Perry Miller (born November 22, 1941), known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, is an American singer and songwriter.

After the Mount Vision Fire in 1995, Young relocated with his family to a coffee plantation in Hawaii, periodically releasing music.

Perry Miller was born and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents both originally from Lynn, Massachusetts.

[1][4] After finishing high school, Young enrolled in Ohio State University, where he broadened his musical tastes by living behind a record store.

[1] Young balanced his studies with performances in Greenwich Village; however, he later decided to leave college and become a full-time musician.

Young's debut album, The Soul of a City Boy, was released in 1964, the result of a four hour recording session backed by an acoustic guitar.

[2] Few of the band's early songs were written by Young: only "Tears Are Falling" and "Foolin' Around (The Waltz)" from their debut album, and four on their Felix Pappalardi-produced follow up album Earth Music (1967) (however the B-sides of both issues of "Get Together" featured songs written by Young).

[8] Young's fourth solo album, Song for Juli (1973), was a sleeper hit, staying on the Billboard 200 for almost a year.

In 1978, Young switched labels to Elektra Records, releasing American Dreams (1978),[1] and in 1979 performed as a part of the No Nukes protest concerts organized by Musicians United for Safe Energy.

[10] Young's follow up on Elektra, The Perfect Stranger (1982) and a further album on Cypress Records entitled The Highway Is for Heroes (1987) did not meet with as much commercial success as his previous works.

[13] followed by Songs for Christmas in 2002, released as a part of a CD re-release project with Liquid 8 Records.

He currently tours with his father as a member of his back-up band, and co-produced Young's album Dreamers (2019).