The Osmonds The Official Story of the Osmond Family

If you have been watching the TV News Channels, such as CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS or ABC, you must have seen Marie Osmond because Marie Osmond is now on the TV all the time. But she is not singing now. She is selling a weight-loss product: Nutrisystems. She advertises you just eat the food and lose the weight. No counting, no measuring, no meetings. Does this really work? One must admit she is still a beautiful woman with not an ounce of fat and nobody would imagine her real age.In 1960 the Osmonds were a young barbershop group playing mainly to local audiences in their native Utah. By 1975 they had become in great demand internationally as stage and recording stars, had a wall-to-wall full of gold records and had won the People's Choice Award as the number one performing group in America.The complete story of the Osmond Family and the rise to the summit is told for the first time in this book. Here is portrayed the original motivations to success, the early struggle for recognition, the disappointments sustained, the big decision on whether to sell a thriving business and stake all on a professional career for the eager young singers. Then come the five years with Andy Williams, an experience that not only brought them national exposure and popularity but increased their versatility and gave their act professional polish. From then on, they are on their own, always striving, always pushing for the top, and finally achieving that enviable position.In addition to that absorbing story, this book reveals interesting detail on the background to their craft - songwriting, recording, staging, onstage resourcefulness, how they get it all together. Perhaps more important, it tells what the Osmonds are - their various offstage interests, their talents, their drive, how they think, their philosophy of life, what makes them tick.This frank picture emerges as a result of a series of special interviews Paul H. Dunn had with the Osmonds. Aside from these interviews and his personal knowledge of the family, he is well qualified to present their story, having written several previous books. He has mingled with the greats in other fields too, and was a pitcher in baseball until an arm injury ended that career. In due course he obtained a Ph. D. in Education Administration.