The Collins Kids

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The Collins KIds
General information
Genre (s) Rockabilly
founding 1954, 1993
resolution 1962
Founding members
Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins
Guitar, vocals
 Lawrence "Larry" Collins

The Collins Kids was an American rockabilly duo. Although the two siblings Lorrie and Larry never had a real hit, they were extremely popular in the mid-1950s, which was probably due to their appearances at the successful KFI Town Hall Party .

Life

Childhood and beginnings

The siblings Lorrie (* May 7, 1942, † August 4, 2018) and Larry (* October 4, 1944) Collins come from Tulsa , Oklahoma . Lorrie entered talent competitions early on. She won her first in 1950, which then took Lorrie to California with her mother in 1952 . The following year the Collins family moved to California. At this time, her brother Larry began to take part in such competitions. At Christmas 1952 he was given a guitar that he soon mastered.

Career

In 1953 they could be heard regularly on the Squeakin 'Deacon Talent Show . After the duo entered another competition in 1954, this time hosted by the Town Hall Party , the show's management booked them for a few appearances. During these performances Larry met the guitar virtuoso Joe Maphis , who gave him further guitar lessons. Maphis gave Larry a "double-neck guitar", a guitar with two necks that Maphis also played. Johnny Bond then recommended the duo to Don Law , an employee of Columbia Records .

Columbia signed Larry and Lorrie in July 1955. In October they held their first session, accompanied by Columbia musicians like Joe Maphis, from which their single Hush Money / Beetle-Bug Bop emerged, which was released in November 1955. At the time, the two were only eleven and thirteen years old. In total they played 14 sessions for Columbia by 1962. Make Him Behave / Rockaway Rock even made it to number three on Columbia's most successful country records in June 1956. By then, they had become permanent members of the Town Hall Party and were considered the show's most popular artists, more popular than Johnny Cash , Gene Vincent , Skeets McDonald or Bob Luman .

In 1959 Lorrie had already married and two years later she had their first child, which finally meant the end of the Collins Kids. The days of rockabilly and country shows had come to an end by the end of the 1950s and the great days of the Collins Kid were over.

Larry initially continued his career, but then retired from the music business and pursued his second passion, golf, in which he won several important prizes. In 1993 the Collins Kids got together again and have been performing together again since then. They also toured Europe . The Collins Kids were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame for their contributions to the rockabilly genre .

Discography

Singles

year Title A Title B Record company
1955 Beggar Bug Bop Hush money Columbia Records
1956 Rockaway Rock Make Him Behave Columbia Records
1956 In My Teens They're still in love Columbia Records
1956 Rock and Roll Polka My first love Columbia Records
1957 Move a little closer Go Away, Don't Bother Me Columbia Records
1957 Hop, skip and jump Young Heart Columbia Records
1957 party Heartbeat Columbia Records
1958 Hoy Hoy Mama worries Columbia Records
1958 Mercy Sweet talk Columbia Records
1958 Whistle bait Rock boppin 'baby Columbia Records
1959 Kinda Like Love Sugar Plum Columbia Records
1959 The Lonesome Road Another Man Done Gone Columbia Records
not published

Albums

  • 1956: Collins Kids
  • 1957: Collins Kids
  • 1981: Rockin 'Rollin' Collins Kids
  • 1983: Collins Kids Vol. 2
  • 1991: Hop, Skip & Jump
  • 1995: Introducing Larry and Lorrie
  • 1997: Rocking On TV
  • 1998: Rockin'est

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dynamic Rockabilly Singer Is Dead New York Times, April 8, 2018