Why He Left a #1 ROCK BAND At It's PEAK To Create This 80s Hit | Professor of Rock

Steve Perry took a break from legendary band Journey and created his first solo album Street Talk, Up next we go deep into his top 3 1984 hit Oh Sherrie. Written about his real life girlfriend, Sherrie Swafford. The song was such a smash, fans wondered if the Voice Steve Perry would ever go back to his band. In a new episode of Solo Venture, we honor this classic 1984 hit... SIGN UP FOR TOP GUN EVENT: URL: https://aarp.cventevents.com/WBXOKG?R... Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni Optical Incredible Prices on New Glasses - https://bit.ly/ZenniOpticalShop ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers 22Unchained, Duff Gordon, Byrdman, Jim Hong, Mike Millet, Mark Thompson, Fakeaorta, Bobby Alcott ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Check Out My Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent​ https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... ​ #80s #Vinyl #Story Hey music junkies and vinyl junkies Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest 80s rock songs of all time for the music community and vinyl community with music history video essay's including today's Steve Perry solo Story of Oh Sherrie. If you’ve ever owned records, cassettes and CD’s at different times in you life or still do this is your place Subscribe below right now to be a part of our daily celebration of the rock era with exclusive stories from straight from the artists and click on our patreon link in the description to become an Honorary Producer. So today we’re coming back to one of our newest shows on this channel. It’s called Solo Venture. In this show we follow the adventures of lead singers who leave their bands for a time to pursue a solo song or album. However, that’s only half the criteria. For this series these legendary leads also have come back to their original band. Last time out we covered Dennis DeYoung and his solo hit Desert Moon. This time we are following the breakaway saga of one of the greatest vocal talents to ever grace the pages of rock history... Journey’s own Steve Perry and his 1984 hit ‘Oh Sherrie.’ Before Steve Perry took the mic for Journey in 1977, he was in a band called the Alien Project. But in a tragic twist of fate, Perry’s bandmate, bassist Richard Michaels, was killed in a Fourth of July car accident just days before they were to sign with Columbia. Heartbroken and distraught, the group disbanded and Perry almost quit music altogether. However, weeks later, Columbia’s Don Ellis sent a demo of Perry’s work to Journey’s manager Herbie Herbert... Herbert liked what heard from Perry and after some convincing, Perry agreed to meet with the band. Then after co-writing a song with guitarist Neal Schon, Steve was hired on.