Steve Perry

About

Stephen Ray Perry is an American singer and songwriter who became one of rock music's most distinctive voices as the lead singer and frontman of Journey. Joining the band in 1977, Perry quickly became central to their meteoric rise during the late 1970s and 1980s. His soaring vocal presence and songwriting prowess helped define the sound of stadium rock, as he wrote or co-wrote many of the band's most enduring hits. Perry's ability to blend powerful emotion with melodic sensibility made him an essential architect of Journey's commercial and critical success during this golden era.

Perry's songwriting legacy includes some of rock's most iconic anthems: "Any Way You Want It," "Don't Stop Believin'," "Open Arms," "Who's Crying Now," and "Separate Ways." Beyond his 1977 to 1987 tenure with Journey, Perry maintained the band during reunions from 1995 to 1998 and pursued a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. He has remained a sporadic presence in music throughout the 2000s and returned to full-time recording and performing in 2018, continuing to demonstrate the vocal artistry and creative vision that made him one of rock's most influential frontmen.