The Osmond Brothers, joined by siblings Donny, Marie and Jimmy, took the stage this week for the taping of a 50th anniversary reunion show to be aired on PBS next year.A meeting of no less than seven singing Osmonds onstage hadn’t happened in more than 20 years, the siblings say, although no one seems to remember the exact date of the last full family concert. That’s likely because some combination of the clan is perpetually performing.”We do over 200 shows a year,” Wayne Osmond told The Associated Press on Tuesday before the second night of taping for the TV special, “Still.”The PBS concert celebrates the anniversary of the Osmond family’s original foray into show business, the creation of the Osmond Brothers barbershop quartet in 1957.Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay Osmond, led by their strict Army sergeant father, worked the state fair circuit in Utah until a visit to Disneyland led to a television debut on “Disney After Dark” in 1962.The brothers became regulars on “The Andy Williams Show,” where they made their name and forged the wholesome and peppy image that would carry through to each of the later configurations of Osmond family performers.The image is earned.In an interview with… Read full this story
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