Dec 9, 1957

Ogden, Utah, USA

> Donald Clark, or "Donny", Osmond was born to Olive Osmond and George Osmond on December 9, 1957, in Ogden, Utah. He was the seventh of eight brothers and has one sister. In 1974, Donny's sister, Marie Osmond, started performing with the brothers and Donny recorded duets with her. That led to their co-hosting "The Mike Douglas Show" (1961). An executive at ABC saw the show and offered them their own TV variety show. The pair took it under one condition--that the whole family be involved. "Donn... ... (read more...) y and Marie" (1976) was a huge success and lasted four years. During the run of the show, Donny married Debra Glenn in 1978 and started a family. In 1979, the show was canceled and the family was faced with a huge debt that they repaid. The early 1980s were not easy for Donny. He tried many different avenues, including starring in "Little Johnny Jones" on Broadway, but without much success. Donny had a break in the late 1980s, though, when he teamed up with Peter Gabriel and recorded "Soldier of Love", which went to #2 on the US charts. After that, he teamed up with Marie again for "Donny & Marie" (1998), this time a TV talk show. This was highly successful as well, but only lasted a few years. Donny has released a new single "Breeze on By", which reached #8 on the UK charts. He has an upcoming CD "What I Meant to Say" due out in November in the UK and January 2005 in the US.