» 1971

03 October Kevin Scott Richardson is born at the Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, KY.

» 1972

03 October Kevin's 1st birthday.

» 1973

22 August Howard Dwaine Dorough is born at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando, FL.

03 October Kevin's 2nd birthday.

» 1974

Unknown The Richardson family move away from the city to live on a farm just outside Harrodsburg.

22 August Howie's 1st birthday.

03 October Kevin's 3rd birthday.

» 1975

20 February Brian Thomas Littrell is born at the St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, KY. He is born with a heart murmur.

22 August Howie's 2nd birthday.

03 October Kevin's 4th birthday.

» 1976

20 February Brian's 1st birthday.

22 August Howie's 3rd birthday.

03 October Kevin's 5th birthday.

» 1977

20 February Brian's 2nd birthday.

22 August Howie's 4th birthday.

September Kevin enters Mercer County Elementary School (1st grade). (He possibly entered kindergarten in 1976.)

03 October Kevin's 6th birthday.

» 1978

09 January Alexander James McLean is born at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, FL.

20 February Brian's 3rd birthday.

22 August Howie's 5th birthday.

03 October Kevin's 7th birthday.

» 1979

Unknown AJ's younger twin sisters are stillborn.

09 January AJ's 1st birthday.

20 February Brian's 4th birthday.

22 August Howie's 6th birthday.

September Howie enters Fern Creek Elementary School (1st grade). (He possibly entered pre-school or kindergarten in 1977/78.)

03 October Kevin's 8th birthday.

» 1980

Unknown Brian is riding his Big Wheel down the street and hits the curb, scraping his knee, allowing Bacterial Endocarditus to set in. About two weeks later, he slips and falls on the concrete, prompting his parents to take him to the hospital lest he has a concussion. He is hospitalized for the next two months and is given a zero percent chance of survival.

Unknown The Richardson family move to the Cathedral Domain when Jerald Richardson takes up the post of manager. Kevin would live there for the next nine years.

Unknown Kevin enrols in Ravenna Elementary School in Ravenna, Estill County, KY (3rd/4th Grade).

Unknown Robert and Denise McLean divorce.

Unknown Howie performs in his first play, The Wizard of Oz as a little munchkin (Lollipop Guild people). He remembers having pants that were two sizes too large for him and having to hold them up all the time.

Unknown Howie finds other kids involved in theater in school, who tell him about a voice teacher and an acting troupe for kids called Show Stoppers.

09 January AJ's 2nd birthday.

28 January Nickolas Gene Carter is born in Jamestown, NY.

20 February Brian's 5th birthday.

22 August Howie's 7th birthday.

03 October Kevin's 9th birthday.

» 1981

Unknown Brian does his first solo performance in church.

09 January AJ's 3rd birthday.

28 January Nick's 1st birthday.

20 February Brian's 6th birthday.

22 August Howie's 8th birthday.

September Brian enters Landsdowne Elementary School (1st grade). He repeats 1st grade due to missing too much school when he was hospitalized.

03 October Kevin's 10th birthday.

» 1982

09 January AJ's 4th birthday.

28 January Nick's 2nd birthday.

20 February Brian's 7th birthday.

22 August Howie's 9th birthday.

September Kevin enters Owsley County Middle School (6th grade).

03 October Kevin's 11th birthday.

» 1983

Unknown Denise McLean gets AJ into modelling and he begins doing J.C. Penny's Catalogs and runways.

09 January AJ's 5th birthday.

28 January Nick's 3rd birthday.

20 February Brian's 8th birthday.

22 August Howie's 10th birthday.

03 October Kevin's 12th birthday.

» 1984

09 January AJ's 6th birthday.

28 January Nick's 4th birthday.

20 February Brian's 9th birthday.

Summer Kevin meets Keith McGuffey at Cathedral Domain.

22 August Howie's 11th birthday.

September AJ enters Unity Elementary School in Delray Beach, FL (1st grade). He attends it until 6th grade.

September Howie enters Winter Park Junior High (6th grade).

03 October Kevin's 13th birthday.

Unknown AJ stars in a production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, playing the role of Dopey.

Unknown AJ so impresses at a reading of A Christmas Carol that a part is written into the play for him.

» 1985

Unknown AJ enrolls in dance class and learns to play the organ at a local church.

