters | O/Billy May | Capitol | 2004 | Los Angeles | 7913-D4 | 14 August 1951 | |
| Piece A Puddin' | Toombs | Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine w. Norman Luboff Choir | O/Paul Weston | Columbia | 39867 | Hollywood | RHCO 10248 | 17 July 1952 |
| Pieces Of Dreams | w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel LeGrand | Peggy Lee | Capitol | 2910 | 1 June 1970 | |||
| The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away | w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Birt | Rudy Vallee | O/Billy May | Capitol | H 550 (LP "Songs Of A Vagabond Lover") | Los Angeles | 12140 | 18 December 1953 |
| Pigalle | w.m. Georges Konyn, Charles Newman & Georges Ulmer | Johnny Desmond w. Ray Charles Singers | O/Tony Mottola | MGM | 10736 | New York City | 50-S-101-2 | 1 April 1950 |
| Pigalle | w.m. Georges Konyn, Charles Newman & Georges Ulmer | Danny Kaye | O/Sy Oliver | Decca | 27116 | New York City | 76369 | 18 May 1950 |
| Pigtails And Freckles | w. Jack Wolf m. Harold Barlow | Art Lund & Anita Gordon | O/LeRoy Holmes | MGM | 11207 | New York City | 52-S-107-4 | 28 February 1952 |
| Pillow Talk | w.m. Buddy Pepper & Inez James | Doris Day | O/Jack Marshall | Columbia | 41463 | Los Angeles | RHCO 46342 | 23 July 1959 |
| Pine Top's Boogie Woogie | m. Clarence "Pine Top" Smith | Jo Stafford | O/Frank DeVol | Columbia | 41413 | RHCO 46177 | 6 April 1959 | |
| Pine Top's Boogie Woogie | m. Clarence "Pine Top" Smith | Bing Crosby | O/Lionel Hampton | Decca | 23843 | New York City | 73287-A | 21 January 1946 |
| Pins And Needles | w.m. Floyd Jenkins | Roy Acuff | Roy Acuff And His Smoky Mountain Boys | Columbia | 36856 | 4432 | 2 August 1945 | |
| Pistol Packin' Mama | w.m. Al Dexter | Pied Pipers | Capitol | 140 | 82-1 | 15 October 1943 | ||
| Pistol Packin' Mama | w.m. Al Dexter | Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters | Vic Schoen | Decca | 23277 | Hollywood | L-3197-A | 27 September 1943 |
| Pistol Packin' Mama | w.m. Al Dexter | Joan Blake | George Trevare & his Dance Orchestra | Regal Zonophone | G-24824 | Sydney | CT-2133 | 16 February 1944 |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | w.m. Bob Merrill | Guy Mitchell | O/Mitch Miller | Columbia | 39753 | New York City | CO 47334-1 | 15 January 1952 |
| The Place Where I Worship | w. Fay Foster & Florence Tarr m. Al Goodhart | Rosemary Clooney & Guy Mitchell | O/Percy Faith | Columbia | 39054 | New York City | CO 44541 | 21 October 1950 |
| Plain Jane | w.m. Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman | Bobby Darin | Atco | 6133 | 5 December 1958 | |||
| Play A Simple Melody | w.m. Irving Berlin | Dinah Shore | O/Harry Zimmerman | Columbia | 38837 | Hollywood | RHCO 4054 | 25 April 1950 |
| Play A Simple Melody | w.m. Irving Berlin | Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) | p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards) | RCA | LPM 2495 (LP "Sing Along With Jonathan And Darlene Edwards") | 10 November 1961 | ||
| Play A Simple Melody | w.m. Irving Berlin | Jo Stafford w. Starlighters | Paul Weston's Dixie Eight | Capitol | 1039 | 5921 | 27 April 1950 | |
| Play A Simple Melody | w.m. Irving Berlin | Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby | Matty Matlock's All Stars | Decca | 27112 | Hollywood | L-5698 | 23 June 1950 |
| Play Me Hearts And Flowers | w. Mann Curtis m. Sanford Green | Johnny Desmond | O/Dick Jacobs | Coral | 61379 | New York City | 87417 | 21 January 1955 |
