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Dream StreetIt Happens Everytime
The group was initially put together by producers Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow and titled 'Boy Wonder' (a name borrowed from the nickname of comic book character Robin from the Batman comics and films). The band featured several boys aged 11–14 from the New York Broadway/Acting scene.[1] Baldonieri and Lukow hoped to make an impact on the pop music industry by introducing a group of teenagers to the scene, all of whom had prior stage-singing experience. Among these original members were Greg Raposo and Chris Trousdale, who would continue on into the remade group in 2001. The lineup was changed not long after they debuted the show in front of several talent agents and record label reps. Their debut included a tap dance number and a jazzy theme song, both of which were sacked quickly after. It also included a cover of the main song from the musical Rent "Seasons of Love." Jesse McCartney, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger,
Frankie Galasso, and Chris Trousdale would become the new faces
of the group and were given the name "Dream Street," which was the name of Lukow and Baldonieri's recording studio in New York City.
The only original song they kept was titled "Jennifer Goodbye", which was initially written as a folk-pop ballad, then was changed into its
modern incarnation months later. Their eponymous debut album was
released in 2001 It was certified Gold in the US by the RIAA peaking
#1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart and at #37 on The Billboard
200.[2] The songs, "It Happens Every Time" and "I Say Yeah" were frequently played on Radio Disney. The boys soon made appearances on various
talk shows and television events. Late 2001, Dream Street made
an appearance on a show that Dream Street member Jesse McCartney
had a reocurring role on, ABC's All My Children. The final Dream
Street release was the soundtrack album to the released 2002 film
The Biggest Fan starring Dream Street member Chris Trousdale, who
co-starred in this film with Kaila Amariah who played his "Biggest Fan". Despite achieving gold status overall sales for the album were disappointing
for producers who had hoped that the group would become another
multiplatinum success like Backstreet Boys or NSYNC. One of the
big factors that contributed to this disappointment was the waning
appeal and popularity of the teen pop movement around 2001/02. In mid 2002, the managers and the boys' parents
had a legal dispute and took the unstable managers to court. The
parents lost the lawsuit. As a result of the legal dispute, a decision
was made that the boys break up. The boys soon realized how unstable
Baldonieri was, when he overreacted made an arrangement with the
court so that the boys could never perform as Dream Street ever
again, preventing a future reunion from ever happening. However,
there is no court agreement saying that the boys can't perform
together ever again. Jesse McCartney since the breakup has enjoyed an iconic solo career releasing three CD's (one being a re-issue of one) and currently working on his fourth, which set to be out in 2011. He's appeared on many Television shows, such as Disney's Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Jesse also appeared on an episode of Law & Order: SVU. Jesse Had a starring role on The WB's Summerland, and soon to be Fox show Locke and Key. Jesse was a series regular throughout chapter 4 of the ABC Family series, Greek. Jesse is set to release a fragrance called "Wanted" very soon. Greg Raposo has been continuing his music career, performing in bands called "Raposo" and "Dead Celebrities" and he also started doing real estate. Greg is currently solo and doing shows in New York City, his most recent show was with Aaron Carter in Manville, New Jersey. Following the Dream Street breakup, Greg released a self-titled album in 2003 and charted at #40 during its opening week. Frankie Galasso is also a solo singer now. In 2009, Frankie auditioned to be on Glee, but did not make it. At the moment Frankie is still working on an album. So far, Frankie has released one album to Amazon on iTunes, containing three songs. Following the breakup of the band, Frankie was in a 2003 movie called "A Tale of Two Pizzas". Chris Trousdale since the breakup had started on his solo career, even being in a second movie with Kaila Amariah called "Seducing Spirits". Chris took short break from the limelight to be with his family. Towards the end of 2010, Chris popped up again to the public eye, when he appeared on Disney's Shake It Up as Justin Starr on an episode called "Age It Up. Chris also appeared recently on the show Days of Our Lives. Chris is currently working on his studio album, set to be released mid 2011. Matt Ballinger did not go solo, he went on to be the lead singer for a band called "The Juice", however the The Juice broke up in late 2008. But that wasn't it for Matt. He is currently the lead singer in a brand new band called "Open Till Midnight", which is based in New York. [edit] Discography Feel The Rain [edit] Albums Dream Street (2001) [edit] Singles It Happens Everytime (2000) [edit] Compilations Radio Disney Jams Vol.5 (2002) [edit] Videos Dream Street LIVE [Video/DVD] (2001) [edit] Movies The Biggest Fan
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