Chris Perry (born Xavier Pereira; 25 November 1928 − 25 January 2002) was an Indian musician, composer, songwriter, and film producer who combined jazz with Konkani music.

He began staging his own tiatrs; he is remembered locally for the plays Noxibantlo Nhovro, Padricho Lob, and Vid Mog Kornaranchem.

Perry also occasionally played in a two-trumpet act at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel with the jazz star of the day, Chic Chocolate.

It is known, however, that the Chris Perry band got their foot in the Bombay door at La Bella (and, because Goa was still under Portuguese rule, they had to have special visas to work there).

The Astoria is on Churchgate Street, the city's music and entertainment hub, and Venice was known as the 'jazz man's jazz club', a rendezvous for musicians from around India.

[6] In 1960, at the Bandra Fair in Bombay, Perry saw a 16 year-old singer, Lorna Cordeiro, perform the song "Underneath the Mango Tree".

Cordeiro, who was also from Goa and who had been brought to Bombay by the musician Raymond Albuquerque after she won a Connie Francis sound-a-like contest, was still in school.

She made her debut at the Lido Room in the elegant Firpo's Restaurant, Calcutta, singing Ella Fitzgerald's version of "Cry Me a River."

Perry's songs were catchy, toe-tapping or romantic; all were a blend of Goan folk music and jazz elements.

These songs became instant hits and garnered significant radio play; their popularity was helped by the love story between the two.

Despite the fact that Perry was a married Catholic man with three sons, and their large age difference, the two began a very public extramarital affair.

This created additional chemistry on-stage; off-stage, Perry was jealous to the point where he would punch any man who spoke to Lorna.

[13] Two of his sons, Glenn and Miles Perry, who recorded the hit song "Moje Maim" when they were children, are successful musicians.

It is a musical drama, in Konkani, which tells the story of the romance between Perry and Lorna, who are played by Vijay Maurya and Palomi Ghosh.

These include "Abghat Kelo",[16] "Aik Re Khobrankara",[17] "Tuzo Mog",[18] and the song that launched Lorna's career, "Nachoiea Kumpasar".