| Play That Barbershop Chord | w. Ballard MacDonald & William Tracey m. Lewis F. Muir | Judy Garland w. King's Men | O/Georgie Stoll | MGM | 30206 | Culver City, California | 49-S-3063-1 | 22 March 1949 |
| Pleasant Valley Sunday | w.m. Gerry Goffin & Carole King | Monkees | Colgems | 1007 | Hollywood | 10,11,13 June 1967 | ||
| Please | w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger | Gisele MacKenzie | O/Billy May | Capitol | 1878 | Los Angeles | 9172-D3 | 24 October 1951 |
| Please Believe Me | w. Bob Merrill m. Bee Walker | Perry Como | Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra | 20-3684-A | New York City | 1 December 1949 | ||
| Please Don't Go So Soon | w. Kurt Feltz & Carl Sigman m. Heinz Gietz | Jo Stafford | O/Paul Weston | Columbia | 40451 | Hollywood | RHCO 33325 | 4 February 1955 |
| Please Don't Say No | w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain | Lauritz Melchior | RCA Victor | 10-1149 | New York City | D4 RB 524-1 | 30 December 1944 | |
| Please Don't Say No | w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain | Jimmy Miller | Squadronaires | Dec(E) | F 8548 | London | DR 9567-2 | 18 July 1945 |
| Please Don't Say No | w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain | Freddy Stewart | Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra | Victor | 20-1625 | D4VB1045 | 22 November 1944 | |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | w. Sidney Clare m. Sam H. Stept | Johnnie Ray | Buddy Cole Quartet | Columbia | 40090 | Los Angeles | RHCO 10322-1 | 13 October 1952 |
| Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | w. Sidney Clare m. Sam H. Stept | Doris Day | O/Frank Comstock | Columbia | 39197 | Hollywood | RHCO 4388-1N | 4 December 1950 |
| Please Don't Tease | B. Welch, P. Chester | Cliff Richard | Col(E) | DB-4479 | 25 March 1960 | |||
| Please Love Me | Kay Starr | Dave Cavanaugh's Music | Capitol | 1205 | Los Angeles | 2719-1 | 1 December 1947 | |
| Please Love Me Tonight | Herman L. Watkins | Peggy Lee | Peggy Lee and Her Dixieland Band | Capitol | 57-608 | Los Angeles | 3824 | 29 December 1948 |
| Please Please Me | w.m. John Lennon & Paul McCartney | Beatles | Parlophone | R 4983 | 26 November 1962 | |||
| Please Won't You Listen To Me | Alby Franks | Enzo Toppano, accordeon solo with rhythm accomp. | Regal Zonophone | G 25036 | Sydney | 1 July 1946 | ||
| Please, Mister Sun | w. Sid Frank m. Ray Getzov | Johnnie Ray w. Four Lads | O/Mitch Miller | Columbia | 39636 | New York City | CO 47223 | 13 December 1951 |
| The Pleasure Of Her Company | w. Sammy Cahn m. Alfred Newman | Vic Damone | O/Jimmy Williams | Columbia | 42006 | Hollywood | RHCO 70102 | 10 April 1961 |
| Pledge Of Love | Ken Copeland | Imperial | 5432 | Gainesville, Texas | IM 2531 | 1 March 1957 | ||
| Pledging My Love | w.m. Ferdinand Washington & Don Robey | Johnny Ace | O/Johnny Otis | Duke | 136 | 27 January 1954 | ||
| Pledging My Love | w.m. Ferdinand Washington & Don Robey | Teresa Brewer | O/Jack Pleis | Coral | 61362 | New York City | 87366 | 22 January 1955 |
| Poinciana | w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon | Johnny Desmond | Glenn Miller & Army Air Force Band | transcription | LP | 8 April 1944 | ||
| Poinciana | w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon | Len Camber w. trio | Geraldo & his Orchestra | Parlophone | F 2024 | London | CE 11227 | 10 May 1944 |
