MUSIC MAN Aiken starred in a high-school production of the musical Oklahoma! in 1995. "I didn't just go around dressed up like that all the time," he says. Ironically, Aiken says, "I've had people from high school who haven't talked to me or thought about me in five years saying, 'I want you to sing at my wedding.' " photo credit: Faye Parker Published November, 4, 2004
PROM KING "This is one of my best friends, Audra Brown," says Aiken of the 1998 snapshot from his high-school days. "We're at her prom. I hate those types of things, but we had fun together." Aiken admits that he wasn't Mr. Popular back then: "Was a nerd. Am a nerd. Will be a nerd. Forever." Published: November 4th, 2004