‘Oh Sherrie’

Just as the band was reaching its peak, Perry was in a relationship with a woman named Sherrie Swafford, who inspired his 1984 solo hit “Oh Sherrie” – the first solo track he released while still a member of Journey.

“Sherrie and I were crazy in love, I can tell you that. And it was a very tough time because the band was peaking,” the singer told the Tampa Bay Times, per The Hollywood Reporter, in 2011. “And if any woman out there thinks that it would be real exciting to be the girlfriend of somebody in a band like that and that it would be all peaches and cream, the truth is that it’s hard to navigate a relationship when you’re in the midst of such a ride.”