| Poinciana | w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon | Bing Crosby | O/John Scott Trotter | Decca | 18586 | Los Angeles | L-3202 | 1 October 1943 |
| Point Of No Return | Gene McDaniels | Liberty | 55480 | 4 January 1962 | ||||
| Poison Ivy | w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller | Coasters | Atco | 6146 | New York City | 59c-3607 | 16 July 1959 | |
| Polonaise In A Flat | Chopin | p. José Iturbi | Victor | 8848 | 22 April 1945 | |||
| The Pony Express | w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Eric Winstone | Vaughn Monroe & chorus | Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 47-3812 | 11 May 1950 | ||
| The Pony Express | w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Eric Winstone | Eric Winstone & his Band | HMV | BD 5825 | London | 0EA 10041-1 | 21 August 1943 | |
| Poor Jud | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Alfred Drake & Howard Da Silva | O/Jay Blackton | Decca | 23286 | New York | 71456 | 20 October 1943 |
| Poor Jud | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Gordon MacRae & Rod Steiger | O/Jay Blackton | Capitol | LP | 11 May 1955 | ||
| Poor Lenore | w.m. Bob Ayers, Lita Ayers & Ervin Drake | Four King Sisters | O/Buddy Cole | RCA Victor | 20-1719 | D% VB 1094-1 | 26 July 1945 | |
| Poor Little Fool | w.m. Shari Sheeley | Ricky Nelson | Imperial | 5528 | Los Angeles | IM-1597 | 17 April 1958 | |
| Poor Little Pierrette | w.m. Sandy Wilson | Julie Andrews & Ruth Altman | Paul McGrane & his Bearcats | RCA Victor | RCA Studio 2, NYC | 10 October 1954 | ||
| Poor Wayfaring Stranger | trad | Jo Stafford | - | Capitol | 10122 (album CC 75 "American Folk Songs") | 3159 | 31 December 1947 | |
| Poor Wayfaring Stranger | trad | Jo Stafford | Capitol | ST 1653 (LP "American Folk Songs") | 35564 | 16 March 1961 | ||
| Poor Whip, Poor Will (Move Over, Move Over) | Les Welch & Jimmy Hannan | Les Welch & his Orchestra | Pacific | 10-0078 | Sydney | MX 47275 | June 1952 | |
| Poor Whip, Poor Will (Move Over, Move Over) | Rosemary Clooney | O/Percy Faith | Columbia | 39710 | New York City | CO 47329 | 4 January 1952 | |
| Pop Corn Sack | Spike Jones & his City Slickers | RCA Victor | 20-2375 | D7 VB 1303 | 25 July 1947 | |||
| Poppa, Don't Preach To Me | w.m. Frank Loesser | Betty Hutton | O/Joseph J. Lilley | Capitol | 380 | 14 February 1947 | ||
| Poppa, Don't Preach To Me | w.m. Frank Loesser | Dinah Shore | O/Sonny Burke | Columbia | 37344 | Hollywood | HCO 2268-2B | 28 March 1947 |
| Portrait Of Jennie | w. Gordon Burge m. J. Russell Robinson | Nat King Cole | Capitol | 15387 | 3881-3 | 15 January 1949 | ||
| Positively Fourth Street | w.m. Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Columbia | 43389 | New York City | CO 86840 | 29 July 1965 | |
| Post Horn Boogie | Koenig arr. Stenfalt, Fenton | Ted Heath & his Music | Dec(E) | F 9293 | DR 14182-1 | 7 October 1949 | ||
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | Donald Peers | O/Peter Yorke | HMV | B 9764 | London | OEA 13724 | 26 March 1949 |
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | Doris Day & Buddy Clark | O/George Siravo | Columbia | 38394 | Hollywood | HCO 3484-1A | 20 December 1948 |
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | Evelyn Knight & Stardusters | Decca | 24530 | New York City | 74623 | 16 November 1948 | |
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | ensemble | Blue Barron & his Orchestra | MGM | 10346 | New York City | 49-S-5-1 | 21 December 1948 |
