| title | artist | year | album |
| På Roines strand | Gunnar Sund | 1924 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile) | James F. Harrison and the Knickerbocker Quartet | 1916 | 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" |
| Paddle-Addle in Your Little Canoe | Dabney’s Band | 1917 | After Midnight |
| Paddy on the Turnpike | James C. McAuliffe | 1903 | Before the Big Bang |
| Pagliacci-Vesti la giubba | Enrico Caruso | 1907 | 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days" |
| A Palermo | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| Palesteena | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1920 | 1921: "Make Believe and Smile" |
| “Pals” | Ada Jones and Len Spencer | 1905 | 1905: "Deliver Daniel From the Lion's Den" |
| Panama | Friars Society Orchestra | 1922 | Centennial |
| Pär Speleman | Folke Andersson | 1927 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Parade of the Wooden Soldiers | Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra | 1923 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Paradise | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Paradise Blues | Marion Harris | 1916 | The Complete Victor Releases |
| Pardon Me Pretty Baby | Sam Lanin’s Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Parody on “Down in Jungle Town” | Nat M. Wills | 1909 | The Famous Tramp Comedian |
| Parody on “The Stars and Stripes Forever” | Nat M. Wills | 1917 | The Famous Tramp Comedian |
| Parody on “There Never Was a Girl Like You” | Nat M. Wills | 1909 | The Famous Tramp Comedian |
| Parody on Eight Familiar Songs | Nat M. Wills | 1913 | The Famous Tramp Comedian |
| The Party that Wrote “Home, Sweet Home” Never Was a Married Man | Eddie Morton | 1908 | The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1 |
| Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior | Ernest V. Parcells | ca. 1898 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior | Steve Porter | 1897 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Passion Dance (La Danza Appassionata) | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Patches | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Paul Revere | Vernon Dalhart | 1918 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| The Peach that Tastes the Sweetest Hangs the Highest on the Tree | Eddie Morton | 1908 | The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1 |
| Peaches and Cream | Ada Jones and Len Spencer | 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| The Peerless Minstrels | Peerless Quartette and Company | 1910 | At the Minstrel Show |
| Peg O’ My Heart | Henry Burr | 1913 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Peg O’My Heart | Charles Harrison | 1913 | 1913: "Come and See the Big Parade" |
| Peggy | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Peggy | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | Songs of the Night |
| The Penalty of Love | Bubber Miley and His Mileage Makers (vocal by Edith Wilson) | 1930 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Pensacola Blues (Home Again Croon) | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Pershing for President | Arthur Fields | 1919 | Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier |
| Persia | Eddie Kuhn and His Orchestra, Kansas City, Mo. | 1920 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Pesticatin’ Mamma | Paul Ash and His Granada Orchestra | 1923 | The Missing Link |
| Peter Gink | Six Brown Brothers | 1919 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Peter Gink | Six Brown Brothers | 1919 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Peter on the Sea / The Ole Ark | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1911 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| The Philippines | William Howard Taft | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| Phoebe Jane | Sophie Tucker | 1910 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| The Phrenologist Coon [10 in. disc] | Bert Williams | 1901 | The Early Years, 1901-1909 |
| The Phrenologist Coon [7 in. disc] | Bert Williams | 1901 | The Early Years, 1901-1909 |
| The Piano Tuner | Ada Jones and Steve Porter | 1911 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down in Dear Old Dixieland | Sophie Tucker | 1922 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| The Picture I Want to See | Elsie Janis and Owen Nares | 1918 | Sweetheart of the A.E.F. |
| A Picture No Artist Can Paint | Albert Campbell | 1899 | The 1890s, Vol. 2: "Wear Yer Bran' New Gown" |
| Pilgrims’ Chorus, from “Tannhäuser” | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Play that Barbershop Chord | Eddie Morton | ca. 1910-11 | Ed. Morton's "Bit of Broadway" |
| Play that Barbershop Chord | Billy Murray & American Quartet | 1910 | Centennial |
| Play That Barber-Shop Chord | Bert Williams | 1910 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Play That Barber-Shop Chord | Bert Williams | 1910 | The Middle Years, 1910-1918 |
| Play That Thing | Ollie Powers’ Harmony Syncopators | 1923 | Centennial |
| Please Don’t Take My Harem Away | Sophie Tucker and Her Five Kings of Syncopation | 1919 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| Please Don’t Tell My Wife | Eddie Morton | 1909 | The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1 |
| Please Keep Out of My Dreams | Nora Bayes | 1916 | Together and Alone |
| Po’ Mo’ner Got a Home at Last | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1911 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Poem: “Resting in His Love” | Anna Maria Sawyer | 1894 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Poet and Peasant Overture | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| Polka Fantastic | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1911 | Echoes from Asbury Park |
| Poor Butterfly | Guido Deiro | 1917 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| Poor Butterfly | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | Songs of the Night |
| Poor Butterfly | Victor Military Band | 1916 | 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" |
| Poor Little Me | Bailey’s Lucky Seven | 1922 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Poor Mourner | Cousins and DeMoss | 1898 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Poor Pauline | Arthur Fields | 1914 | Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier |
| Popular Election of Senators | William Jennings Bryan | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| Posaune | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Post | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| The Power of God | Rev. Frederick A. Graves | ca. 1900 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| The Preacher and the Bear | Arthur Collins | 1905 | 1905: "Deliver Daniel From the Lion's Den" |
| Preparedness March | Guido Deiro | 1917 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
| President Wilson’s Historical Message, Part III [excerpt 1] | Anonymous | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| President Wilson’s Historical Message, Part III [excerpt 2] | Anonymous | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Pretty as a Picture | Dan W. Quinn | 1900 | Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917 |
| Pretty Baby | Billy Murray | 1916 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| Pretty Baby | Billy Murray | 1916 | 1916: "The Country Found Them Ready" |
| Pretty Desdamone [10 inch disc] | Bert Williams and George Walker | 1906 | The Early Years, 1901-1909 |
| A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody | John Steel | 1919 | 1919: "Jazzin' Around and Paintin' the Town" |
| The Private Tommy Atkins | Dan W. Quinn | ca. 1894 | Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917 |
| Progress In Advertising [ad for Durium] | Unknown | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Prohibition Blues | Nora Bayes | 1919 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Prohibition Speech | Harry Heath | ca. 1896-1900 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Prophet | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Prospero | Guido Deiro | ca. 1925-1926 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 4 |
| Proverbs | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Prudence | Elsie Janis | 1915 | Sweetheart of the A.E.F. |
| Psalm 100 | David C. Bangs | 1896 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Pull the Cork Out of Erin (Let the River Shannon Flow) | Nora Bayes | 1917 | Together and Alone |
| Pullman Porters’ Parade | Al Jolson | 1913 | 1913: "Come and See the Big Parade" |
| Puppchen, Du Bist Mein Augenstern | Piano accordion duet | ca. 1920-1921 | Alpine Dreaming |
| Purpostus | Bert Williams | 1915 | The Middle Years, 1910-1918 |
| The Pussy Cat Rag (Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty) | Peerless Quartet and Ada Jones | 1913 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Pussy Willow | Dabney’s Band | 1917 | After Midnight |
| Pussyfoot March | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Put Me Off at Buffalo | Dan W. Quinn | ca. 1898 | The 1890s, Vol. 2: "Wear Yer Bran' New Gown" |
| Put Me to Sleep with an Old-Fashioned Melody | Guido Deiro | 1915 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
| Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet | Haydn Quartet | 1909 | 1909: "Talk of Your Scand'lous Times" |
| Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1910 | 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher" |