James has the biggest heart in the world. He was nominated 'best all-around' kid in his class, which makes me so proud. Dorough couldn't be more humble as he talks about his good fortune over the years. Before hanging up, we chat about Dorough's own musical inspiration. All amazing singers that I became fans of because of my parents. I even went to an Engelbert Humperdinck concert. My older one knows that one," he says. They, of course, love and can sing along to!
I live for him and his mommy. Back in , Leigh Boniello was hired as the Backstreet Boys' webmaster. The future film exec-turned-real estate broker soon met Howie Dorough and the rest, as they say, is history. They married in December Four years later, their second son, Holden John, was born. The cuties are pictured here in a snapshot Leigh posted on Instagram in By using the site, you agree to the uses of cookies and other technology as outlined in our Policy, and to our Terms of Use.
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Dorough chose Lupus L. Dorough reveals that the driven young kid is carving out his own path in entertainment, having started his own YouTube channel, titled James the Great , and is quickly cultivating a growing fan base! While Dorough and his wife of nine years were initially wary of letting James share his life with the online world, they monitor his filming projects and make cameos in episodes.
He loves it. He didn't particularly like this, but his agent thought he was Italian and believed it would help him to get discovered. Although he enjoyed it his entire life, like his bandmates AJ and Nick, he too was a victim of bullying as a child for his lack of Spanish language, his falsetto vocal range when he was 12, and his weight.
One day, he was asked by his choir teacher to perform the National Anthem at his high school basketball game and he agreed but when he stood up to sing, his mind went blank!
Howie forgot the words! Despite the extreme embarrassment, he got right back on his horse and began performing again when he sang 'Unchained Melody' at his school talent show, and got a standing ovation when he hit the high note. Girls had tears in their eyes and boys looked on in envy. Dorough was note-perfect and, this time, he was word perfect too. His national anthem mess was forgotten as the screams filled the auditorium and everyone jumped to their feet.
He also auditioned for the Latin boy band Menudo, but he did not make it. He was also involved in a peer counseling group called Friends, where he talked to other kids about living "a clean life, having fun, going to school, avoiding drugs. After high school, Dorough auditioned for Backstreet Boys under his stage name, but they lost his headshot and contact info; however, after six months, they were able to track him down, thanks to AJ, and was already in the group.
They were then booked to perform at many venues such as high schools and shopping malls and eventually managed to sign a contract with Jive Records in They slowly became popular in European countries, starting with Germany, and embarked on a tour in support of their debut album. The album slowly climbed up to the top ten slots in most countries and was on its way to selling more than 8 million copies.
As their second album, Backstreet's Back was being released in Europe, they released their first album in the United States which was a compilation of both their international debut and Backstreet's Back. The album climbed to No. Meanwhile, Backstreet's Back became an even bigger success than their debut album, opening at the number one spot in many countries. Dorough is most known for his infamous fart, which was recorded and used as a part of the beat for the song "The Call" from the Backstreet Boys' fourth album, Black And Blue.
They started recording Millennium in and released it in May It became one of the biggest selling albums of all time taking the number one place in many countries. Black and Blue recorded first-week sales of 1.
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