Osmond, Donny

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah) is an American entertainment personality. He is a singer, ex-teen idol and has worked as a talk show and game show host, actor and record producer. His family nicknamed him "Corky," as a boy, because he was a show-stopper. more...

Born to parents Olive and George Osmond, he is best known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie. He is the brother of Alan, Jay, Jimmy, Merrill, Wayne, Marie, Tom, and Virl Osmond. The two oldest children, Tom and Virl, were hearing-impaired; Alan, Jay, Merrill, Wayne, and Donny were members of the popular singing group The Osmond Brothers. Donny became a teen idol in the early 1970s when he broke away from his older brothers to become a solo act.

In the mid '70s, he was paired up with his younger sister, Marie. The duo recorded several albums together before and while starring in their own television variety series, Donny & Marie which aired on ABC from 1976–1979. He married Debbie Glenn in 1978. Together, they have five sons, with the oldest being 26-year-old Don Jr. through the youngest, 7-year-old Joshua.

When Donny and Marie ended, Osmond tried to reinvent himself as a solo artist. He spent several years as a performer before returning to the US charts with the song "Soldier of Love" and its follow up "Sacred Emotion." Within the past few years, he has released a Christmas album, an album of his favorite Broadway songs, and a compilation of popular love songs; his voice can also be heard in the Disney animated film Mulan, in which he sings "I'll Make A Man Out of You".

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