Perris played piano and sang since the age of five. At sixteen he started working in recording studios as a backup musician and vocalist for major acts. Perris released his album "Still Be Friends" on Dantz/Capital Records that used musicians from Ray Charles, The Righteous Brothers, the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra, bass legend John Patitucci and the Aretha Franklin back-up singers. He produced, audio engineered, composed, played keyboards, sang and conducted the orchestra. He composed and arranged for Gwen Gordy of Motown records. His jingles frequented the radio airwaves. Perris played keyboards for "The Centurions" and received a platinum sales award (soundtrack of the year) for their song "Bullwinkle Part II" in the award-winning movie "Pulp Fiction". Perris was music supervisor and music editor for the all-star cast and award-winning movie "Chinaman's Chance". He also produced, composed, audio engineered and recorded music for the same movie.