Happy Birthday to Journey's Frontman and Del Mar Resident Steve Perry

The outpouring of well wishes has begun for One of Del Mar’s most famous residents who is celebrating a birthday today.

Happy birthday to singer Steve Perry, an original member of Journey and a resident of Del Mar.

Perry turned 65 today.

“I wish you the best this year with your life and music too,” wrote a fan named Theo who co-moderates a Steve Perry Facebook page in honor of the singer and his music.

“I'd also like to say thank you for impacting my life many years ago,” Theo continued.

The singer’s hits include “Don't Stop Believin'”  and “Oh Sherrie.” 

It's been quite a year for the singer. Last summer Del Mar-Carmel Valley Patch wrote about Perry’s successful surgery for skin cancer. 

“Three weeks ago, a routine mole was taken off my face and the lab report came back melanoma skin cancer,” Perry wrote on his blog in June 2013. “I’ve had two surgeries in two weeks to remove all the cancer cells and I’ve been told they think they got it all and no other treatments are required.”

Perry, 64, also mourned his girlfriend, Kellie Nash, who died in December 2012 after battling breast cancer.

“Though Kellie and I were only together for 1 1/2 years, it was a lifetime of love packed into every moment,” Perry wrote. “God bless my precious Kellie. I loved you before I met you—I love you now—and I always will!”

Birthday wishes may be left here or his fan Facebook page. Perry also has a blog.