Howie Dorough

Howard Dwaine Dorough was born in Orlando, Florida, where he met future friend and bandmate AJ McLean through a mutual vocal coach. His mother, Paula Flores, is Puerto Rican, and his father, Hoke Dwaine Dorough (1938–2008), was Irish American.\n', '

Dorough\'s love and passion for entertainment started when he was three years old, begun by jumping on his grandparents\' bed, singing "Babyface" with his little guitar. He started performing around age six or seven, thanks to his sister, singing during mass in church choir and having his first role in the musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz as a singer and actor. His mother started to enroll him in children\'s community theaters and got him in singing/voice and acting lessons by putting him in a performing arts academy where he also took dance lessons in classical ballet, tap, and jazz. During school, Dorough also performed in choir, tal…