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | Three Kaydets | Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye | RCA Victor | 20-3321 | New York City | D8-VB-4078 | December 1948 |
| Powder Your Face With Sunshine | w.m. Carmen Lombardo & Stanley Rochinski | Dean Martin | Capitol | 15351 | 3805 | 17 December 1948 | ||
| Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition | w.m. Frank Loesser | Dick Bentley | George Trevare's Australians | Regal Zonophone | G-24718 | Sydney | CT-2033 | 12 March 1943 |
| Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition | w.m. Frank Loesser | Harry Kaye | Joe Loss & his Orchestra | HMV | BD-5786 | OER-652-1 | 10 December 1942 | |
| A Precious Little Thing Called Love | w.m. Lou Davis & J. Fred Coots | Rose Murphy | Decca | 24988 | New York City | W 76010 | 22 March 1950 | |
| Pretend | w.m. Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere | Nat King Cole | O/Nelson Riddle | Capitol | 2346 | 10950-12 | 30 December 1952 | |
| Pretend | w.m. Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank Levere | Ralph Marterie & his Orchestra | Mercury | 70045 | Chicago | YBF 9364 | October 1952 | |
| Pretending | w. Martin Symes m. Al Sherman | Archie Lewis | Geraldo & his Orchestra | Parlophone | F 2179 | 14 September 1946 | ||
| Pretending | w. Martin Symes m. Al Sherman | Bing Crosby | Les Paul Trio | Decca | 23661 | Los Angeles | L 4183 | 15 May 1946 |
| Pretty Baby | w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne | Bing Crosby | John Scott Trotter | Decca | 24515 | Los Angeles | L 4607 | 3 December 1947 |
| Pretty Baby | w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne | Al Jolson | O/Morris Stoloff | Decca | 24681 | Los Angeles | L 5017 | 17 May 1949 |
| Pretty Baby | w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne | Jo Stafford (as Darlene Edwards) | p. Paul Weston (as Jonathan Edwards) | RCA | LPM 2495 (LP "Sing Along With Jonathan And Darlene Edwards") | 24 November 1961 | ||
| Pretty Baby | w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne | Doris Day | O/George Siravo | Columbia | 38302 | CO 38383 | 13 November 1947 | |
| Pretty Boy | Higgs, Ilene | Jo Stafford w. Starlighters | O/Paul Weston | Columbia | 39811 | Hollywood | RHCO 10203-1A | 23 June 1952 |
| Pretty Colors | w.m. Al Gorgoni & Chip Taylor | Frank Sinatra | O/Bill Miller | Reprise | FS 1027 | Hollywood | L6933 | 13 November 1968 |
| Pretty Eyed Baby | w.m. William Johnson, Leo Mosley & Mary Lou Williams | Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine | Columbia | 39388 | Hollywood | HCO 4461 | 10 April 1951 | |
| Pretty Eyed Baby | w.m. William Johnson, Leo Mosley & Mary Lou Williams | June Carey & Les Welch | Les Welch & his Orchestra | Pacific | 10-0070 | Sydney | MX 42093 | August 1951 |
| Pretty Flamingo | w.m. Mark Barkan | Manfred Mann | HMV | POP 1523 | Abbey Road studios, London | 7XEA-22025 | 18 March 1966 | |
| Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie | w.m. Kay Twomey, Fred Wise & Ben Weisman | Guy Mitchell | O/Mitch Miller | Columbia | 39909 | New York City | CO 47485-1 | 2 July 1952 |
| Pretty Paper | Willie Nelson | Roy Orbison | Monument | 830 | London | 11 September 1963 | ||
| Pretty Ring-Time | w. William Shakespeare m. Warlock | Kathleen Ferrier | p. Frederick Stone | Dec(E) | LX 3133 | Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London | DRL 2092 | 5 June 1952 |
