Steve Perry IS, AND WILL ALWAYS BE, the voice of Journey.
Steve Perry is an American Singer and Songwriter, best known for his many years as the lead singer of the group Journey.
In addition to all the great hits he scored with Journey, he has a good deal of success as a solo artist.
He has only released two solo albums in his career.
His first solo album, “Street Talk” was released in 1984.
His second album, “For the Love of Strange Medicine” was released in 1994.
Those albums produced Five Top-40 singles. He also had a Top-40 single in 1982 with the hit “Don’t Fight It“, a duet with Kenny Loggins featured on a Loggins Album.
His hits include:
Don’t Fight It
Strung Out
Oh Sherrie
You Better Wait
She’s Mine
Foolish Heart
His top single was “Oh Sherrie” which reached #3 on the Billboard Charts in 1984.
“Oh Sherrie” was written about his then-girlfriend, who is also featured in the video for the song.
Steve Perry never quit Journey. He suffered a hip injury in 1996. Journey had been planning a concert tour to promote their most recent album and they were unable to tour with Perry injured. The group waited 17 months for Perry to have surgery or start touring, and then replaced Perry with new singer Steve Augeri in 1998.
(We all know how well that worked out…)
Steve Perry still does occasional shows in which he sings his solo material along with most of the classic Journey tunes he sang while with the band.
Rolling Stone ranked Steve Perry as the #76 best Singer in a list of the Top-100 Singers of All-Time.
I find it hard to believe that there are 75 Singers that have a better voice than Steve Perry. As far as Male Singers, Steve Perry blows most of the competition away!
I always thought he sang like he had a snot bubble caught in his throat when he tried to hit high notes.
I blogged about Journey on the Tron soundtrack today!
We are great fans of Journey for many years. We think
you are one of the best singers of the world!
We still enjoy your music!
Many greetings from the Netherlands
Nelly and Hans Breukhoven
We are great fans of Journey for many years.
We think you are one of the best singers of the world!
We still enjoy your music!
Many greetings from the Netherlands.
Nelly and Hans Breukhoven.
Right On!!!
I agree, there can’t be 75 or even 1 singer that has a voice as good as Steve Perry. He’s the best! Someone said “Journey without Steve Perry is like Jack without the box”, this is so true. I heard and saw Journey on GMA and what a farce. It was like pretend. I loved Journey when Steve Perry was Journey.
Just saw Journey @ the Molson Amp. in Toronto, it was ok
but it’s not Steve – won’t see them again unless he’s singing!!!
luv ya Steve
During the summer of 1984, at a rather ripe (!) nine years of age, I fell ton-o’-bricks hard for ‘Foolish Heart’ and ‘Oh Sherrie’. Shame that the rest of ‘Street Talk’ is sub-par, with the possible exception of ‘Go Away’. Is our idol Steve a talented songwriter all by himself? Not so much. Plus I think ‘Don’t Stop Believin” is, frankly, awful. (And I love Journey too, folks!)
Interestingly enough, Steve Perry gets credited as one of the progenitors of the ‘California sound’. Please keep in mind that I hardly know what the term means!
(Sad that the YouTuber couldn’t spell ‘Oh Sherrie’. I give up trying to be a copy editor anymore. It’s pointless.)
Cheers,
Rebecca