The Proud One
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"The Proud One" is a 1975 single written by Bob Gaudio
and Bob Crewe
and performed by The Osmonds
. The single was the group's final entry in the US Top 40, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100
singles chart. It was their only number one on the Easy Listening chart where it spent one week at number one in September 1975.
Bob Gaudio
Robert John "Bob" Gaudio is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist/backing vocalist for The Four Seasons.-Early career:...
and Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe
Bob Crewe is an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, record producer and fine artist. He is known for producing, and co-writing with Bob Gaudio, a string of Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons...
and performed by The Osmonds
The Osmonds
The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers...
. The single was the group's final entry in the US Top 40, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
singles chart. It was their only number one on the Easy Listening chart where it spent one week at number one in September 1975.