One Bad Apple

[davemarc]

The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll sez "One Bad Apple" was a
"Jackson 5-style" hit for the Osmonds.  I agree that the tune sounds like a
Jackson 5 number, but I'm not sure that it is one.

As for who ripped off whom, the Osmonds formed in 1957; the Jackson 5
coalesced in 1964.  The Osmonds appeared on national television throughout
the Sixties, but the Jackson 5 were the first to hit record biz in 1969-70
with I Want You Back.  The Osmonds went gold in 1971 with One Bad Apple.

Obviously, both groups "ripped off" countless family singing groups that
preceded them.

davemarc