"Joey is charismatic. he's a crooner, a Sinatra," says JC of 21-year-old Joseph Anthony Fatone JR., aka Fat One (a play on his last name). Joey practically came into the world singing and dancing, thanks to dad Joseph Sr., who used to run a community theatre in Brooklyn, New York, where Joey was born.

Growing up, Joey sang in choirs and a cappellagroups and acted in school plays. Then, after the Fatones moved to Orlando in 1990, he sang and danced in a Dr. Phillips High School production of the classic musical West Side Story.

"In drama class there was a bunch of guys, in choir there was a bunch of guys, but in dance there were only two or three," recalls Joey, the group's notorious flirt. "Guys would be like, 'How do you talk to all these girls?' I was like, 'Man go to dance class!'" After graduation, Joey's styling moves got him work as the Wolfman in Beetlejuices Graveyard Revue at Universal Studios Florida. (His two siblings, Steven, 24, and Janine, 26, are currently employed by th Studios.)

Although Joey's 'Nsync success is no doubt a source of pride for all the Fatones (including mom, Phyllis, who manages 'Nsync's fan mail), it's especially sweet for his dad, who some 30 years earlier harbored music dreams of his own. "I watch him and think, 'Jeez maybe that's what I would have been doing at [his age] if I'd been successful," says Joseph Sr., once a member of Brooklyn-based vocal group called The Orions. "It's great to have him be successful doing what he wants to do and at the same time [have it] be an extension of what I would have liked myself."

Joseph Sr.'s other hope is for his son to return to acting. Joey's all for it, especially if he could play Superman in the upcoming feature film. But rumor has it Nicolas Cage already snagged the role. "They should get me!" the man-of-steel fan shouts. "I could do it! I just need ot work out! Or put muscles in [Superman's] vest, like Batman!"