Rock Song Index by Pollock Bruce;

Author:Pollock, Bruce;
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1656154
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

PRISONER OF LIFE

Artist: Johnny Adams

Written by: Doc Pomus, Mack Rebennack

From the album: Johnny Adams Sings Doc Pomus

Label: Rounder

Year: 1991

This inspired collaboration between two revered rock and roll doctors (Pomus and John) found its way into the Robert Altman movie Short Cuts, performed by the legendary swinger, Annie Ross.

PRISONER OF LOVE

Artist: James Brown and the Famous Flames

Written by: Leo Robin, Russ Columbo, Clarence Gaskill

From the album: Prisoner of Love

Label: King

Produced by: James Brown

Year: 1963

Brown’s eighteenth R&B hit was his first Top-20 crossover. Originated by Russ Columbo in ’31.

PRIVATE EYES

Artist: Daryl Hall & John Oates

Written by: Daryl Hall, Janna Allen, Sara Allen, Warren Pash

From the album: Private Eyes

Label: RCA

Produced by: Hall and Oates

Year: 1981

Their second #1 of ’81.

PRIVATE IDAHO

Artist: The B-52’s

Written by: Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson, Cindy Wilson, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson

From the album: Wild Planet

Label: Warner Brothers

Produced by: Rhett Davies, the B-52’s

Year: 1980

Advancing their kitschy disco vision with an all-purpose metaphor. Ten years later, the movie My Own Private Idaho would take it to extremes

PROBLEMS

Artist: The Everly Brothers

Written by: Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant

From the album: The Everly Brothers Best

Label: Cadence

Produced by: Archie Bleyer

Year: 1958

Suggested segue: “Help” by the Beatles, “19TH Nervous Breakdown” by the Rolling Stones, “At Seventeen” by Janis Ian.

PROMISE OF A NEW DAY

Artist: Paula Abdul

Written by: Peter Lord, Sondra St. Victor, V. Jeffrey Smith, Paula Abdul

From the album: Spellbound

Label: Virgin

Produced by: Peter Lord

Year: 1991

A good voice and a good era for pop/rock teen love ballads.

PROMISE, THE

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Written by: Bruce Springsteen

From the album: Tracks

Label: Columbia

Year: 1999

Rekindling his proleteriat passions.

PROMISED LAND

Artist: Chuck Berry

Written by: Chuck Berry

From the album: St. Louis to Liverpool

Label: Chess

Produced by: Leonard Chess, Phil Chess

Year: 1964

Closing out his ’64 comeback with his fifth chart record of the year.

PROMISES

Artist: Eric Clapton

Written by: Richard Feldman, Roger Linn

From the album: Backless

Label: RSO

Produced by: Glyn Johns

Year: 1978

Top 10 tune done in Tulsa time.

PROUD MARY

Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Written by: John C. Fogerty

From the album: Bayou Country

Label: Fantasy

Produced by: John C. Fogerty

Year: 1969

First of three amazing singles to peak at #2 in ’69. Country cover by Anthony Armstrong Jones (Chart, ’69), top 5 R&B/Top 5 crossover by Ike and Tina Turner (Liberty, ’71).

PROUD TO FALL

Artist: Ian McCullough

Written by: Ian McCullough

From the album: Candleland

Label: Sire

Year: 1989

Solo hit for the Echo & the Bunnymen lead singer.

PROVE IT ALL NIGHT

Artist: Bruce Springsteen

Written by: Bruce Springsteen

From the album: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Label: Columbia

Produced by: Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen

Year: 1978

His version of “Sixty Minute Man” was an apt appraisal of his legendary performing prowess.

PSYCHEDELIC SHACK

Artist: The Temptations

Written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong

From the album: Psychedelic Shack

Label: Gordy

Produced by: Norman Whitfield

Year: 1969

Motown visits San Francisco; San Francisco wins.

PSYCHO CIRCUS

Artist: Kiss

Written by: Paul Stanley, Chris Cuomo

From the album: Psycho Circus

Label: Mercury

Produced by: Bruce Fairbairn

Year: 1998

Kiss fans are still fanatic.

PSYCHO KILLER

Artist: Talking Heads

Written by: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz

From the album: Talking Heads ’77

Label: Sire

Produced by: Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Talking Heads

Year: 1977

The auspicious debut of the artsy, proto-nerd band from the Rhode Island School of Design, a tribute to New York-based serial killer David Berkowitz, with some of the lyrics in French.

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