Kevin Richardson (musician)
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Richardson on tour, December 4, 2005
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Kevin Scott Richardson October 3, 1971 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Estill County High School |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Kristin Richardson (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Website | kevinrichardson |
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| Genres | Pop |
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Kevin Scott Richardson (born October 3, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and model, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. Richardson was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame along with his cousin and bandmate Brian Littrell on April 10, 2015.
Kevin Scott Richardson was born on October 3, 1971 in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of Ann C. (née Littrell), homemaker, and Jerald Wayne Richardson, Sr, an outdoors man and a handyman. He is the youngest of three boys, and is a first cousin of fellow Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell.
Growing up, Kevin lived on a 10-hectare farm with his parents and two older brothers (Jerald Wayne Jr. and Tim), one of whom is a model, for 9 years and later lived in a log cabin at Cathedral Domain Camp, a church-owned youth camp which his father ran, until he was 18. He spent his childhood in the outdoors, and could already ride a horse at age 4. When he was a kid in school he enjoyed horseback riding, dirt bikes and was drawn to sports, such as playing little league football, which led him to play football in high school and being captain of his team called the Estill Engineers. He also got the nickname Train because he ran through guys like a train on the team. He is of Irish-Italian, English, Scottish, some German and Indian.
At a young age, Richardson loved music and started learning how to play the piano by ear when he was 9 years old. He sang in his church's choir since he was a child and was a part of his community and high school theater. He got his first keyboard when he was a high school freshman and it was just a short time before he was entertaining in restaurants and at weddings in a band called Paradise, which did covers of Bobby Brown and Journey. He also adored performing, participating in the school theater, was a member of the school's drama club, and sang in chorus. Of his two loves, acting and music, the latter ultimately won out. he was also a member of the chess club and participated in various school plays such as Bye Bye Birdie and Barefoot in the Park at Estill County High School in Kentucky, where he was voted "Most Popular" and "Best Looking". He also been in a lot talent shows, one where he sang a duet with a female classmate and played in a band where he was on the drums. At age 19, his father died on August 26, 1991 after a 2-year battle with cancer.
After graduating high school in 1990, Richardson, intent on leaving his mark in the show business world, was torn between entering the Air Force to become a pilot or following his love of music. With encouragement from his father, Richardson flew to Orlando, Florida with his best friend Keith, where he earned a living as a model, writing music, performing in dinner clubs, taught ballroom dancing as a certified Latin and ballroom dance instructor and was a movie extra for the movie My Girl. In Florida, he got a job as a cast member and performer at Walt Disney World. He played various characters including Aladdin, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Prince Eric, Tigger The Rocketeer, Goofy, and Sebastian the Crab in the Little Mermaid show. He was also a backstage tour guide. At nights, he did dinner theater, playing an Italian gangster in a musical review performing various songs from the musical "Chicago," "Guys and Dolls" and "Cabaret."
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