New Osmond CD Collection!
2002
New Osmond CD Collection!
2002
The First Hits From Baby Boomer Icons Donny & Marie Osmond
Solo And As A Duo -Collected On Two New "Best Of" Albums
The baby boomer generation grew up with Donny and Marie Osmond, and they
have remained pop culture icons since bursting onto the music scene in the
early '70s both as solo stars and one of the most popular brother-sister
acts in history. The hits that first made them famous have been compiled on
The Best Of Donny & Marie Osmond and The Best Of Donny Osmond editions of
20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection (Polydor/UME), to be released August 6, 2002, and co-produced by Alan Osmond. The 12 selections on each
album--a total of seven gold singles and 17 pop Top 40 hits--have also been
digitally remastered.
On December 10, 1963, one day after his sixth birthday, Donny made his TV
debut on "The Andy Williams Show" with The Osmond Brothers. For several
years, he sang with the group on Williams' series and specials, and their
hit records. Then Donny became a poster-on-every-girl's-wall teen star.
Between 1971 and 1973, he earned five solo gold albums. His solo gold Top
10s on The Best Of Donny Osmond are: "Go Away Little Girl" (#1), "Hey Girl,"
"Puppy Love," "Sweet And Innocent" and "The Twelfth Of Never." Along with a
Top 10 rendition of "I Knew You When," the album also features the Top 30s
"Too Young," "Why," "Lonely Boy," "Young Love," "A Million To One" and "Are
You Lonesome Tonight."
Marie was also thrust into the spotlight in 1963 on "The Andy Williams Show," introduced as "the youngest Osmond Brother." Ten years later, a 13-year-old Marie hit with "Paper Roses" (#1 country/#5 pop), the first time in country that a female artist debuted #1. She also nabbed a gold record and Grammy nominations for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best New Artist. Her first concert soon after was a sold-out Madison Square Garden with The Osmond Brothers, prompting a name change to The Osmonds.
The title tracks for her next two solo albums were also hits: "In My Little Corner Of The World" Top 40 country and "Who's Sorry Now" Top 40 pop and country. Donny and Marie also began singing as a duo, with their gold 1974 album I'm Leaving It All Up To You spawning the Top 10s "I'm Leaving It (All) Up To You" (also gold) and "Morning Side Of The Mountain." The Best Of Donny & Marie Osmond also includes that album's "Let It Be Me," "One Of These Days" and "It Takes Two." Their 1975 Make The World Go Away included the Top 20 pop "Deep Purple," the title track, "It's All In The Game" and "Living On My Suspicion."
That was only the beginning. In 1976, Donny and Marie became the youngest hosts of a variety show in primetime history, a springboard to further musical success as Marie went "a little bit country" and Donny "a little rock 'n' roll."
The series 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection features new "best of" albums from the most significant music artists of the past century.
A new Millennium Collection featuring the music of The Osmond Brothers is also available!
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