Donny Osmond

Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born December 9, 1957) is an American singer, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid-1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmonds. Osmond went solo in the early 1970s, covering such hits as "Go Away Little Girl" and "Puppy Love".

For over thirty-five years, he and younger sister Marie have gained fame as Donny & Marie, partly due to the success of their 1976–79 self-titled variety series, which aired on ABC. The duo also did a 1998–2000 talk show and have been headlining in Las Vegas since 2008. Between a highly successful teen career in the 1970s, and his rebirth in the 1990s, Osmond's career was stymied during the 1980s by what some have perceived as his "boy scout" image. Osmond stated on the May 1, 2009 Larry King Live show that longtime friend Michael Jackson suggested he change his name to boost his image. Osmond's agent even suggested that spreading false rumors about drug arrest charges might recharge his career. Osmond felt such allegations would have familial ramifications, and could not reconcile how lying to create a nefarious drug image could be explained to his children, nieces and nephews. In 1989, Osmond had two big-selling recordings, the first of which, "Soldier of Love", was initially credited to a "mystery artist" by some radio stations.

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Donny Osmond (album)

Donny Osmond is a 1989 album released by Donny Osmond. It was released on Capitol Records. It is notable for featuring the number 2 smash hit, "Soldier of Love", which Randall Popken, Alice Newsome and Lanell Gonzales called "a faintly suggestive tune set to a post-disco beat." It was released as a tune by a "mystery singer", as Osmond's promoter feared that no one would buy the album if the singer was revealed. It is also notable for featuring five songs that Osmond co-wrote, and for Osmond also handling drum programming and keyboards on a few tracks. It also featured three more singles, "Sacred Emotion" (which was a radio single), "I'm In It For Love" and "If It's Love That You Want", the last of which is featured as a bonus track on some copies of the compact disc.

Track listing

  • "Soldier of Love" (Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers) 3:51
  • "If It's Love That You Want" (Sturken, Rogers) 4:26
  • "Sacred Emotion" (Sturken, Rogers) 5:11
  • "Inner Rhythm "(Matthew Wilder, Robinson) 3:24
  • "Faces in the Mirror" (Sturken, Rogers, Osmond) 5:20
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    Who Can I Turn To?

    "Who Can I Turn To?" is a popular song. It may be titled "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)".

    It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1964. The song was introduced in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, which struggled in the United Kingdom in 1964 and then made a tour of the United States later that year. In 1964 Shirley Bassey recorded the song and released it as a single, however it failed to chart. Recorded by Tony Bennett, "Who Can I Turn To?" became a hit, reaching number 33 on the US pop singles chart and the top 5 of the Adult Contemporary chart. So fuelled, the musical arrived on Broadway for a successful run, and the song became one of Bennett's staples. He later re-recorded the song as a duet with Queen Latifah in 2011 on Duets II and with Gloria Estefan for his 2012 album, Viva Duets.

    Astrud Gilberto recorded a version that was sampled in The Black Eyed Peas song "Like That" from their album "Monkey Business".

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    Who Can I Turn To (album)

    Who Can I Turn To is a 1964 studio album by Tony Bennett.

    Track listing

  • "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:57
  • "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 3:12
  • "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:06
  • "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 2:00
  • "I Walk a Little Faster" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:23
  • "The Brightest Smile in Town" (Ray Charles, Barry De Vorzon, Robert B. Sherman) – 2:56
  • "I've Never Seen" (Dorcas Cochran, Don Marcotte) – 3:10
  • "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:15
  • "Listen, Little Girl" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 2:22
  • "Got the Gate on the Golden Gate" (Mel Tormé) – 3:05
  • "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 3:36
  • "The Best Thing Is to Be a Person" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:00

    • Personnel

  • Tony Bennett - vocals
  • Sonny Russo, Bill Byers, Bill Elton, Bart Varsalona - trombones
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    Podcasts:

    Donny Osmond

    ALBUMS

    The Definitive Collection

    Released 2009

    Alone Together / A Time for Us

    Released 2008

    A Portrait of Donny / Too Young

    Released 2008

    The Donny Osmond Album / To You With Love, Donny

    Released 2008

    I'm Leaving It All Up to You / Make the World Go Away

    Released 2008

    Deep Purple / New Season

    Released 2008

    Winning Combination / Goin' Coconuts

    Released 2008

    From Donny... With Love

    Released 2008

    From Donny With Love

    Released 2008

    Donny / Disco Train

    Released 2008

    Love Songs of the '70s

    Released 2007

    What I Meant To Say

    Released 2004

    What I Meant to Say

    Released 2004

    Somewhere in Time: Classic Love Songs

    Released 2003

    Somewhere in Time

    Released 2002

    Greatest Hits

    Released 1992

    Eyes Don't Lie

    Released 1990

    Donny Osmond

    Released 1989

    A Time For Us

    Released 1973

    Portrait of Donny

    Released 1972

    This is the Moment

    20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Donny Osmond

    Best of Donny Osmond

    Christmas at Home

    25 Hits

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    If Someone Ever Breaks Your Heart

    by: Donny Osmond

    If someone ever breaks my heart
    It will be you, no one but you
    No one else could ever take my heart
    No one else but you can break my heart
    If someone tears my world apart
    It will be you, no one but you
    My whole world revolves abound your love
    I can never live without your love
    There's no way that you could care the way I do
    Just love me half as much as much as I love you
    And I'll be satisfied, if you just try
    To love me half as much, to love me half as much
    If someone ever breaks my heart
    It will be you, no one but you
    No one else could ever take my heart
    No one else but you could break my heart
    My whole world revolves abound your love
    I could never live with out your love
    If someone ever breaks my heart
    It will be you, no one but you
    No one else could ever take my heart
    No one else but you could break my heart




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