The cost of being a famous kid was known by Donny Osmond at first hand. At 14 years old, he became a worldwide sensation with Puppy Love which made many teenage girls faint. In the 1960s, four out of his seven brothers formed the Osmond Brothers and were regular performers on The Andy Williams Show. He could never have guessed that even half a century later he would still be singing it and making women cry. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to sing Puppy Love at some point,\u201d says Osmond who is now aged 63.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an article that came out in Rolling Stone magazine when I was a teenager, they said \u2018The worst day in rock and roll history was the day Donny Osmond was born!’\u201d he recalled. \u201cAnd do you know how devastating that was to me? I mean, today, now I can laugh about it because I\u2019ve pretty much embraced everything, but as a teenager, that can wreck you. And it really ruined me for a little bit.\u201d So he decided to lash out, just once, by trashing a hotel room in Kentucky. \u201cI messed it up big time,\u201d Osmond said laughing. \u201cMy dad was mad because he had to pay the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t easy growing up in public \u2013 not much easier when public went away \u2013and young people like Justin Bieber and Britney Spears had hard times too according to him.\u201cIt\u2019s probably worse now than it used to be especially with social media But I think what happens is that you become a puppet to your image,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He had the benefit of another friend who was going through the same steps \u2014 though his comrade, Michael Jackson ended up faring much worse. They were children when they first met at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in 1971, where they performed with their brothers. \u201cI remember seeing Michael peek out from behind the curtain and watch me during my performance. This was really amazing in retrospect but then it felt like \u2018There is my buddy looking at me stage right\u2019 \u201c, he said on reflection.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, these were all known by everyone. When they went to see “The Dark Crystal”, Jackson insisted that they wear disguises. \u201cWe were just trying to be normal,\u201d Osmond said. Nevertheless, Jackson had other advice for him: \u201cI told you Mike how will I go back to charts? How do I get out there?\u201d He replied: \u201cWell what you need to do is change your name because your name is poison!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, what is interesting about this is that he told me this in 1983 and it wasn\u2019t until 1989 that \u2018Soldier of Love\u2019 became a hit without my name. So, Michael was correct.\u201d However good the song was DJs wouldn\u2019t spin anything by Osmond. So, they played it without telling people who sang it till its popularity grew huge such that we could not conceal any longer. \u201cBut the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me was losing my career\u201d, reflected Osmond as he observed that failure makes one appreciate success more.\u201cAnd it\u2019s so strange for me to hear me say that because the \u201980s were the worst decade of my life because I didn\u2019t have a career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Osmond later on planned with Jackson to record a duet remake of Stevie Wonder’s \u201cI Wish,\u201d however Jackson had to reschedule due charges of child molestation (Jackson was acquitted). Donny and Michael were friends, \u201cWe lost a genius and not just upon his passing, but upon the changes in his life. But the Mike that I hold onto in my mind is the kid I met in Toronto.\u201d The last time they spoke was when Jackson called about a year before his 2009 death.<\/p>\n
On May 8, 1978, Osmond married Debra (n\u00e9e Glenn) of Billings, Montana, in the Salt Lake Temple. They have five children together: Don, Jeremy, Brandon, Chris and Josh. The Osmonds became grandparents for the first time in 2005 and now have 14 grandchildren.<\/p>\n
This involved competing on \u2013 and winning\u2014 \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d in 2009. It was filmed next door to where he recorded \u201cPuppy Love\u201d all those years ago at a Los Angeles studio. For his fans today though he still does \u201cPuppy Love\u201d as an homage to his beginnings.\u201cI loved the fact that all these girls [were] screaming my name. It was a tough transition, don\u2019t get me wrong, but when I sing \u2018Puppy Love\u2019 every night, I don\u2019t make fun of it; I do it with beautiful orchestration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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