![]() ![]() ![]() He attended College of the Sequoias, in Visalia, California for a short time after graduation, where he took first tenor in the choir there. The family moved to Lemoore, California during Perry's teen years and he attended high school there, drumming in the marching band as well as in extracurricular bands. When Perry was twelve years old, he heard Sam Cooke's song "Cupid" on his mother's car radio. On his twelfth birthday (January 22, 1961), Mary presented her son with a gold eighth note necklace, which he still wears for good luck. Perry grew up interested in music, as his father, Ray Pereira (who later changed his last name to Perry), was a vocalist. Perry was born in Hanford, California and is of Portuguese descent. ![]()
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