Steve Perry and "Oh Sherrie" and the Park Plaza Hotel
I was watching director Robby Starbuck's new Akon "So Blue" video and my first thought upon seeing the Park Plaza Hotel Los Angeles location was, "Oh, shit," or rather, "Oh, Sherrie."
Yes, that famed staircase and gate were enshrined forever in Journey singer Steve Perry's solo debut, "Oh, Sherrie."
And, in a ludicrous factoid: The girl in that video is also named Sherrie — Sherrie Swafford — and was Perry's girlfriend at the time. Alas, she never became Sherrie Perry.
