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"Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant . Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart.
Paper Roses is a studio album by American singer Marie Osmond. It was released in September 1973 in conjunction with MGM Records and Kolob Records. Paper Roses was the debut studio album in Osmond's career and its title track was released as her debut single. The song topped the US and Canadian country charts.
Paper Rosie" is a song written and originally recorded by Canadian country music artist Dallas Harms. Harms' version peaked at number 21 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in 1975. The song was later covered by American country music artist Gene Watson .
In 1973, she released her debut single, "Paper Roses." The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and crossed into the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. [1] Her debut studio album of the same name also topped Billboard's country albums chart and spent 20 weeks on the survey. [2]
Janice Torre was born in New Orleans, the daughter of Peter Torre, an Italian immigrant developer in the oil industry, and Juanita Mottram. [1] Janice graduated from Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans), H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College of Tulane University, where she was president of her Senior Class, and Yale School of Drama.
Like Osmond's previous singles, the crossover country-pop hit, "Paper Roses," "In My Little Corner of the World" was a cover version of a major hit by Anita Bryant. Osmond's version however only peaked within the Country Top 40 and made the Bubbling Under Hot 100 charts in 1974. The album was produced by Sonny James. Recorded at Columbia ...
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"Jarrow Song" became his sole top ten hit in his own right this year. Donny Osmond and sister Marie Osmond charted as a duo for the first time but both had previously had top 10 hits - Donny with the group The Osmonds and his solo work (including signature number one "Puppy Love"), Marie in 1973 with her solo single "Paper Roses".