Jimmy Osmond
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James Arthur "Jimmy" Osmond (born on April 16, 1963 in Canoga Park, California) is an American singer, actor, and businessman.
. He is the ninth and last child of George
and Olive Osmond
, and his siblings are Virl, Tom, Alan
, Wayne
, Merrill
, Jay, Donny
, and Marie Osmond
. He is also the only Osmond of the nine not to have been born in the family's hometown of Ogden, Utah
. He remains the youngest performer to have a No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart
, with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
" in 1972. The song was credited to Little Jimmy Osmond. He like the rest of his family, are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons
).
In 1985 he met Latino empresario Manuel Montoya at A&M Records and this led to his only Spanish recording entitled "Siempre Tu",with duets by the iconic Pedro Vargas, on "Otoño y Primavera", written by Luis Angel, and young Latino superstar Yuri on "Dos En Uno", written by Rodolfo Castillo and KC Porter, produced by Jose Quintana and Stephen Tavani with steller array of participants such as Albert Hammond, KC Porter, Luis Angel, Lara y Monarrez, Abraham Laboriel, Robert Lamb, Steve Deutch, Linda "Peaches" Green, Carlos Rios,Juan Carlos Calderon and Benny Faccone, recorded in the best studios in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Utah, and released on EMI-Capitol Records imprint in Mexico City. Under the guidance of his personal manager, Manuel Montoya, Jimmy toured Latin US markets, including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and Chile, recording was critically acclaimed and well accepted by the Latin market, and the collaboration by Pedro Vargas was Mr. Vargas' last recording before his death at the age of 82 years old.
Osmond married Michele Larson in 1992. They have four children: Sophia Michele (born 1994), Zachary James "Zack" (born 1997), Arthur Wyatt (born 2000), and Isabella Olive Renae "Bella" (born 2002).
Osmond has made a number of guest appearances on UK television. These include the reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! broadcast by ITV
in 2005, where he finished in fourth place; and a 2006 appearance on All Star Family Fortunes
; and a celebrity version of Come Dine With Me
.
For the 2008/2009 pantomime
season he appeared at the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton, UK
, playing the role of Buttons in Cinderella
.
From January 11 until February 28, 2009 he played the Teen Angel in Grease
in London's West End. After leaving Grease, he played Billy Flynn in the UK 2009 touring production of Chicago
, alongside Ex-EastEnders
actress Emma Barton
.
He also was a guest on BBC Television
's Saturday Kitchen
programme on January 24, 2009. On June 6, 2009 Osmond and his wife appeared on the All Star Mr and Mrs television programme.
In January 2010 Osmond participated in the British ITV1
celebrity reality television programme Popstar to Operastar
.
From December 11, 2010 to January 2, 2011 Jimmy played Buttons in Cinderella
at the White Rock Theatre
in Hastings.
Biography
Jimmy Osmond is the youngest of his siblings and an occasional member of their musical group, The OsmondsThe Osmonds
The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers...
. He is the ninth and last child of George
George Osmond
George Virl Osmond was the patriarch of the Osmond family.George Virl Osmond was born in Etna, Wyoming, the son of Agnes Laverna and Rulon Osmond. Rulon died at age 24 on November 24, 1917 shortly after George was born...
and Olive Osmond
Olive Osmond
Olive May Osmond was the matriarch of the American Osmond singing family, and mother of entertainers Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond....
, and his siblings are Virl, Tom, Alan
Alan Osmond
Alan Ralph Osmond was a member of the family musical group The Osmonds. He was the oldest of the seven siblings who could sing, as the two oldest brothers, Virl and Tom, are hearing impaired although Tom is currently under treatment. During much of the Osmonds' career, Alan was the leader of the...
, Wayne
Wayne Osmond
Melvin Wayne Osmond is the second oldest of the original Osmond Brothers singers and the fourth oldest of the nine Osmond children. He has been performing since he was six years old and made his national television debut on the Andy Williams Show with brothers, Alan, Merrill, and Jay. They...
