Pearlman, a Queens, New York, native, had moved to Orlando, Florida, in the early 1990s. Singers Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg and Joey McIntyre, of New Kids On The Block perform during a video shoot, circa 1989. I think I can put a group like that together.'" No question about it… I said, 'I think I can do that. I was like, 'Man, this is exciting.' I mean, not to mention, OK, there's a tinkle into the cash register. "And these girls were buying these t-shirts and hats and chains and posters. "I was invited to come down to one of their shows, all the screaming, I was like, 'My God, what's going on here,'" Pearlman told "20/20" in a 2000 interview. Pearlman was blown away by how much money NKOTB was making. In 1991, according to Forbes magazine, NKOTB made more money than Madonna or Michael Jackson. At the time, New Kids on the Block was enormously popular. Pearlman was running a blimp business when he decided to start a boy band. "It was one of the many jaw-dropping things that I discovered in producing 'The Boy Band Con.'" Lou Pearlman becomes a music mogul (MORE: Take it from Lance Bass: Don’t worry what others think of you)īass helped bring the extent of Pearlman's schemes and deception to light in his YouTube Originals documentary, "The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story," which debuted in April.
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