Taylor Hicks: Early Days

Taylor Hicks has been crowned as the new American Idol, he will unleash his first solo "Do I Make You Proud" on June 13. His self-produced album "Under The Radar" is also doing well. Recently, he was at Regis and Kelly where and performed "Do I Make You Proud".

This grey haired cool looking guy has an interesting background. Apart from being a great singer he was a hunky, basketball-playing ladies ' man at his Hoover, Ala., high school.

Here are few of his high school pictures.