Artists – P

This LP was meant to accompany hip-hop dance routines. Andre Paradis is a dancer, and as far as I can tell Andre Paradis didn't put out any other music - I'm assuming he is the one rapping on a few tracks, but I don't know for sure and I also don't know if he is also an instrumentalist. None of the instrumentalists or the female vocalist are credited on the LP.

It looks like Paradis is now a realtionship coach based in Los Angeles.

1981 LP from gospel singer Raymond E. Parnell, released on Ray-Lo Records.

Credits on the LP include Raymond and Loretta Parnell on vocals, Paul Parnell on piano/organ/synth/strings/flute/bells/harp/pipe organ/vocals, Ronnie Lane on drums, Herbie Quinones on congos, Mike Schuler on guitar, Derek Parnell on bongos, and Jack W. Poole Jr. on bass.

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1981 LP from trombonist Bill Pearce.

From Wikipedia:

"Bill Pearce (May 20, 1926 – February 23, 2010) was an American singer, solo trombonist, nationally syndicated broadcaster and inductee into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He died at age 83 on February 23, 2010, from complications of Parkinson's disease."

1983 LP by Nigerian musician Henry Pedro released on HMV.

I can't find much information at all about Henry Pedro online. This might be his only LP, and he has vocal/instrumentation credits on a few other Nigerian LPs from the 1980s. These include releases by Christy Essien Igbokwe, Tony Mekson Igboanugo, and Friend Thompson.

1979 LP by gospel singer/songwriter Marjorie Pemberton, released on Tribute Records.

Marjorie Pemberton (1927-2011) was a missionary and musicians from Grayson, Kentucky.Marjorie and her husband, John, started the Mashoko/Hippo Valley Christian Mission in 1956 in Zimbabwe. The mission has expanded, now consisting of a medical clinic, 30 churches, and 25 schools.

According to the liner notes Marjorie was the song leader in the church where her husband John was the pastor. She released at least one other LP, From Rhodesia With Love, on Crusade Records.

He Is God was recorded and produced by DCI Productions. The LP was engineered by Jere Davis. Musicians on the LP include Joan Cupp on piano/organ/rhodes, Allen Kerr on drums, Pee Wee Melton on Guitar, Larry Nalley on steel guitar, and Jesse Evatte on bass guitar.

1970s LP by American-Lebanese singer Laurice Peters, released on Ameer Inc.

Laurice was from the Cleveland, Ohio area and released several LPs in the 1970s and 1980s, all under the Ameer (American Middle East Entertainment & Recording Co.) label.

In addition to Laurice, players on this LP include George Shaheen on violin, Jihad Racy on bouzouk and nay, Bob Berbari on the oud, and Monsour Bydoun on derbecki. The music arrangement was done by Bob Berbari.

Laurice passed away in 2021 at the age of 90.

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Tracklist
A1 His Name Is Jesus
A2 I've Been To Calvary
A3 Then The Answer Came
A4 It's Me Again Lord
A5 Who Am I
A6 Dear Jesus Abide With Me
B1 Praise The Lord
B2 Born To Serve The Lord
B3 Sea Walker
B4 Without Him
B5 These Old Bones
B6 I'm Nearer Home

1974 LP from Knoxville, Tennessee bluegrass band The Pinnacle Boys, released on Atteiram Records.

The Pinnacle Boys were a bluegrass band active in the 1970s and 1980s.They release at least 9 LPs over the years on labels such as Atteriam, Rounder, and CMH.

Players on this LP include Larry Mathis on banjo, Ray Rose on bass, Jerry Moore on fiddle, Randall Collins on second fiddle, Bud Brewster on guitar, and Jim Smith on mandolin. A few members of the band turned up on other bluegrass band releases over the years as well - Bud Brewster played with Carl Story, Larry Mathis played with The Bailey Brothers, and various members cut solo LPs on Rounder, County, and Atteiram.

