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Louis J. Pearlman is a Jewish American manager and executive producer from Flushing , Queens , New York , USA . He is the first cousin of Art Garfunkel .

Pearlman played guitar when he was younger: "I just always wanted to be in the music business and the aviation business too. When I was in a band in the late '70s, we called it Flyer."

The chairman, president, and founder, in 1975, of Trans Continental Airlines, Pearlman founded Orlando, Florida based Trans Continental Records after supplying a charter for the New Kids On The Block in 1991 and discovering that they reached over $1,000,000,000 in record, tour, and merchandise sales.

  • NSYNC" class="copylinks">---NSYNC , who sold 40 million units worldwide. "The idea was to create our own bootcamp, a finishing school with PR training, choreography, vocal lessons." Subsequent groups include LFO and O-Town (from '' Making The Band ''). Also on Trans Continental Records are Marshall Dyllon, a country boyband co-produced by Kenny Rogers , a Latino group C-Note, a 15 year old solo Latino artist Lugo, ex-Backstreet Boy Phoenix Stone, the hard rock Brizz, the girl group Innosense, Kenny Rogers , The Monkees , Natural , and KC & The Sunshine Band .


Trans Continental Studios have been used by artists such as Britney Spears , Dr. Dre , and Eminem . His Fashion Rock LLC hosts talent search events and workshops. He is also the author of ''Bands, Brands, and Billions'' with Wes Smith.

  • NSYNC, who wished to be able to change record labels. According to Pearlman, Johnny Wright had been hired to manage both bands, but when Wright was unable to receive financial backing Pearlman put up the funds. Both suits have been settled with Pearlman still receiving a cut of both groups' profits, "and that will be forever," according to Pearlman.


Lou Pearlman was parodied by Jon Stewart on an episode of Saturday Night Live .


EXTERNAL LINKS

  • CBSNews.com: The Idol Maker ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 6, 2002

  • LouPearlmanOfficialSite.com

  • [http://www.easybackgroundcheck.com/snhtp.html Orlando Sentinel: Scouting network's history troubles Pearlman]

  • [http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=3556 Orlando Weekly: Pearlman's jihad]



New band from Lou Pearlman is US 5 two germans (Chris and Mikel), two americans (Richie and Izzy) and one from england (Jay).