Unknown The Carters move to Florida to start a different business.

09 January AJ's 7th birthday.

28 January Nick's 5th birthday.

20 February Brian's 10th birthday.

22 August Howie's 12th birthday.

September Kevin enters Estill County High School (9th grade). He joins the football team and chorus.

03 October Kevin's 14th birthday.

» 1986

Unknown AJ takes up fencing. (?)

Unknown AJ regularly wins Richard Lustig's weekend talent contests.

Unknown AJ appears in his first professional theatre performance at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater in a production of The King and I as a whistler.

Unknown AJ auditions for a horror film and is cast on the spot.

Unknown AJ performs in Fiddler on the Roof.

09 January AJ's 8th birthday.

28 January Nick's 6th birthday.

20 February Brian's 11th birthday.

22 August Howie's 13th birthday.

September Nick enters Frank D. Miles Elementary School (1st grade).

03 October Kevin's 15th birthday.

» 1987

Unknown AJ wins a pivitol role in a film called "Truth or Dare", but unfortunately it is never released.

Unknown Howie has a bit part in "Cop and a Half".

Unknown Nick performs in The Phantom of the Opera at Frank D. Miles Elementary School.

09 January AJ's 9th birthday.

28 January Nick's 7th birthday.

20 February Brian's 12th birthday.

22 August Howie's 14th birthday.

September Howie enters Edgewater High School (9th grade).

03 October Kevin's 16th birthday.

» 1988

09 January AJ's 10th birthday.

28 January Nick's 8th birthday.

20 February Brian's 13th birthday.

22 August Howie's 15th birthday.

03 October Kevin's 17th birthday.

Unknown Kevin decides to enlist in the airforce.

Unknown Kevin wins the lead role of Conrad Birdie in Estill County High School's first musical production, Bye, Bye, Birdie.

Unknown Estill County loses in the semi-final playoffs to Lincoln 13-15.

Unknown Kevin takes part in a talent show, performing on the drums for a group song and singing a duet in another.

» 1989

Unknown AJ performs in Free to be You and Me for a local children's theatre.

Unknown Howie has a bit part in "Parenthood", playing a student.

09 January AJ's 11th birthday.

28 January Nick's 9th birthday.

20 February Brian's 14th birthday.

xx June Kevin graduates from Estill County High School.

Summer AJ is rejected for the third and final time for the Mickey Mouse Club. The casting agent recommends that they move to a larger city. AJ and Denise decide to move to Orlando in the summer.

22 August Howie's 16th birthday.

September Nick enters Orange Grove Elementary School (4th grade).

03 October Kevin's 18th birthday.

» 1990

Unknown AJ lands the supporting role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Hi Honey I'm Home four months after moving to Orlando. He is later replaced by the producer's nephew for unknown reasons (AJ says it is because he was too tall). He is also cast in the show Welcome Freshmen.

Unknown Denise and AJ move to Kissimee, Florida.

Unknown Nick does commercials for the Lottery and The Money Store.

Unknown Nick appears as an extra in "Edward Scissorhands". He is the kid on the yellow Slip n Slide in the background.

09 January AJ's 12th birthday.

28 January Nick's 10th birthday.

20 February Brian's 15th birthday.

22 August Howie's 17th birthday.

September AJ enters Masters Academy (7th grade).

September Brian enters Tates Creek High School (9th grade).

03 October Kevin's 19th birthday.

Unknown Kevin decides to leave Kentucky with his best friend Jimmy and moves to Orlando after Ann Richardson suggests that he go to Florida. Jerald Richardson also encourages him to do so. They both get jobs at Disney World.

Unknown The Richardson family enjoy their last holiday together when they go down to visit Kevin in Orlando.

Unknown Jerald Richardson is diagnosed with cancer. His parents decide not to tell Kevin for the time being.

» 1991

Unknown AJ is hired for a Latin talent festival. He has to devise a 45 minute one-man show which he would perform every few hours over the course of the festival. Tony Donetti comes by the show a few times. He is performing at another part of the festival with a partner, performing a dance routine using mostly Latin-style music. AJ recalls that he remembers Tony from his singing classes and a couple of auditions at the Nickelodeon studios. AJ ends up winning the talent contest and $1000. Tony Donetti finishes second and congratulates AJ on his winning performance.

Unknown Brian starts work at Long John Silver's. He works there for 1 1/2 years.