1983 LP from Nigerian musician Poor Charley Akaa released on Gold Records.

Charley Akaa, sometimes spelled Charlie Akaa, released at least two LPs in the 1980s that blended elements of Nigerian boogie, disco, and country music - this one being the first of the two.

This LP features several other prominent Nigerian musicians like Dizzy K. Falola, Stella Monye, and George Achini, among others. The record was produced by Sonny Okosun. Charley also has credits on over two dozen LPs by other artists, contributing vocals, bass gutiar, and saxophone.

I do not know if Charlie Akaa is still alive or if he continued to release music after his 1989 sophomore LP. If anyone know please reach out!

Charley's song "Be In Your Arms" appeared on the amazing 2017 compilation of Nigerian country music, Like Nashville In Naija.

1982 LP by Ohio country singer Jim Prenger released on JP Records

Jim Prenger is a country singer and concert promoter from Minster, Ohio. He started out playing shows in the 1970s and around the same time helped start a music festival called Country Concert In The Hills. The festival is still going to this day and features performances by Prenger and nationally recognized country stars.

Prior to this LP he released at least one other, 1980's Dive Bar Stars, also on JP Records. As far as I can tell he has only put out two full-lengths in his career, with this one coming in 1982. Back To Where We Started was produced and arranged by Bill Walker and recorded at Music Mill Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were engineered by Colin Walker. Most of the songs on the LP are covers of well-known tunes by Hank Cochran, Hank Williams, and others. Two tracks were written by Jim: the title track and "I Just Let Her Lay"

By the looks of his Facebook page Jim is still an active musician in Ohio!

LP from country-gospel duo The Pressley Brothers, released on Granite City Records.

The Pressley Brothers consisted of Calvin Pressley on mandolin/tenor vocals and Thomas Pressley on guitar/lead vocals. I cannot find any information about the duo online, so this might be their only LP. According to the liner notes, they were born in Sylva, North Carolina and were based out of Lexington, North Carolina at the time of recording this LP. Thomas Pressley passed away in 1989 and Calvin Pressley passed away in 1999.

Musicians on this LP include Bill Yarborough on dobro and electric guitar, Joe Hyatt on fiddle, Lawrence Prevetter on bass, and Tracy Ramsey on drums.

I can't find an exact release date, but based on the catalog number I'd estimate it was released in 1982 or 1983.

Flo Price's 1965 LP Gonna Wake Up Singin'.

Flo Price was born in California and grew up in Muskegon, Michigan. Flo was singing from a young age and became a Christian and gospel singer in her teenage years. She appeared regularly as a guest on Jack Wyrtzen's "Word Of Life" program. Price released many LPs in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, including a few children's albums and a even a pair of sci-fi Christmas albums: Christmas 2001: A Space-Age Adventure and Christmas 2020: The Return Of Orion And Myah

Flo Price composed, wrote, and performed many of the songs on her LPs, but the only original on this LP, her first, is the title track. The back cover of the LP jacket mentions that Flo lived in Chicago with her husband and children, and I've found elsewhere that she lived in Valparaiso, Indiana and Southern California throughout her adult life. I don't know if Flo is still alive or if she continued recording music into the 1990s and beyond.

In addition to her solo career, she was also a member of The C.A.U.S.E., Christian Artists United To Save The Earth. This group was the Christian music community's answer to "We Are The World" and included other Christian artists such as Amy Grant.

Outside of music Flo authored at least three cookbooks: Coffee-Time Desserts (1969) and Casseroles I Have Known (1973), and Super Salads (1974). She was also 'seen nationwide' as the hostess of children's television show "Treehouse Club", although I can't find any information about this television show.

