- The Osmonds: 50th Anniversary

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Product Description As Seen on Public Television! The Osmonds celebrated their 50th anniversary with a sold-out reunion show in 2007 in Las Vegas. This landmark concert featured all seven performing Osmonds: Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie and Jimmy. THE OSMONDS LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT features the Osmonds performing 22 of their chart-topping hits including "One Bad Apple," "Puppy Love," "Paper Roses," "Love Me For A Reason," "Crazy Horses," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and a Donny and Marie medley with seven of their greatest hits. Includes a special Bonus Track, "Thank God For Kids."THE OSMONDS LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT is also available on cd from Denon Records. .com A whole generation of Americans grew up with the Osmond family, an exceptionally musical family of six brothers and one sister that has enjoyed success in the music industry for over 50 years. In this live reunion concert, dubbed "a celebration of looking back," Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Marie, and Jimmy Osmond perform some of their most popular hits onstage at The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. The siblings sing in varying performing configurations including the five original Osmond Brothers, the seven Osmonds, and the duo Donny and Marie. Hits like "One Bad Apple," "Puppy Love," "Paper Roses," and the rock sensation "Crazy Horses" are delivered with feeling and are enthusiastically received by the multi-age audience. The Osmonds have matured over 50 years and their passion for music, innate musicality, rich harmonies, and devotion to one another as siblings are as strong as ever. Interspersed throughout the concert performance is interview footage with Andy Williams and all of the individual Osmonds as well as clips from various historical Osmond performances and interviews. The interviews touch upon everything from the Osmond children's start on The Andy Williams Show in the early 1960's to Donny's and Marie's roles as hosts of Donny and Marie from 1976-1979, the Osmond clan's involvement in virtually every aspect of the music business over the years, and the frenzied "Osmondmania" that swept through America and England in the 1970's. The extra "Thank God for Kids" track by Marie Osmond is especially moving and features a rare appearance by the eldest Osmond brothers Virl and Tom. --Tami Horiuchi