Alan Ralph Osmond (born on June 22, 1949 in Ogden, Utah, United States) was a member of the family musical group The Osmonds. He was the oldest of the seven siblings who could sing, as the two oldest brothers, Virl and Tom, are hearing impaired although Tom is currently under treatment. During much of the Osmonds' career, Alan was the leader of the group. Today he performs only rarely because he has multiple sclerosis.
Osmond dated the Carpenters' lead singer, Karen Carpenter. He later married Suzanne Pinegar. He and Suzanne have eight sons, who perform as the Osmond Brothers Second Generation. Alan, like all the Osmonds, is a devout Mormon; seven of his sons have served Mormon missions, and the younger son Tyler plans on serving in the future.
His son, David Osmond, lead singer of the group Osmonds 2nd Generation, who also suffers from multiple sclerosis, participated in the eighth season of American Idol on January 28, 2009 with a pass to Hollywood. However, due to laryngitis, he was not able to make it past Hollywood week.
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do. As a result of his "tough guy" image, an Internet phenomenon began in 2005 known as Chuck Norris facts, ascribing various implausible or even impossible feats to Norris.
Norris appeared in a number of action films, such as Way of the Dragon in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee, and was The Cannon Group's leading star in the 1980s. He next played the starring role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1993 to 2001.
Norris is a devout Christian and politically conservative. He has written several books on Christianity and donated to a number of Republican candidates and causes. In 2007 and 2008, he campaigned for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was running for the Republican nomination for President in 2008. In the 2012 election he endorsed former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Norris also writes a column for the conservative website WorldNetDaily.
The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers. The Osmonds are devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their religious values have influenced their careers.
When it began as a barbershop quartet, the group consisted of brothers Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, Merrill Osmond, and Jay Osmond. They were later joined by younger siblings Donny Osmond and Jimmy Osmond. Their only sister Marie Osmond, who never sang with her brothers at that time, launched a successful solo career in the 1970s. Older brothers George Virl Osmond, Jr. (Virl) and Tom Osmond were born deaf and did not originally perform, although they later made occasional appearances, most notably on the family Christmas specials from the 1970s. All of the Osmonds were born in their hometown of Ogden, Utah except the youngest, Jimmy, who was born in Canoga Park, California. The group have sold 102 million records worldwide.
Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953) is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He continues to perform with his brothers and also without them as a solo act. He is releasing a new album 'A Tribute to Classic Rock' and also tours worldwide.
Merrill was the fifth of the nine children of Olive Osmond and George Osmond and was the first of the performing siblings to marry. He married Mary Carlson on September 17, 1973; they have four sons, two daughters, and ten grandchildren. Merrill's second son, Justin Osmond, is deaf, just as Merrill's two oldest brothers, Virl and Tom are deaf. Justin works with several organizations and launched the Olive Osmond Perpetual Hearing Fund in late 2010.
Like the rest of his family, Merrill is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In keeping with church tradition, all of his sons have served as missionaries.
Merrill's son Shane has three daughters, Aspen Rushelle born 2003, Andelyn Sherina born 2005 and McCaul Osmond born July 21, 2009. Merrill's daughter Heather has three sons, Keaton Kade born 2005, Kruze born 2008 and Lincoln T. Hallows born 2009. His eldest son Travis has two daughters, Cassidi and Clanci Osmond. His youngest daughter Sheila has two children, son Emmitt Dean born 2009, and daughter Alexis Frishknecht born July 3, 2011.
Melvin Wayne Osmond (born August 28, 1951) is the second oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond children. He has been performing since he was six years old and made his national television debut on the Andy Williams Show with brothers, Alan, Merrill, and Jay. They appeared on the Andy Williams Show for seven years. Mostly a guitarist and singer, Wayne also can play the flute, clarinet, saxophone, violin, banjo, piano, drums, and bagpipe.
Wayne Osmond with brothers Merrill and Alan wrote many of the Osmonds' hit songs in the 1970s.
In 1974, Wayne married Kathlyn White. Kathlyn is from Bountiful, Utah and is a former Miss Davis County Fair (Davis County, Utah) and Miss Utah of 1974. Wayne and Kathlyn have five children, three girls and two boys. Their oldest daughter, Amy Osmond, was America's Junior Miss for 1994 and has also released a CD of Christmas music, playing the violin.
Amy is married to Jeff Cook and together she and Jeff have three daughters named Elizabeth, Jennifer and Hailey Anne Cook. Amy also has two children from a previous marriage named Jacob and Maia Bingham. In late October 2011 Amy miscarried her sixth child and second son whom she named Asher. Wayne's son Steven is married to Anneli Peterson and they have four children together named Aili, Paul, Elyssa and William Osmond. Son Gregory is married to Kaylynn McConkie and they have two children, Oscar and Adelaide Elizabeth Osmond. His daughter Sarah is married to Adam Hilton and they have one son and one daughter named Noah and Emma Kathlyn Hilton. Adam is currently obtaining his Master's Degree at Northwestern University in Integrated Marketing Communications.
Happy 40th Anniversary Alan & Suzanne Osmond!!!
A pictorial tribute to Alan Osmond
Special guest, Alan Osmond
The Osmond Brothers talk about MS
Alan Osmond - Slideshow
Alan Osmond & Sons on D&M; Talk Pt. 1
Alan Osmond & Sons On D&M; Talk Pt. 2
Alan Osmond: We Brought In Chuck Norris To De-Feminize Our Dance Moves
Donny, Marie & Alan Osmond 1986 Interviews
The Osmonds 1974 - Alan Osmond and Merrill Osmond Interview 4-4
Happy Birthday Alan Osmond
Wayne Osmond - The Story Of Cinderella
Alan Osmond - "MS Does NOT have me".
