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'''Louis J. Pearlman''' is a manager and executive producer from [[Flushing, Queens, New York|Flushing]], [[Queens]], [[New York]], [[USA]]. Born into a rich aviation family, he is the first cousin of [[Art Garfunkel]].

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. 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.

After asking [[Smokey Robinson]] and Art Garfunkel for advice on grooming and harmony, his first [[boy band]] was the [[Backstreet Boys]], who sold 65 million units worldwide after a two year $1,000,000 investment, followed by [[*NSYNC]] who sold 56 million units worldwide. "The idea was to create our own bootcamp, a finishing school with PR training, choreography, vocal lessons." Subsequent groups include [[Lyte Funky Ones|LFO]] and [[O-Town]] (from [[Making the Band]], named after [[Motown]], and [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]]). 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, and KC & The Sunshine Band.