Born: 15 May 1943. Died: 16 December 2004, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA.

American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and orchestra conductor.

Perren shared an Album of the Year Grammy in 1978 for producing two songs on the Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Sound Track) album.
With Dino Fekaris, Perren produced I Will Survive / Substitute, sung by Gloria Gaynor, which won the Grammy for best disco recording in 1979.
Perren was a member of the Motown Records production group the Corporation, which wrote and produced Jackson 5, The's first hits. The Corporation -- including Motown founder Berry Gordy, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell -- produced the group's I Want You Back, ABC and The Love You Save.
Perren also produced the Miracles' hits Love Machine and Do It Baby while at Motown.
His post-Motown records include Peaches & Herb's Reunited and Shake Your Groove Thing; the Sylvers' Boogie Fever and Hot Line; and Tavares' Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel.

Perren suffered a severe stroke in 1993. He died at his home in Chatsworth, aged 61 and is interred at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth, California.