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Donny Osmond
Donald Clark 'Donny' Osmond is an American entertainer. He is a singer, musician, actor and former teen idol. He has also been a talk show and game show host, record producer, race car driver and author. He is known for being half of the brother-sister singing act Donny & Marie and a member of the "Osmond Brothers" singing group.

Biography
Early life
Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah. His brothers Alan, Jay, Jimmy, Merrill, Wayne, Marie, Tom, and Virl Osmond were members of the popular singing group The Osmonds.

Career
Andy Williams asked the boys to audition for the "Andy Williams Show". They became regulars on the show and popularity gained quickly. Donny made his debut on the show at the age of 4 singing "You Are My Sunshine". The brothers continued to perform on the show throughout the 60's along with their.Donny became a teen idol in the early 1970s as a solo singer. He and David Cassidy were easily the biggest "Cover Boy" pop stars for Tiger Beat magazine in the early 70's. His signature solo song, "Puppy Love" vaulted him into international fame. The fame was further advanced by his appearance on the "Here's Lucy" show.

In the mid '70s, he teamed up with his younger sister, Marie. After being seen co-hosting an episode of the "Mike Douglas Show", Donny & Marie were offered a show of their own, "The Donny & Marie Show" in which Donny showed a fondness for purple socks. The duo recorded several albums.His first venture into Broadway musical theatre, playing the title role in Little Johnny Jones in a Broadway revival, ended in dismal failure with the production opening and closing on the same night in March 1982.Osmond had to work to re-invent himself as a solo artist. He spent several years as a performer, before collaborating with Peter Gabriel and returning to the US charts in 1989. The campaign to market "Soldier Of Love" received a lot of airplay with the singer being presented as a 'mystery artist' revealed.

Osmond found success in musical theater through much of the 1990s when he starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat for over 2,000 performances.

In 1998, Donny co-hosted a talk show with his sister, also called Donny And Marie. Though ratings were high and they were nominated for an award as best talk show, the series was canceled. Donny went on to host Pyramid in two countries and a British version of Pyramid on Challenge in 2007.

Within the past few years, he has released a Christmas album. Donny returned to the UK Top 10 for the first time as a solo artist since 1973, with the George Benson-sampling "Breeze On By," in 2004. He has also done guest spots on numerous other television shows such as "Friends" and "Diagnosis Murder"

Donny can be seen dancing in the music video of "Weird Al". The song is on Yankovic's 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood. Weird Al asked Donny to appear because he was the whitest guy he could think of.

Donny and Marie were part of a Pepsi Twist commercial in 2006 with the Osbournes.It was recently announced that Donny Osmond will host the upcoming British version of the game show Identity on BBC Two. This will be his second game show hosting stint in the UK; his first is Pyramid Game on Challenge starting in May 2007.

Osmond has also been tapped by CBS to host a revival of Name That Tune in 2007 or 2008.

Osmond released the CD Love Songs of the Seventies, featuring romantic songs from that era in early 2007 and it reached the billboard charts at #27.

Personal life
Donny married Debra Glenn. Together, they have five sons.