Unknown Nick performs at the Tampa Bay Bucs' halftime shows.

Unknown Nick appears on and hosts the public access television show The Klub.

09 January AJ's 13th birthday.

28 January Nick's 11th birthday.

20 February Brian's 16th birthday.

June Howie graduates from Edgewater High School.

Summer Kevin moves back to Kentucky after learning that his father has cancer.

22 August Howie's 18th birthday.

26 August Jerald Wayne Richardson passes away.

September AJ enters Denn John Middle School (8th grade).

September Howie enters Valencia Community College to study for an Associate of Arts Degree.

03 October Kevin's 20th birthday.

» 1992

Unknown Kevin moves back to Orlando.

Unknown Kevin meets Kristin at Disney World, where they were both working.

Unknown AJ wins a silver medal on GUTS (a 30-minute "action-sports" game show on Nickelodeon). He was referred to on the show as "AJ 'Mean' McLean".

Unknown Nick obtains his junior permit for scuba diving.

09 January AJ's 14th birthday.

January AJ, Howie and Nick all meet for the first time at a commercial casting in Orlando.

28 January Nick's 12th birthday.

20 February Brian's 17th birthday.

March An ad is put into the "Orlando Sentinel" and "Florida Blue Sheet", seeking young vocalists.

March Denise reads the ad in the local trade paper calling for young men between the ages of twelve and eighteen for a five-member vocal group.

March After the disappointing response to the ad, Pearlman's assistant seeks help in the Civil Theater's artist archive and invites AJ and Tony Donetti to try out for the new group. AJ sings a New Kids song, Tony sings "Unchained Melody".

March AJ auditions for Lou Pearlman at his house.

April AJ becomes the first member of the group.

02 July Nick performs at the Florida State Fair, singing "Runaround Sue", "The Rhythm of My Heart", "More Today Than Yesterday", "God Bless the USA", "Breakin' Up is Hard to Do" and "I'm Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody".

22 August Howie's 19th birthday.

September Nick enters Adams Middle School (7th grade).

September AJ enters Osceola High School (9th grade).

September Gloria, Pearlman's assistant in charge of the ongoing talent search starts a new job and leaves her successor (Jean Tanzy) without contact information on "Tony Donetti", which results in Pearlman being unable to get a hold of him for the time being. More ads are placed in Orlando's papers.

03 October Kevin's 21st birthday. He celebrates his birthday with Kristin.

October Nick auditions for the Mickey Mouse Club.

October Nick sings in one of the auditions. But although Lou is convinced of his talent, he at first decide against him, because Jane Carter tells him Nick had been offered to do the Mickey Mouse Club and she'd rather have him do that so he can go to a regular school. But a week later one of the other boys choosen refuse the offer and Nick joins the group. The same audition day Howie shows up unexpectedly and is greeted with a chorus of "Hey, Donetti, we have been looking for you!"

Unknown Brian performs the role of Roger in his high school musical - Grease.

December AJ is pulled out of high school to be tutored on the road as his school isn't willing to cooperate.

1993

» JANUARY

09 The 6 guys (Nick, AJ, Damon, Burk, Howie & Sam) chosen meet up for the first time on AJ's 15th birthday. Lou Pearlman had originally chosen an additional member, David, but chose Damon over him.

28 Nick's 13th birthday.

» FEBRUARY

xx Damon quits over an argument when he found out he could not perform in the first show (he had been chosen as an alternate). Burk also leaves for unknown reasons.

xx Charles Edwards joins the group.

20 Brian's 18th birthday.

» MARCH

xx Licata and Edwards leave the group. Sam is more interested in a career as a solo artist and leaves after a flare up over Sam not wanting them to sing a song he wrote. Charles leaves due to difficulties with his voice and scars on his chest. AJ, Nick, and Howie want to keep the group as it is, the three of them, but their managers thought that two more members were needed to make the group and harmony whole.

03 Kevin meets up with Johnny Wright in response to (again) an ad in the paper and joins the group.

» APRIL

19 At 2 p.m., 18-year-old Brian Littrell is called away from his American History class to answer an urgent phone call. His cousin Kevin asks him to audition for the pop group. At 9 pm, Brian auditions over the phone. He finds himself on a flight to Orlando at 6 a.m. the next day.

