Black Bear

My Life Story

De: Merrill Osmond

Narrado por: Merrill Osmond

"Black Bear" offers what fans have waited decades to read: the authentic Merrill Osmond, unfiltered and unforgettable.

For the first time, Merrill Osmond, the distinctive lead voice of The Osmonds' biggest hits including "One Bad Apple," "Crazy Horses," and "Love Me For A Reason", shares his complete life story. This intimate memoir takes listeners from Utah to the world's largest stages, revealing what really happened behind the scenes of one of music's most successful families.

What's Inside:

• Exclusive encounters with Elvis, performing for royalty, and untold stories from six decades in entertainment

• The real story behind multiple platinum and gold records and the pressures of unprecedented fame

• Personal struggles never before disclosed and the faith that sustained him

• Behind-the-scenes revelations from producing the Donny & Marie Show and presidential inaugurations

• A raw, honest account of finding peace after life in show business

ABOUT MERRILL OSMOND

Lead singer of The Osmonds, Merrill has written and produced #1 hit records and earned multiple gold records with his brothers. Beyond music, he served as Executive Producer of the Donny & Marie Show (ABC-TV) and produced inaugural events for Presidents Reagan and Bush. He is patron of The Olive Osmond Hearing Fund, supporting deaf awareness globally.

©2025 Merrill Osmond (P)2025 Merrill Osmond

This book is fiction not non-fiction

Despite what the title suggests, this does not come across as a fully accurate real-life account. The book leans heavily into sensationalism and seems shaped to fit a particular narrative of people he wanted to attack rather than present events objectively. Based on my own knowledge, several details appear to be inaccurate. In addition, the narration is distracting at times — it says the story is narrated by the author, however the question of AI comes up at times which includes a mispronunciation of his own name (“Auz-mond”) in the section Fame and Fortune describing himself chosen as the lead singer — and there are occasional unexplained background sounds. Overall, these issues made it difficult to engage with the work as a credible or polished production.

The history and personal memories

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this particular book, but if I had to find one flaw, it would be that it seemed a little bit unorganized. Things seem to be a bit mixed up.
However, I didn’t take the time to write a book such as this, and I did enjoy it.

Merrill the knight

I liked all this book it told about things we knew but most importantly things we knew knew he and his family went through being an entertainer

Black Bear Review

Inconsistent with printed book. Leaves one to wonder which version is accurate and if either one is accurate. This is not unabridged as advertised. There is a lot of missing text from the printed book. Many chapters have been renamed and two chapters have been removed. One chapter has been added as well. There are also mispronounced words unidentifiable sounds and repeated paragraphs.

A filthy book full of lies

Audible, in my personal opinion,The audio version of this book is different from the printed version because the publisher was informed and proven by one subject that Merrill lied. the slander had to be removed. Merrill continues his slander, lies, innuendo and half truths that can be proven should person's who have been slandered wish to do so.
this is a work of FICTION not non-fiction.
Do not buy this book.