1990:
1990 - During this year, Lou M. Taylor and her husband relocate to South Florida for work. Taylor joins a management firm called Davimos, where she works with a roster of big-name sports and music industry clients. “Among them was Andre Harrell, founder of Uptown Records, which had a roster that included Jodeci, Heavy D & the Boyz and a 21-year-old singer named Mary J. Blige (now a Tri Star client), who was recording her debut album “What’s the 411?” with a hot new producer named Sean Combs.”
Source: “Hollywood Business Manager Lou Taylor Is “Ferociously” Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” Ashley Cullins, Hollywood Reporter, October 10, 2019. Accessed August 24, 2022 from https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-business-manager-lou-taylor-is-ferociously-breaking-glass-ceiling-1246036/
1992:
1992 - Johnny Wright relocates to Orlando, Florida and begins managing the Backstreet Boys. With funding provided by Lou Pearlman, Wright moves the group to Europe to begin honing their act.
Source: “The Starmaker,” David Scheiber, St. Petersburg Times, October 23, 2000. Accessed July 15, 2022 from https://web.archive.org/web/20010421003709/http://www.sptimes.com/News/102300/Floridian/The_starmaker.shtml
1993:
May 8, 1993 - Billboard reports that entertainment attorney Larry Rudolph has formed a partnership with Steven Beer in New York City. The new firm is to be known as Rudolph & Beer, LLP.
Source: Source: "The Billboard Bulletin...," Irv Lichtman, Billboard Newspaper, May 8, 1993, Page 80, https://books.google.ca/books?id=lREEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Billboard+May+8+1993&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjiosrQk4_4AhUyoY4IHSKTD5sQ6AF6BAgBEAI#v=onepage&q=Billboard May 8 1993&f=false
1994:
Oct. 1994 - Production ends on Season 7 of the “All-New Mickey Mouse Club” on the Disney Channel. Filmed in Orlando, Florida, seasons 6 and 7 feature 13-year old Britney Spears and 14-year old Justin Timberlake. "When I went home I was really antsy," Britney recalls of her return to her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana. "That's when my dad called Larry."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mickey_Mouse_Club
Source: "BubbleGum Blows Up," Entertainment Weekly, March 5, 1999, https://www.angelfire.com/pop/BritsWorld/galleryEW.html
Dec. 28, 1994 - Lou Pearlman and manager Johnny Wright register Transcontinental Entertainment, Inc. in the state of Florida, along with Robert Fishetti and Wright’s wife Donna Wright. The 1996 annual report is signed by president Louis J. Pearlman. The principal place of business and mailing address are listed as 7380 Sand Lake Road Ste. 350, Orlando, FA 32919. (Company No: P94000094179)
Source: Annual Report: 1996, Transcontinental Entertainment, Inc., P94000094179, Florida Department of State, June 10, 1996. Accessed July 16, 2022 from https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=CurrentList&searchNameOrder=TRANSCONTINENTALENTERTAINMENT%20P940000941790&aggregateId=domp-p94000094179-35573ce4-18c8-421c-96ab-fedb6bbba3e1&searchTerm=Transcontinental%20Entertainment&listNameOrder=TRANSCONTINENTALENTERTAINMENT%20F060000069570
1995:
Oct. 8, 1995 - By now, Lou M. Taylor, an accountant in Boca Raton, FA, is president of the Christian Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County.
Source: “Churches rallying around its own in South Florida,” Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, October 8, 1995. Accessed October 10, 2022 from http://newspapers.com
Nov. 1995 - During this month, Lou Taylor, an executive with Tri-Star Accounting Group of Boca Raton, FA, starts the county chapter of the Christian Chamber of Commerce after learning about the national chapter in Fort Lauderdale.
Source: “Woman helps blend business, ethics,” The Palm Beach Post, April 6, 1997.
Late 1995 - Britney Spears meets entertainment attorneys Larry Rudolph and Steven Beer, of the New York law firm Rudolph & Beer, LLP. “We met her when she was 14,” recalls Beer. “She had come to New York to get some training and to do some auditions. Someone who wanted to work with her attended a recording agreements class I was teaching and introduced her to my ex-partner and me.” Says Rudolph, “...I have known her since she was 13 years old, and she’d been off ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ for about a year, which I had not seen. But she brought in a VHS tape and played me some stuff of her, and it was just amazing.”
Source: “Steven Beer, Entertainment Lawyer,” Mindy Bond, The Gothamist, September 21, 2005, https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/steven-beer-entertainment-lawyer
Source: “Britney Spears-Larry Rudolph relationship spins on its Axis,” John Katsilometes, Las Vegas Sun, February 19, 2016, https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2016/feb/19/britney-spears-larry-rudolph-relationship-spins-on/
1996:
Jan. 26, 1996 - By now, 18 members have been signed up to the Palm Beach County chapter of the Christian Chamber of Commerce, led by president Lou M. Taylor.
Source: “There’s no biz like a Christian biz,” Tracy Allerton, Boca Raton News, January 26, 1996. Accessed October 10, 2022 from http://newspapers.com
Apr. 15, 1996 - By now, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is working to assist Lou Taylor, an executive with Tri-Star Accounting Group of Boca Raton, FA, in building the Christian Chamber of Commerce. The FCA, “has committed to [helping the Christian Chamber) start chapters in all its major locations across the country over the next couple of years."
Source: “Bringing God to Business,” Lisa Goddard, Sun-Sentinel, April 15, 1996. Accessed October 11, 2022 from https://web.archive.org/web/20210702155705/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-04-15-9604150175-story.html
May 6, 1996 - The Backstreet Boys release their debut album, “Backstreet Boys” in Germany through Jive Records. The credits thank Larry Rudolph and Steven Beer as part of the “Jive Clan.”
Source: “Backstreet Boys (1996 album),” Wikipedia. Accessed July 15, 2022 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreet_Boys_(1996_album)
Source: “Backstreet Boys,” Backstreet Boys, Jive Records, 1996.
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