Alan Osmond Extravaganza 1978
Plot
The story of the personal lives and professional careers of the show-business family The Osmonds, and how the stresses and strains of their careers and the turbulent '70s and '80s affected their relationships with each other and their families.
Keywords: brother-brother-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, career, character-name-in-title, debt, faith, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, mission
They couldn't live without the spotlight. They couldn't share it either.
Wayne: 80 million records and I'm a dancing crustacean.
George Osmond: You're too young.::Merrill: I'm twenty. I'm old enough to know how I feel... sir::George Osmond: You're too young for marriage.::Merrill: How old were you when you married mother?::George Osmond: My stepfather drove me out of the house when I was fourteen years old I didn't have a family like this.::Merrill: So I can never get married? I just hang out with my brothers until we're so senile that we can't remember which one's which?::George Osmond: Don't play the wise guy with me, son.::Merrill: I love her!::George Osmond: You asked. I don't think you're ready.
Alan Osmond: Seriously, Mr.Regas. We want to play Rock-N-Roll.::Jack Regas: Well, it's not that easy, Alan.::George Osmond: You work with him on the show. You know how fast they pick up a new routine.
Alan Osmond: Don't ever do that again.::Merrill: That's my song! I sing the lead!::Alan Osmond: No, we agreed Donny would sing that.::Merrill: YOU agreed! I didn't!
Merrill: I'm starting to feel like the last dog on a sled team. And I'm not liking the view.
Alan Osmond: We want to go in a different direction. That's all this is about.::George Osmond: A different direction?::Alan Osmond: Musically.::George Osmond: I see. So you go into the studio and cut an album. Who's Donny going to record with? Who's he going to tour with? How is this family going to stay in one piece? "Family, faith, career" in that order. How many times do I have to say it?::Alan Osmond: If Merrill wants to leave I can't stop him.::George Osmond: You can. You can hold the brothers together or not. You're the oldest in the group, you lead. Now that's a big responsibility. If you don't want that, you tell me right now. Take a good look at that wall. Covered with gold records. All of them with one name on them - "Osmond". Don't lose sight of that.
Family Attorney: Chapter 11, you file for bankruptcy all debts are cancelled.::George Osmond: No. This family will not betray those who trusted and believed in us. We will not run from our debts.
Olive Osmond: Jimmy came home with a bloody lip today. Some teenagers beat him up because he wouldn't smoke drugs with them.::George Osmond: What's the matter with people these days? Everywhere the kids go they're being harassed.::Olive Osmond: Did you know Marie hasn't eaten anything today?::George Osmond: Is she sick?::Olive Osmond: No. Some fool executive told her she was fat. George, I hate LA. It's no place to raise children.::George Osmond: It's where the work is.::Olive Osmond: Why can't the work be in Utah?::George Osmond: Because it can't.
Jay: Senior Prom. You ever wonder what that would've been like?::Wayne: I swear. My kids are going to have a normal life.
George Osmond: Boys, lets stay focused. We didn't leave Utah for fame and fortune. The whole point of singing Barber Shop was to raise money for your missions.
Happy 40th Anniversary Alan & Suzanne Osmond!!!
A pictorial tribute to Alan Osmond
Special guest, Alan Osmond
The Osmond Brothers talk about MS
Alan Osmond - Slideshow
Alan Osmond & Sons on D&M; Talk Pt. 1
Alan Osmond & Sons On D&M; Talk Pt. 2
Alan Osmond: We Brought In Chuck Norris To De-Feminize Our Dance Moves
Donny, Marie & Alan Osmond 1986 Interviews
The Osmonds 1974 - Alan Osmond and Merrill Osmond Interview 4-4
Happy Birthday Alan Osmond
Wayne Osmond - The Story Of Cinderella
Alan Osmond - "MS Does NOT have me".
Alan Osmond Extravaganza 1978
Wayne Osmond interviewed by Sophia Osmond
Jay and Wayne Osmond - Daytime - 2011
Hour Magazine - Alan Osmond, Osmond Boys (Osmonds' Second Generation) May 1986
A tribute to Wayne Osmond
The Osmonds 2nd Generation w/ Alan Osmond - Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas
♥♥ALAN OSMOND IS SUCH A HOTTY♥♥
Nashville Now - Alan Osmond / Osmond Boys - August 1986 - Part 2
A Million Firecrackers
Alan Osmond - We Love You
Stages by Jay Osmond
Jay Osmond interviewed by Sophia Osmond
Merrill Osmond interviewed by Sophia Osmond
INTERVIEW: Jimmy, Jay and Merrill Osmond Talk to The Velvet Rope
Merrill Osmond Interview October 2010 Part 1
Merrill Osmond Interview October 2010 Part 2
The Osmonds 1974 - Wayne and Jay Osmond Interview 2-4
Merrill Osmond Interview with Alan Barnes & Sue Steward 08/26/12
The Osmonds interviewed by Sophia Osmond
The Osmonds - Alan Whicker Interview 1977
Merrill Osmond Interview speaking about SottoPelle & Hormone Replacement Therapy
Merrill Osmond & Garry Hagger, Interview ATV - June 2009, Belgium
Here To Remember
The Osmonds Tour 2012 - Exclusive Interview & Life Story - Jimmy, Jay, Merrill Osmond