Donny Osmond was a young boy when his older brothers Alan, Merrill, Wayne, and Jay formed a barbershop quartet known as The Osmond Brothers in the early 1960s. The family singing group was started as a way to earn money for expensive hearing aids for the eldest Osmond brothers, Virl and Tom. The brothers were talented enough to score a long-running stint as regulars on “The Andy Williams Show,” and 5-year-old Donny charmed viewers when he joined in for a rendition of “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby” in 1963. He solidified his status in the family group when he later performed a solo of “You Are My Sunshine” on Williams’ show.
In 1967, youngest brother Jimmy joined the family group. The littlest Osmond also found solo success in Japan at age seven, with a version of “My Little Darling” that scored him a gold record, per Branson Tri Lakes News.
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Eldest brother Virl didn’t perform with his siblings due to his disability, but he was the official publicity photographer during his brothers’ heyday, according to Closer Weekly. And while she wasn’t an Osmond Brother, as a young teen, sister Marie became a country music queen with the release of her 1973 hit “Paper Roses.”
