Over 30 years have passed since Donny Osmond first sent the women-folk of Britain into a tizzy. But the chart-topping performer, who notched up a slew of hits in the Seventies, proved he can still set hearts aflutter when he jetted into London on Monday.
The 46-year-old was greeted by a huge crowd of female admirers when he made an appearance at HMV's flagship store in the capital. "It was unbelievable," said a spokesman for the singer. "There were queues snaking round the corner of Oxford Street for the whole morning."
Donny, who is currently promoting his new album What I Meant To Say, first rose to fame as the lead singer of the The Osmonds. He went on to become a huge star in his own right, with hits like Puppy Love and Crazy Horses.
The new record, which is his 54th studio album, marks his first release as a singer-songwriter. "It's taken 41 years," said the crooner, who gave his first live performance at the tender age of five. "But I thought it was very necessary from a personal point of view to do this now, and in the progression of my career, to come out with an album with some original songs."
Former Take That frontman Gary Barlow collaborated on the disc. And Donny is confident it will please teenyboppers of all ages: "I'm getting younger fans," he explained. "But my dedicated followers are still the women who liked me as a teenager."
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