1978 LP from North Carolina bluegrass gospel band The Primitive Quartet, released on Primitive Records.

From blueridgeheritage.com:

"The Primitive Quartet began in 1973, when two sets of brothers, Reagan and Larry Riddle and Furman and Norman Wilson, carried a guitar and mandolin with them on a fishing trip to Fontana Lake. The Riddles had grown up on farms in Madison and Buncombe Counties, and the Wilson brothers, originally from Franklin, learned to sing shape notes from their father, who was a minister for fifty-seven years. The boys all sang at home and in church, but that night in Graham County was when they first sang in four-part harmony. After the fishing trip, with the encouragement of their parents and pastor, they began to sing together at area churches, calling themselves the Riddle-Wilson Quartet.

The Riddle and Wilson brothers went on the road as full-time musicians in 1978. Now called the Primitive Quartet, in honor of the old-time gospel singing that inspires them, the Riddles and Norman Wilson are joined by Randy Fox and Jeff Tolbert, and by Reagan and Larry’s brother Mike, who joined the group when Furman Wilson was called to the ministry.

They have recorded several albums and have toured throughout the United States and abroad. The group was the subject of a BBC documentary in 1984, and Singing News has listed them among the top five nominees for its readers’ Band of the Year award for several years consecutively. All but one of “the Primitives” live in Candler."

The Primitive Quartet disbanded in 2023 after playing a small farewell tour. You can find their website at primitivequartet.com

1983 LP from North Carolina bluegrass gospel band The Primitive Quartet, released on Primitive Records.

From blueridgeheritage.com:

"The Primitive Quartet began in 1973, when two sets of brothers, Reagan and Larry Riddle and Furman and Norman Wilson, carried a guitar and mandolin with them on a fishing trip to Fontana Lake. The Riddles had grown up on farms in Madison and Buncombe Counties, and the Wilson brothers, originally from Franklin, learned to sing shape notes from their father, who was a minister for fifty-seven years. The boys all sang at home and in church, but that night in Graham County was when they first sang in four-part harmony. After the fishing trip, with the encouragement of their parents and pastor, they began to sing together at area churches, calling themselves the Riddle-Wilson Quartet.

The Riddle and Wilson brothers went on the road as full-time musicians in 1978. Now called the Primitive Quartet, in honor of the old-time gospel singing that inspires them, the Riddles and Norman Wilson are joined by Randy Fox and Jeff Tolbert, and by Reagan and Larry’s brother Mike, who joined the group when Furman Wilson was called to the ministry.

They have recorded several albums and have toured throughout the United States and abroad. The group was the subject of a BBC documentary in 1984, and Singing News has listed them among the top five nominees for its readers’ Band of the Year award for several years consecutively. All but one of “the Primitives” live in Candler."

The Primitive Quartet disbanded in 2023 after playing a small farewell tour. You can find their website at primitivequartet.com

1982 LP from North Carolina bluegrass gospel band The Primitive Quartet, released on Primitive Records.

From blueridgeheritage.com:

"The Primitive Quartet began in 1973, when two sets of brothers, Reagan and Larry Riddle and Furman and Norman Wilson, carried a guitar and mandolin with them on a fishing trip to Fontana Lake. The Riddles had grown up on farms in Madison and Buncombe Counties, and the Wilson brothers, originally from Franklin, learned to sing shape notes from their father, who was a minister for fifty-seven years. The boys all sang at home and in church, but that night in Graham County was when they first sang in four-part harmony. After the fishing trip, with the encouragement of their parents and pastor, they began to sing together at area churches, calling themselves the Riddle-Wilson Quartet.

The Riddle and Wilson brothers went on the road as full-time musicians in 1978. Now called the Primitive Quartet, in honor of the old-time gospel singing that inspires them, the Riddles and Norman Wilson are joined by Randy Fox and Jeff Tolbert, and by Reagan and Larry’s brother Mike, who joined the group when Furman Wilson was called to the ministry.

They have recorded several albums and have toured throughout the United States and abroad. The group was the subject of a BBC documentary in 1984, and Singing News has listed them among the top five nominees for its readers’ Band of the Year award for several years consecutively. All but one of “the Primitives” live in Candler."

