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“Journey wanted to make a musical change. Next thing I know I’m in Denver, Colorado with Neal Schon and we wrote our first song together that night”: How Steve Perry became the voice of Journey and took the band to its peak – before he had to bow out

Tuesday November 11, 2025. 03:35 PM , from Keyboard Magazine
At the moment Perry joined, the band was in danger of being dropped by Columbia Records
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