led to a nomination to the Songwriter's Hall of Fame 2020. Personal life In the 1980s Perry dated Sherrie Swafford, for whom he wrote the 1984 song "Oh Sherrie". In 2011, Perry began a relationship with psychologist and breast cancer survivor Kellie Nash. He was by Nash's side as she battled a cancer recurrence, and she died in December 2012. In a September 2018 interview, Perry said, "Things happened to me as a child that I still can't talk about – nothing to do with my parents, but things did happen. It happened to a lot of kids, as I find out... there was nowhere to talk it out, so I got to sing it out instead." In a 2019 interview with Dan Rather, Perry discussed that he has a daughter and grandchildren, but declined to go into further details saying, "I do have a child, but in the essence of protecting her, I kinda don't want to get into that...and I have grandchildren too." Health and interests Perry underwent successful hip replacement surgery in 1998. In May 2013, Perry had a mole removed that turned out to be melanoma. He had two surgeries to remove the cancer cells and was told the surgeries were successful, requiring no further treatment. During the 2005 baseball season, the Chicago White Sox adopted Journey's "Don't Stop Believin' as their unofficial team anthem. As a result, Perry (a San Francisco Giants fan) was asked to attend the World Series and traveled with the White Sox to Houston, where Perry joined the players on the field and in the locker room as they celebrated their championship. Discography Studio albums With Journey Infinity (1978) Evolution (1979) Departure (1980) Dream, After Dream (1980) Escape (1981) Frontiers (1983) Raised on Radio (1986) Trial by Fire (1996) Solo Compilation albums Solo Greatest Hits + Five Unreleased (1998) Playlist: The Very Best of Steve Perry (2009) Oh Sherrie: The Best of Steve Perry (2010) EPs Silver Bells (2019) Singles Solo Other appearances References Citations General and cited references External links Journey Rocker Kept Sopranos Boss Waiting (archived link) Steve Perry interview with Stuck in the '80s podcast 1949 births American male singer-songwriters American rock singers American rock songwriters American tenors Journey (band) members Living people People from Hanford, California American people of Azorean descent People from Lemoore, California 20th-century American singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers