THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7

Polonaise in G Minor, 70
Pop, 337
Porgy and Bess, 169, 219, 240
Porter, Cole, 155–158, 219
“Potato Head Blues,” 180
Prélude à l’après-midi d ’un faune, 119
Prelude and Fugue in G Major
(Bach), 33
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
(Rachmaninoff), 122
Prelude to the Genesis Suite
(Schoenberg), 131
Presley, Elvis, 252–258, 276
“Pretty Boy Floyd,” 199
Prince, 327–329
Prodigal Child, The, 118
Prokofiev, Sergey, 149 –155, 192
Public Enemy, 335–336
Puccini, Giacomo, 106 –110
Puente, Tito, 230–231
“Purple Haze,” 295
Purple Rain, 328
“Put Your Dreams Away,” 209

Q

qawwali, 317–318
Quadrophenia, 304

R

Rachmaninoff, Sergey, 14,
121–125
Radiohead, 340–343
Raga Mala, 226
Rake’s Progress, The, 143
“Ramblin’ on My Mind,” 198
“Ramblin’ Rose,” 217
“Ran Kan Kan,” 231
Rattle and Hum, 337
“Raw Hide,” 193

Ray of Light, 331

Reasonable Doubt, 344

“Redemption Song,” 308

Red, Hot and Blue, 156

“Relaxin’ at Camarillo,” 228

Requiem Canticles, 144

Requiem Mass, 85

“Respect,” 293

Resurrection Symphony, 113

Revolutionary Symphony, 75

Rhapsody in Blue, 166, 168

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,

122, 124

Riding with the King, 238

Rigoletto, 85, 87, 259

Rinaldo, 24

Ring of the Nibelung, The, 80,

82–84, 103

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

and the Spiders from Mars,

The, 315

Rising, The, 322

Rite of Spring, The, 139 –140

River, The, 319

Robinson, Smokey, and the

Miracles, 269 –271

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 11,

149, 205, 224, 244, 252, 262,

271, 301, 316, 320, 325, 332, 334

“Rock and Roll Music,” 243

“Rock Island Line,” 146

“Rock Me,” 205

“Rock with You,” 333

Rodeo, 177

Rodgers, Jimmie, 158–160

Rolling Stones, 10, 198, 205, 243,

256, 262–267, 301–302

“Rollin’ Stone,” 205

“Roll On Columbia,” 200

“Roll Over Beethoven,” 243