The Primitive Quartet disbanded in 2023 after playing a small farewell tour. You can find their website at primitivequartet.com

1979 LP from North Carolina bluegrass gospel band The Primitive Quartet, released on Primitive Records.

From blueridgeheritage.com:

"The Primitive Quartet began in 1973, when two sets of brothers, Reagan and Larry Riddle and Furman and Norman Wilson, carried a guitar and mandolin with them on a fishing trip to Fontana Lake. The Riddles had grown up on farms in Madison and Buncombe Counties, and the Wilson brothers, originally from Franklin, learned to sing shape notes from their father, who was a minister for fifty-seven years. The boys all sang at home and in church, but that night in Graham County was when they first sang in four-part harmony. After the fishing trip, with the encouragement of their parents and pastor, they began to sing together at area churches, calling themselves the Riddle-Wilson Quartet.

The Riddle and Wilson brothers went on the road as full-time musicians in 1978. Now called the Primitive Quartet, in honor of the old-time gospel singing that inspires them, the Riddles and Norman Wilson are joined by Randy Fox and Jeff Tolbert, and by Reagan and Larry’s brother Mike, who joined the group when Furman Wilson was called to the ministry.

They have recorded several albums and have toured throughout the United States and abroad. The group was the subject of a BBC documentary in 1984, and Singing News has listed them among the top five nominees for its readers’ Band of the Year award for several years consecutively. All but one of “the Primitives” live in Candler."

The Primitive Quartet disbanded in 2023 after playing a small farewell tour. You can find their website at primitivequartet.com

From the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame website (ottawacountrymusichof.org):

"Ronnie Prophet was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, across the Ottawa River from his boyhood home in Calumet, Quebec. At the age of 11, Ronnie started to develop expertise with the piano, mandolin, guitar and many other instruments. He eventually chose the guitar and, in his mid-teens, started to play local clubs. He teamed with school chum, Dougie Trineer, and moved to Montreal where he soon became a hit.

The sixties saw Ronnie so successful in the lounges of the USA that, in 1965, he applied for and received papers to move to the United States. Initially, Fort Lauderdale was home; then, with bookings and marquee profile, he moved to Nashville to perform on a regular basis at the Carousel Club. In 1970 and the years to follow, Ronnie teamed with Danny Thomas through the William Morris Agency, to play Vegas, Tahoe and Reno. These tours were always followed by a return to the Carousel. In 1972, after guesting on the Tommy Hunter Show, Ronnie was offered his own show on the CBC.

Following two summer replacement series, Ronnie moved to CTV where, for the next seven years, he hosted "Grand Old Country" and "Rocky Mountain Inn". From a humble 1960 start on CHLT-TV Sherbrooke to a network host was a giant step that had the added bonus of enhancing is recording career. His early career in recording was established from a home-based studio but now, with an RCA contract, his release of "Sanctuary" and other solid chart hits brought new fortune.

Ronnie Prophet has been called the performers’ performer. His career achievements include almost every Canadian music industry award and a nomination, along with his wife, Glory-Anne Carriere, for "Duo of the Year". Ronnie has released over two dozen albums and forty singles and has hosted numerous Canadian TV specials as well as England’s prestigious Wembley Festival on several occasions. Tours with Danny Thomas and Perry Como, guest appearances on almost every prominent TV talk show, and trips to England, Germany, Holland, Sweden and New Zealand have all contributed to his international status. Ronnie and Glory-Anne are currently living and performing in the booming country music mecca of Branson, Missouri.

Ronnie, country singer, musician and comedian, died with loving family and friends at his side on March 2, 2018."

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Tracklist
A1 The Intercessor
A2 The Gift
A3 Tomorrow
A4 I'll Fly Away
A5 It Is Well With My Soul
B1 Comin' Home
B2 The Blood Will Never Lose It's Power
B3 Someday (It May Be Tomorrow)
B4 Shepherd Song
B5 Rise Again