, Merrill
Merrill Osmond
Merrill Davis Osmond is the lead singer and bassist of the 1970s music group The Osmonds. He continues to perform with his brothers and also without them as a solo act...
, Jay, Donny
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
, and Marie Osmond
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
. He is also the only Osmond of the nine not to have been born in the family's hometown of Ogden, Utah
Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
. He remains the youngest performer to have a No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, with "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
Long Haired Lover from Liverpool
"Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" is a pop song by Jimmy Osmond.Written by Christopher Kingsley and produced by Mike Curb and Perry Botkin Jr, "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" was a UK number one single for Jimmy Osmond...
" in 1972. The song was credited to Little Jimmy Osmond. He like the rest of his family, are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons
Mormons
The Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, a religion started by Joseph Smith during the American Second Great Awakening. A vast majority of Mormons are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while a minority are members of other independent churches....
).
In 1985 he met Latino empresario Manuel Montoya at A&M Records and this led to his only Spanish recording entitled "Siempre Tu",with duets by the iconic Pedro Vargas, on "Otoño y Primavera", written by Luis Angel, and young Latino superstar Yuri on "Dos En Uno", written by Rodolfo Castillo and KC Porter, produced by Jose Quintana and Stephen Tavani with steller array of participants such as Albert Hammond, KC Porter, Luis Angel, Lara y Monarrez, Abraham Laboriel, Robert Lamb, Steve Deutch, Linda "Peaches" Green, Carlos Rios,Juan Carlos Calderon and Benny Faccone, recorded in the best studios in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Utah, and released on EMI-Capitol Records imprint in Mexico City. Under the guidance of his personal manager, Manuel Montoya, Jimmy toured Latin US markets, including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela and Chile, recording was critically acclaimed and well accepted by the Latin market, and the collaboration by Pedro Vargas was Mr. Vargas' last recording before his death at the age of 82 years old.
Osmond married Michele Larson in 1992. They have four children: Sophia Michele (born 1994), Zachary James "Zack" (born 1997), Arthur Wyatt (born 2000), and Isabella Olive Renae "Bella" (born 2002).
Osmond has made a number of guest appearances on UK television. These include the reality television show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! broadcast by ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in 2005, where he finished in fourth place; and a 2006 appearance on All Star Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes...
; and a celebrity version of Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
.
For the 2008/2009 pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
season he appeared at the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton, UK
Northampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
, playing the role of Buttons in Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
.
From January 11 until February 28, 2009 he played the Teen Angel in Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
in London's West End. After leaving Grease, he played Billy Flynn in the UK 2009 touring production of Chicago
Chicago (musical)
Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
, alongside Ex-EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
actress Emma Barton
Emma Barton
Emma Louise Barton is an English actress. She played Honey Mitchell in EastEnders from November 2005 to September 2008....
.
He also was a guest on BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
's Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen Live is a 90 minute cookery programme, which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings. It is currently presented by James Martin; previous presenters have included Antony Worrall Thompson and Gregg Wallace. The programme is currently produced by Cactus TV...
programme on January 24, 2009. On June 6, 2009 Osmond and his wife appeared on the All Star Mr and Mrs television programme.
In January 2010 Osmond participated in the British ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
celebrity reality television programme Popstar to Operastar
Popstar to Operastar
Popstar to Operastar is a British television programme singing competition based around the training of pop stars of current to be able to sing opera. The show began airing on ITV on 15 January 2010 at 9pm. The show is repeated on TV3 Ireland on Saturday evening. The programme is produced by...
.
From December 11, 2010 to January 2, 2011 Jimmy played Buttons in Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
at the White Rock Theatre
White Rock Theatre
White Rock Theatre is a medium-scale receiving house venue owned by Hastings Borough Council situated on the seafront of Hastings, East Sussex, on the south coast of England...
in Hastings.
