Osmonds ~ Baby's Back 1979 Disco Purrfection Version
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2023
- Bet you did not know that they worked with Mauice Gibb on this album.... you can hear it for yourself.
The Osmonds began performing in 1958 when Alan, Merrill, Wayne and Jay sang in a barbershop quartet to help make money for hearing aids. They performed at Disneyland where the Osmonds were vocalizing with the Dapper Dans on Main Street and caught the attention of the entertainment director who hired them for the next summer.
Disneyland After Dark selected them to appear in 1962. That led to a stint on the Andy Williams show and they became regulars up to 1967 earning the moniker "One Take Osmonds" due to their professionalism. It was at this point that Donny joined the group making them a quintet.Releasing their first single in 1967, "Flower Music" on UNI records it did not chart.Next came Producer Mike Curb, who was the one that brought them into the American Mainstream with the Jackson Five like "One Bad Apple" that spent five weeks at #1. They went through a few changes and record sales began to slip, especially after Donny left to become a solo teen star.
My friend Human Numan who is program director for Sirius XM filled me on some little known facts about who actually sang lead. "What most people don't realize is that Merrill was always their lead vocalist. Donny added the "falsetto" with his young voicing. Later Donny went on with his own solo career and proved he could hold a song together alone. But all of the great '70s hits... they were all Merrill on lead. Because Donny did his vocals as the equivalent of Michael Jackson, Merrill's career never really took off. Same with Jermaine. They both were in a situation where even though they were singing lead parts, their little brother was the focus.
Merrill is the "unsung" hero of the Osmond Brothers...One Bad Apple (#1) is a perfect example: • The Osmonds ~ One Bad ... , Yo Yo (#3) • The Osmonds (video) Yo Yo Down By The Lazy River (#4) • Osmond Brothers - "Dow... Double Lovin' (here he is much older) • THE OSMONDS LIVE IN ... you can see Donny is not the lead, he was a co-lead singing certain phrases. So it was all perception that Donny was the frontman.
Merrill got upstaged.What's strange is Merrill's accent grew more country as he got older.In 1979, they did a one off album for Mercury Records, 1979's "Steppin' Out" Human notes that "Produced by Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees and Steve Klein - Definitely some Bee Gees vocals in the hook. Keyboards: Blue Weaver who was keyboards for Bee Gees, Joe Lala on drums. George Terry on guitar. Donny is credited with vocals while Merrill handled the leads."Recorded at Criteria Studios Miami, home of the disco classics they created from "Jive Talkin'" to "Tragedy" it has that classic Bee Gees sound but the Osmonds were credited as vocalists and Maurice added some Bee Gees magic to the track that was sadly overlooked back in da day.
Human mentioned that the song is as hooky as any other Bee Gees hit and it sounds like it would have mixed nicely with Love You Inside Out, which was out a short time before the Osmonds release. What do you think? Missed opportunity here? Family group member produces family group, it should have been promoted its just so catchy! It was there last official release as the classic line up as Donny left the band in 1980. Human also relates this story, "I have a story of how I almost met Merrill. (I've met Donny on numerous occasions, super guy, very kind). Right before Covid struck, I went on the '70s Rock & Romance Cruise to get familiar with what we were promoting on the air. Occasionally I would walk by this guy who seemed to be around a lot but travelling solo, I'd smile and nod or say hi, and keep on walking. But all the while I kept thinking "That guy looks strangely familiar. He looks like one of the Osmond Brothers." But they weren't performing on this cruise so I dismissed it. Near the end of the week, I was having dinner with the cruise executive producer, and he mentioned that the Osmonds were booked for the next cruise. I told him I thought I saw one of them on the cruise. He said, that's Merrill. He is for the group gathering intel on how its conducted in order to build a show. I said is he still here? I would love to meet him! He said, no he was only on for 3 days, and jumped a plane back to the States. So that would have been cool." - Hudba
Now this is a talented family, made some great music😊
This is really such a beautiful song with such a beautiful groove ❤
Thanks for posting this. I never realized the Osmonds did a dance oriented album. Many of us appreciate the wonderful dance and disco music you give us!
Beautiful song ❤
Glad you’re back baby kitten!,
we’ve missed you!
where’ve you been!, vacationing I hope , take care and keep’m jewels coming !🙏
Groove storico Disco Funk 70's 💞🎶✌👍👏. Ciao!
