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David Morton

When a 1970s teenage pop star heartthrob returned to Newcastle Arena

In the early 1970s, there was no bigger pop star in Britain than the utterly wholesome and toothsome Donny Osmond.

A member of the The Osmonds showbusiness family, the teenager was the one who easily aroused the most devotion among legions of teenage and mainly female fans. Arguably, the first ever ‘boy band', the clean-cut Osmonds hailed from Utah in the United States.

From 1971 to 1975, both as The Osmonds and with Donny singing solo, they had hits including Crazy Horses, Love Me For a Reason, Puppy Love, and The Twelfth Of Never . Sister Marie Osmond had a solo hit with Paper Roses , as did younger brother Jimmy with Long Haired Lover From Liverpool .

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