Osmonds With Andy Williams at Christmas Time

Osmonds performances on Andy Williams Shows

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Music

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• Osmonds
• Andy
• Williams

[Lisajo1960]

I agree with Robert. Times were more family oriented then. Kids were safer. Families were together....the holiday shows were clean. Today's television is worthless. I miss these shows as well.

[hylianqueen]

@maryquant1967 my parents did the same thing with me (im 16) and i am glad she did. It makes we see a better nicer and more moral time. my generation NEEDS to be exposed to this! =)

[loribc1965]

the Williams brothers and the Osmond brothers....what a treat

[Spartacus217]

Andy Williams is just plain creepy.

[35diamondgirl]

@wrfreytag I agree. I've only recently begun to appreciate Kay Thompson, and wish more of her work with The Williams Brothers had been preserved.  All that remains of their groundbreaking nightclub act is some photos and a very little bit of recorded material.

[rhiann0n1]

I miss these types of shows too....and remember this was LIVE...no lip syncing here

[Chairman368]

@Lisajo1960 I couldn't agree more. I'm 36 and the heyday of shows like this were mostly over but I buy all I can find on DVD. No one really has Christmas Specials anymore and that's sad. I remember looking forward to Bob Hope's Christmas Specials and Perry Como. Merry Christmas to you.

[wrfreytag]

Also, Kay Thompson's great vocal arrangement should not be overlooked. Eloise had a most talented "mother!"

[35diamondgirl]

@coneyandapop Yes, most singers are still trained this way, to various degrees. The Williams and Osmonds were taught to sing by their parents, and then learned through endless rehearsals and performances. But in contemporary pop music, technique and vocal quality have become less important than emotional content and sound. I don't think that's a bad thing, but music was marketed very differently during the Williams Bros. heyday, and the young Osmonds were influencd by Andy Williams.

[35diamondgirl]

Impeccable, pure harmony! The mature warmth of the Williams Brothers voices contrasted beautifully with the youthful energy of the Osmond Brothers in this intricate vocal arrangement. I'm barely old enough to remember Andy's show and Christmas specials, and the brothers' (both families) singing always stood out.

[coneyandapop]

I have more of a question than a comment. I was born in 1973 so I missed out on the Andy Williams Christmas Shows. My is for more for the Baby Boomers. Though anyone can answer. With all that has passed over the years. Do you think children of to day can be trained to sing with the clearity and percission that the Osmond and Jackson Families sang with? Or has that time passed?

[sdkirkpatrick1960]

Oh how I wish shows on television were like this now. Families spent time together. Now it seems no one has time for anything not even famiy time.