Jeffrey Osborne Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Early life and family=== Osborne was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name="LarkinSM"/> Born the youngest of twelve children which consisted of six brothers and six sisters, Osborne's family was musically inclined. Some of Osborne's siblings went on to have music careers as well; his brother Billy Osborne was his band-mate in L.T.D. Osborne's father, Clarence "Legs" Osborne, was a popular trumpeter who played with [[Lionel Hampton]], [[Count Basie]] and [[Duke Ellington]]. Osborne's father died in 1961 when Osborne was thirteen.<ref name="vh1.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/osborne_jeffrey/bio.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030429204319/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/osborne_jeffrey/bio.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2003 |title=Jeffrey Osborne Bio | Jeffrey Osborne Career | MTV |website=Vh1.com |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page