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"The Proud One" is a 1966 single written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe and originally performed by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The Osmonds recorded the song and released it in the spring of 1975. It was their final appearance in the US Top 40, peaking at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, and their only number one on the Easy Listening chart, where it spent one week at number one in September 1975. The song also reached #1 in Ireland. Read more on Last.fm.

The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved enormous worldwide success as teenage music idols in the 1970s. The group originally comprised brothers Alan Ralph Osmond (born June 22, 1949), (Melvin) Wayne Osmond (born August 28, 1951), Merrill Davis Osmond (born April 30, 1953), Jay Wesley Osmond (born March 2, 1955) and Donny (Donald) Clark Osmond (born December 9, 1957). They were later joined by younger siblings (Olive) Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959) and Jimmy (James) Arthur Osmond (born April 16, 1963). In 1966, they made their performing debut with their siblings on Andy Williams Show, though they didn't come around much again until the Donny and Marie Show and The Osmond Family Show. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.