| Primrose Hill | Charlie Chester, Ken Morris & Everett Lynton | Mae Cooper | Carl Barriteau & his Orchestra | Dec(E) | F 8670 | 21 June 1946 | ||
| Prisoner Of Love | w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill | Perry Como | O/Russ Case | RCA Victor | 20-1814 | New York City | D5VB991 | 18 December 1945 |
| Prisoner Of Love | w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill | Billy Eckstine | Billy Eckstine & his Orchestra | National | 9017 | New York City | NSC 62 | 4 September 1945 |
| Prisoner Of Love | w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill | Ink Spots | Decca | 18864 | New York City | 73448 | 18 March 1946 | |
| Prisoner Of Love's Song | arr Ingle | Jo Stafford | Red Ingles' Natural Seven | Capitol | 15312 | 2983 | 19 December 1947 | |
| Proceed With Caution | Wilson Stone | Eartha Kitt | O/Hugo Winterhalter | RCA Victor | 47-7118 | New York City | H2 PB 5344-11/8 | 18 July 1957 |
| Promise | w. Bill Carey m. Carl Fischer | Jo Stafford | Capitol | 317 | 994 | 16 September 1946 | ||
| Promise Her Anything | w.m. Roy Alfred | Dean Martin | Capitol | F 3787 | 17074-3 | 22 May 1957 | ||
| The Promise In Your Eyes | Manning Sherwin, Barbara Gordon, Basil Thomas | Sam Browne | Jimmy Miller & the Squadronaires | Dec(E) | F 9088 | DR 13121 | 1 January 1949 | |
| Promise Me, Love | w.m. Kay Thompson | Andy Williams | O/Archie Bleyer | Cadence | 1351 | New York City | 1 August 1958 | |
| Promises | w.m. Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston | Billy Williams | Sammy Kaye | RCA Victor | 20-1713 | 4 June 1945 | ||
| Promises, Promises | w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach | Dionne Warwick | Scepter | 2 September 1968 | ||||
| Protect Me | w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz | Pearl Bailey | O/Mitchell Ayres | Columbia | 38113 | New York City | CO 38549 | 13 December 1947 |
| Prove It By The Things You Do | w.m. Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts | Bing Crosby, Mel Torme & his Meltones | Les Paul Trio | Decca | 18746 | Los Angeles | L 3966 | 13 September 1945 |
| Prove It By The Things You Do | w.m. Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts | Marjorie Hughes | Frankie Carle & his Orchestra | Columbia | 36888 | New York City | CO 35332
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| A Pub With No Beer | w.m. Gordon Parsons | Slim Dusty | Dick Carr & his Bushlanders | Regal Zonophone | G25498 | RZ-328 | 10 April 1957 | |
| Pumpernickel | w.m. Sam Coslow | Doris Day | Frank Yankovic & his Yanks | Columbia | 39255 | Hollywood | RHCO 4236-1N | 5 September 1950 |
| Punch And Judy Love | Bob Merrill | Tony Bennett | O/Percy Faith | Columbia | 40491 | Los Angeles | RHCO 33237 | 24 September 1954 |
| Punky Punkin (The Happy Pumpkin) | w.m. Cy Coben | Rosemary Clooney | O/Tony Mottola | Columbia | 38972; | CO 44269 | 23 August 1950 | |
| Puppy Love | w.m. Paul Anka | Donny Osmond | MGM | 14367 | Los Angeles | 71L 2869 | 20 September 1971 | |
| The Purple People Eater | w.m. Sheb Wooley | Sheb Wooley | O/Neely Plumb | MGM | 12651 | Los Angeles | 58-S-77-16ST | 27 March 1958 |
| Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor | Big Bopper | 30 June 1958 | ||||||
| Pussy Cat | w. Sunny Skylar m. Tom Glazer | Ames Brothers | O/Hugo Winterhalter | RCA | 47-7315 | J2 PB 3601 | 14 May 1958 | |
| Put A Light In The Window | w. Rhoda Roberts m. Kenny Jacobson | Four Lads | O/Ray Ellis | Columbia | 41058 | New York City | CO 59364 | 28 October 1957 |
| Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Nat King Cole | King Cole Trio | Capitol | 15080 | 2529-6 | 24 November 1947 | |
| Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Doris Day | O/George Siravo | Columbia | 38188 | New York City | CO 38415-1 | 26 November 1947 |
| Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters | Harmonica Gentlemen | Decca | 24462 | Los Angeles | L-4837-A | 4 June 1948 |
| Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea | w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne | Frankie Laine | O/Harry Geller | Mercury | 5130 | Hollywood | 1433 | 27 December 1947 |
| Put It There Pal | w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope | Vic Schoen | Decca | 40000 | Los Angeles | L 3686 | 8 December 1944 |
| Put On A Happy Face | w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse | Dick Van Dyke | O/Elliot Lawrence | Columbia | KOS 2025 | New York City | 24 April 1960 | |
| Put That Ring On My Finger | w.m. Sunny Skylar & Randy Ryan | Andrews Sisters | O/Vic Schoen | Decca | 18726 | New York City | 73027-A | 4 September 1945 |
| Put The Blame On Mame | w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher | Cass Daley | O/Vic Schoen | Decca | 18879 | Los Angeles | L-4145 | 5 April 1946 |
| Put Your Arms Around Me Honey | w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer | Anne Shelton | Ambrose & his Orchestra | Dec(E) | F 8351 | London | DR 7535-1 | 27 August 1943 |
| Put Your Arms Around Me Honey | w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer | Dick Haymes & Song Spinners | Decca | 18565 | New York City | 71433 | 7 September 1943 | |
| Put Your Arms Around Me Honey | w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer | Crew Chiefs | Glenn Miller & Army Air Force Band | transcription | LP | New York City | 5 May 1944 | |
| Put Your Arms Around Me Honey | w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer | Elizabeth Batey | Joe Loss & his Orchestra | HMV | BD 5824 | The Empire, Liverpool | OER-728-1 | 28 October 1943 |
| Put Your Arms Around Me Honey | w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer | Judy Garland | O/Georgie Stoll | MGM | 30205 | Culver City, California | 49-S-3065-1 | 22 March 1949 |
| Put Your Dreams Away | w.m. Ruth Lowe, Stephan Weiss & Paul Mann | Frank Sinatra | O/Axel Stordahl | Columbia | 36814 | Hollywood | HCO-1377-1 | 1 May 1945 |
| Put Your Dreams Away | w.m. Ruth Lowe, Stephan Weiss & Paul Mann | Frank Sinatra | O/Nelson Riddle | Capitol | W 982 (LP "This Is Sinatra Vol 2) | Los Angeles | E 18054-4 | 11 December 1957 |
| Put Your Dreams Away | w.m. Ruth Lowe, Stephan Weiss & Paul Mann | Vera Lynn | Bob Farnon And His Orchestra | Dec(E) | F 8899 | DR 12228-2 | 20 April 1948 | |
| Put Your Shoes On, Lucy | w.m. Hank Fort | Anne Shelton w. Keynotes | Dec(E) | F-9102 | 3 February 1949 | |||
| Put Your Shoes On, Lucy | w.m. Hank Fort | Russ Morgan & his Orchestra | Decca | 24608 | Los Angeles | L-4920-A | 9 March 1949 | |
| Put Yourself In My Place, Baby | w.m. Hoagy Carmichael & Frankie Laine | Hoagy Carmichael w. The Rhythmaires | O/Billy May | Decca | 24247 | Los Angeles | L 4498 | 8 September 1947 |
| A Puzzlement | w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers | Yul Brynner | 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra cond. Alfred Newman | Capitol | LP | 25 April 1956 |