For a long time, I thought these guys were called "The Almond Brothers".
Posted on 04/23/2026 11:05:09 AM PDT by chuck allen
NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
According to a family spokesperson, Alan’s wife, Suzanne Osmond, and their eight sons were with him at his home in Lehi, Utah, at the time of his death. Prior to his passing, Alan used a wheelchair and spent a week in intensive care before returning home Thursday on hospice.
A talented songwriter and performer, Alan Osmond helped write some of the Osmond Brothers’ biggest hits, including “One Bad Apple,” “Crazy Horses” and “Are You Up There?”
Born in Ogden, Utah, on June 22, 1949 and raised in a Mormon household, Alan Osmond’s storied musical career began in the 1950s, when he and his brothers Wayne, Merrill and Jay formed a barbershop quartet. He was the oldest of the performing group and the third oldest of his siblings.
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I don’t know what’s would be worse. The Almonds or a bunch of Mitsubishi Zeros 🇯🇵😃
And now before we have a ceremonial sake toast, are there any questions?
Honorable General-San: Are you out of your f______ mind?
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Yeah their stuff was bubblegum slop. I guess the young girls liked it.
I didn't realize the Osmonds did soundtrack work for 70s blaxploitation films.
You can’t listen to it enough.
I have their albums. Great harmony.
Osmonds were the white, less soilful, less talented version of the Jackson 5.
Osmonds were the white, less soilful, less talented version of the Jackson 5.
Osmonds played their own instruments. The Jackson Five were basically The Funk Brothers.
Thank God for Bill Graham and The Filmore.
Only in the studio. In concert the J5 played instruments.
Rest In Peace, Alan Osmond.
MS is a terrible disease.
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