20 The first meeting of the five Backstreet Boys is held in Orlando.

» MAY

06 The Boys shoot promotional videos at WKMG Local 6 studios in Orlando - "Loverboy", "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" and "Get Ready". Filming started at 10am and ended at around 5:30pm.

08 The Boys perform at their first concert ever at Sea World, Orlando to a crowd of 3000.

» JUNE

xx During the Summer, the Boys take it upon themselves to perform together as much as possible: at clubs, stores, anywhere, including a high-profile gala AIDS charity for the Ronald McDonald House hosted by Whitney Houston in Fort Lauderdale.

» AUGUST

22 Howie's 20th birthday.

» SEPTEMBER

xx In the Fall with a change in management, the Boys tour schools across the States from Florida to Ohio, building a fan base while trying to negotiate a recording deal.

xx Free cassettes of "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" are given out.

xx The Boys have a showcase in New York at the Plaza Hotel.

» OCTOBER

03 Kevin's 22nd birthday.

» NOVEMBER

xx The Boys sign with Mercury Records, but the record company never picked up its option to record with the Boys, and they let the deal expire.

1994

» JANUARY

09 AJ's 16th birthday.

28 Nick's 14th birthday.

» FEBRUARY

xx Executives from Zomba/Jive catch the Boys performing in Cleveland, and sign the Boys to their first record deal. (Jeff Fenster, Senior VP of A&R, Jive said in an interview that it was in Columbus, Ohio, where they came out with a 7-piece live band.)

20 Brian's 19th birthday.

22 The Boys perform at Roland Park Middle School, as part of the SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Tour.

» MAY

xx The Boys meet Randy Jones for the first time. He would become a long time bodyguard.

xx The Boys perform at another Sea World Grad Night show, this time as headliners.

» AUGUST

13 The Boys sing their first nationally televised anthem during a Predators football game in Tampa. It was never shown on television as the game was blacked out.

22 Howie's 21st birthday.

» SEPTEMBER

xx The Boys are put on yet another cross-country school tour, backed by Macy's. The have many problems with the sound system, causing them to perform acapella many a time. The schools visited includes Brian's alma mater, Tates Creek High School. The visit is covered by local news.

» OCTOBER

03 Kevin's 23rd birthday.

1995

» JANUARY

09 AJ's 17th birthday.

xx The Boys have their coming-out party in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

28 Nick's 15th birthday.

» FEBRUARY

20 Brian's 20th birthday.

» JUNE

xx At Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, the Boys record "We've Got It Goin' On", "I Wanna Be With You" and "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" with Denniz PoP.

» AUGUST

19 The video for "We've Got It Goin' On" is filmed in Orlando, FL.

22 Howie's 22nd birthday.

31 The Backstreet Boys begin their first radio promotional tour in Miami.

» SEPTEMBER

25 "We've Got it Goin' On" is released in the United States and doesn't do well, reaching only #69 on Billboard's Singles chart. This results in the cancellation of all future plans of touring in the U.S. The Boys turn their attention to Europe.

25 "We've Got it Goin' On" released in Europe and shoots up the charts, climbing to the Top 10 in Germany.

» OCTOBER

03 Kevin's 24th birthday.

09 The first day of the Boys' European tour in England. They meet photographer Andre Csillag, who would become a lifelong friend, for the first time.

14 The Boys perform at Pop-Explosion in Nuremburg, where the event is organized by the German magazine Popcorn.

28 The Boys do promotion in Dortmund.

30 The Boys go to one of the largest radio stations in Berlin, where more than 50 girls greet them upon arrival.

31 Kevin undergoes an emergency appendectomy in Hamburg and spends the following four days in hospital. Meanwhile, the other guys proceed with interviews and shows in Munich.

» NOVEMBER

xx The first version of the "I'll Never Break Your Heart Video" (the snow version) is filmed in the Rocky Mountains.

xx The Boys have performances at two indoor cycling tracks in Germany.

xx From November to December, the Boys embark on a short tour opening for the British duo PJ and Duncan on their Christmas Cracker tour. They then embark on their first European tour, performing in the Smash Hits Tour in 17 English cities before joining back up with PJ and Duncan for the second leg of the tour.

» DECEMBER

xx The Boys perform "I'll Never Break Your Heart" on the ARD-show Stars 1995.

19 Vienna, Austria

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