Rich Cronin
Career Highlights
• Cronin was part of LFO who may be most recognized for the song Cronin wrote, Summer Girls which was written in 1999 and hit No.3 on Billboard's Hot 100, and No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart for six weeks. The single also went Platinum in the US for sales of over 1,000,000 units. • Besides writing for and/or collaborating with O-Town, Aaron Carter, Jordan Knight, Brooke Hogan and countless other pop performers, most recently, Nicole Richie and The Jonas Brothers have recorded cover versions of songs previously written and performed by Rich. • 2007 brought Rich Cronin to the TV Screen as a cast member for the VH1 Reality Show Mission: Man Band also starring Chris Kirkpatrick of NSync, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees and Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd. The four former pop stars came together in Orlando, Florida to once again hit the music scene. Recording with producer Brian Michael Cox, performing and pitching their new music to major record labels, VH1 chronicled their month long endeavor in 8 episodes which continue to air internationally.
Controversy on the Howard Stern Show
• Cronin recently made headlines when he said on the Howard Stern Show that Lou Pearlman, former manager of boy bands like LFO and Nsync had a fetish for teenage boys.