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Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry (born January 22, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known as the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1998. Perry had a successful solo career between the mid 1980s and mid 1990s. Perry's singing has garnered acclaim from prominent musical peers and publications; he has been described as "The Voice", a moniker originally coined by friend and former chart peer Jon Bon Jovi.〔See Vocal style.〕 He ranks No. 76 on ''Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time. Perry resides in Del Mar, California.〔(Radio interview ), KNBR, October 8, 2010.〕 ==Early years== Born in Hanford, California to Portuguese parents, Stephen Ray Perry grew up interested in music, as his father, Raymond Perry (Pereira), was a vocalist and co-owner of radio station KNGS. On his twelfth birthday (January 22, 1961), his mother, Mary Quaresma, presented her son with a gold eighth note necklace, which he still wears for good luck. When Perry was twelve years old, he heard Sam Cooke's song "Cupid" on his mother's car radio. This inspired Perry to become a singer.〔 The family moved to Lemoore, California during Perry's teen years. He attended high school there, drumming in the marching band as well as in extracurricular bands. He attended College of the Sequoias, in Visalia, California, for a short time after graduation, where he sang first tenor in the choir. Perry's mother encouraged his musical growth during this time. In his early 20s, Perry moved to Sacramento to start a band with a 16-year-old future music producer Scott Mathews, who co-wrote, played drums, guitar and sang. That band, Ice, wrote strong original material and were poised to "make it" as they recorded during the day at the Record Plant studios in Los Angeles in 1972 while Stevie Wonder recorded his ''Talking Book'' LP by night. Upon returning to Sacramento, Ice disbanded as the band had no management, Mathews was stuck in high school, and the recordings went virtually unheard. In 1975, Perry moved to Thousand Oaks, California, where he formed a progressive rock band called Pieces with Tim Bogert (who had previously worked with Jeff Beck), Denver Cross, and Eddie Tuduri. After a year and a half, the group was unable to secure a record deal and disbanded.〔("Steve Perry 1980 Interview" ), Youtube.com〕〔("I Was Friends With Steve Before He Made It Big" ), StevePerryOnline.net〕 Perry then ended up in Banta, California outside of Tracy, California, where he fronted the band Alien Project in his mid-twenties. He nearly gave up music when the bassist of that band, Richard Michaels, was killed in an automobile accident.〔("Steve Perry Answers Your Questions" ), ''Teen Talk'' magazine, May 1985.〕 Perry returned to Lemoore and decided not to continue his singing career, but at the urging of his mother, Perry answered a call from Walter "Herbie" Herbert, manager of struggling San Francisco-based band Journey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Perry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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