![]() ![]() In his early 20s, Perry moved to Sacramento to start a band with 16-year-old future music producer Scott Mathews, who co-wrote, played drums and guitar and sang. At age 12, Perry heard Sam Cooke's song " Cupid" on his mother's car radio, and it inspired him to become a singer. On Perry's 12th birthday, his mother, Mary Quaresma, presented him with a gold eighth note pendant Perry wears the pendant for good luck. He and his mother then moved to his grandparents' dairy farm. Perry's parents ended their relationship when he was eight. Perry grew up interested in music, as his father, Raymond Perry (Pereira), was a vocalist and co-owner of radio station KNGS. ![]() Stephen Ray Perry was born in Hanford, California, to Portuguese parents from the Azores. 76 on Rolling Stone 's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", Perry was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey on April 7, 2017. Perry's singing voice has garnered acclaim from prominent musical peers and publications he has been dubbed The Voice, a moniker originally coined by Jon Bon Jovi. Perry had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, made sporadic appearances in the 2000s, and returned to music full-time in 2018. He also wrote/co-wrote several of Journey’s hit songs. He was the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. Stephen Ray Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. ![]()
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