It was a shame they died away in 1976 I think with the right backing they could have gone down a different avenue as for this it is a good pop funk tune who knows what could have happened
Masterpiece jam 😊
Typo error of a comment to DJ disco cat 😺 and his beautiful ❤️ mix. Computer decided it wanted to use the word ridiculous, when that word should not have even been in the vocabulary thank you 🥰. Beautiful song along with beautiful mix ❤️🥀.
Thanks for making an extended mix of one of my jams from the Steppin' Out album.
love the osmonds !
I ❤ only God and my miserable family of one person.I.
Very nice smooth track from the Osmonds! Treading water with the likes of the Bee Gees and smooth Westcoast sound!!
nice
I would love this album hard to find
Work it DJ disco 😺 Càt you really worked this song simply ❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🥀❤️🤔🥀💃🏾🥀😺👀😈
Jay and Merrill vocal harmonies. the Os Bros meet the Gibb Bro DANCE !!
I love the Osmonds
saturday mit day to day im filing like in pheradays bro thanks big
"Baby's Back" is a Disco Classic by The Osmonds -the nostalgia of the mid to late 70's.
"Jill Munroe" played by Farrah Fawcett before Majors, "Kelly Garrett" played by Jaclyn Smith, "Sabrina Duncan" played by Kate Jackson, of The Original "Charlie's Angels", "Diana Prince" played by Cathy Lee Crosby in the made for TV movie "Wonder Woman" 1974, and "Diana Prince" played by Lynda Carter in the "Wonder Woman" TV series 1975-1979. Are who you remember when you hear this song.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WOMEN "BABY'S BACK!!🌈🤩😎
Knew a friend of a friend of the Osmonds, not that close but well, he was at a traffic light and Farrah Fawcett was just ahead, the gate to the studio where she was kicked out days before was there, and she turned to go in. Overheard was the conversation:
Farrah: I need to get in to get some things.
Guard: No
Farrah (something about some personal items)
Guard, now brandishing a gun: (still no) 'I don't care and I don't give a damn'.
Oh yeah...!
Nice music.👍.
I missed You 😍 great that You are back ❤
Memories❤
Super je ne connaissais pas cette version longue ❤️❤️Merci
Merci DJ ;-))
PURRFECTED...just to take me back.
I REMEMBER THIS!!! THANK YOU for uploading it. I had a crush on Donny
who didn't between Donny and David Cassidy and Tony DeFranco Tiger Beat and 16 Magazine kept them up front
Congrats for this so special YT account. PLATINUM MEDAL!
Thanks for this MUSIC TRIP💜✨🎶
VERY NICE MUSIC
TOUJOURS BON JE VOUS LE CONSEIL
Sounds like The Bee Gees ‼️💯
Love love love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I download hundreds of ur work via youtube converter 😜 It sound perfect on the stereo . I'll keep looking for more. And I hope u get in touch with u2 "still haven't found... The song is perfect but way to short ... So yeah I'll be looking forward for your future uploads. EME.
May I please make a request for you to make the extended version of Life Ain’t Worth Living by Gloria Gaynor. I don’t see any extended version out on CZcams and I would love to have it! Thank you so kindly! ♥️
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Yes, I did hear it. 😎
I was at a big annual community event in 1978 at BYU, August 23rd 1978 was when I heard the rumor in one of the class sessions that the Osmonds had connected with the Bee Gees, Andy was a big component of the rumor, which I am not sure exactky of the details but hundreds there heard it from someone and it may have spread wildly after that but I returned to Arizona but no one there said anything of the rumor. In `977 they did another disco record, this one barely made the top-40, 'I Can't Live a Dream', never heard if this one ever was top-40
What fun. This got NO traction back in the day.
Even though it's Sunday may I have this dance please 🥺 DJ 💃🏾
theres several songs from this album u could do mixes for......Emily,,Step-in Out,,III,,, probably most of the songs as well as songs from their Brainstorm lp
Great info. Kinda cool but a missed opportunity with Merrill on that cruise. Sounds great too!
I never heard of this song before, But, I really like this one. can you do a remix of the sylvers.😁
What happened to the remix to love don't live here anymore by rose Royce?
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Sounds like the BeeGers. What!
BeeGees
That's because Maurice Gibb was the producer of this album. Taking it a step further, Maurice got The Osmonds to record the album at the RSO Records studios in Miami (the same studios where the Bee Gees and younger brother Andy Gibb recorded all of their late '70s hits).
how come this was never a hit
The Osmonds never got sufficient air play beyond "One Bad Apple". Plus Donny and Marie were pretty much the superstars of the family due to their TV show.
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The Osmonds 🤢🤮
Shoulda just let Andy Gibb record this. Their vocals are lacking.