September
10, 1950
Aerosmith’s
Joe Perry Born
Anthony Joseph
"Joe" Perry (born September 10, 1950) is the lead guitarist, backing
and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band
Aerosmith. He was ranked 84th in Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Time. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame as part of Aerosmith, and in 2013, Perry and his songwriting partner
Steven Tyler were recipients of the ASCAP Founders Award and was also inducted
into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Perry was born in Lawrence,
Massachusetts and grew up in the small town of Hopedale, Massachusetts. There,
his father was an accountant and his mother a high school gym teacher and later
an aerobics instructor.
During Perry's early years
he formed a band with Tom Hamilton called The Jam Band. Steven Tyler, Joe, Tom,
Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer eventually joined and the band became Aerosmith.
While initially dismissed as Rolling Stones knock-offs, the band came into its
own during the mid-1970s with a string of hit records. Chief among these
successes were Toys in the Attic (1975) and Rocks (1976), thanks largely to the
prevalence of free-form, album-oriented FM radio.
The group also managed hit
singles on the radio with songs like "Dream On", "Same Old Song
and Dance", "Sweet Emotion", "Walk This Way",
"Back in the Saddle", and "Last Child".
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