Singles
- "My Little Darling" / "My Little Darling" (Japanese)
- "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" (Swedish)
- "Happy Robbers" / "I Found a Little Happiness" (Japanese)
- "Goodbye Mr. Tears" / "Put Your Hand in the Hand"
- "Chuk Chuk" / "Jimmy Boy" (Japanese)
- "If Santa Were My Daddy" / "Silent Night"
- "Long Haired Lover from LiverpoolLong Haired Lover from Liverpool"Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" is a pop song by Jimmy Osmond.Written by Christopher Kingsley and produced by Mike Curb and Perry Botkin Jr, "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" was a UK number one single for Jimmy Osmond...
" / "Mother of Mine" - "Tweedle DeeTweedle Dee"Tweedlee Dee" is a rhythm and blues novelty song with a Latin-influenced riff written by Winfield Scott for LaVern Baker and recorded by her at Atlantic Records' studio in New York City in 1954. It was her first hit, reaching #4 on Billboard's R&B chart and #14 on its Pop chart...
" / "Mama'd Know What To Do" - "Little Arrows" / "Don't You Remember"
- "I'm Gonna Knock on Your DoorI'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door", written by Aaron Schroeder and Sid Wayne, is a song that was an originally released by The Isley Brothers in 1959 and became hit for teenage actor Eddie Hodges in 1961...
" / "Give Me a Good Old Mammy Song" - "Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus"
- "You're There" / "Life Is Just What You Make It"
- "Kimi Wa Pretty" / "Tokyo Savannah" (Japanese)
- "Ring Ring" / "After All"
- "She Put the Light On" / "Uncertain"
- "Living in Love" / "One More Chance" (Japanese)
- "Siempre Tu" (Spanish)
- "Dos En Uno" (Spanish)
- "Otono Y Primavera" (Spanish)
- "Shine"
Albums
- Little Jimmy Osmond (Japan, 1972)
- Killer JoeKiller JoeKiller Joe is the second album by Jimmy Osmond, released in 1972 on MGM Records. He was credited on the album as Little Jimmy Osmond. The first single from this album, "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool", reached #1 on the U.K...
(1973) - Little Arrows (1975)
- Kimi Wa Pretty (Japan, 1981)
- Siempre Tu (in Spanish; Mexico, 1985)
- Keep The Fire Burnin’ (US 2000, UK 2001)
Soundtracks
- Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (1974)
- The Great Brain (1978)
- Hugo The Hippo (1976)
- The Osmonds (animated TV series, 1972)
Movies
- The Great BrainThe Great BrainThe Great Brain is a series of children's books by American author John Dennis Fitzgerald . Set in the fictitious small town of Adenville, Utah, between 1896 and 1898, the stories are loosely based on Fitzgerald's childhood experiences. Although John D...
(1978) based on the book by John D. FitzgeraldJohn D. FitzgeraldJohn Dennis Fitzgerald was an American author.Fitzgerald was born in Price, Utah, the son of an Irish Catholic father and a Scandinavian Mormon mother...
, portraying title character. - Hugo the HippoHugo the HippoHugo the Hippo is a 1973 animated film produced by the Pannónia Filmstúdió of Hungary and co-produced in the United States by Brut Productions, a division of French perfume company Faberge...
(1976), singer
Television
- The Osmonds (1972) – animated TV series
- Donny & MarieDonny & Marie (1976 TV series)Donny & Marie was an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond...
(1976–1979) - FameFame (1982 TV series)Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
(1982) - Inside the Osmonds (2001)
- We Are Family (2003)
- Branson Jubilee (2005)
- I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2005)
- All Star Family FortunesFamily FortunesFamily Fortunes is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes...
(2006) - Celebrity Come Dine With MeCome Dine With MeCome Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
Business interests
- Osmond Real Estate in UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
- Hummy Bears books and plush toys
- The Osmond family marketing and merchandising (since before the age of fifteen)
External links
- Official site of the Osmond family
- Osmond General Store
- Osmond's profile page for the ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!