hollywood: The Collins Kids

Sunday, 1 July 2012

The Collins Kids

Lorrie Collins was born on May 7th 1942 in Talloquah, Oklahoma and her young brother Larry, was born on October 4th 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They start studying guitar very young, in the early fifties. In 1953 they regulary play in the famous Town Hall Party in Compton, a Country and Western show broadcast both on tv and radio. The Collins Kids are an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (born May 7, 1942) and her younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins(born October 4, 1944). Their hits in the 1950s as youngsters, such as "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop" and "Hoy Hoy", were geared towards children, but their infectious singing and playing crossed over generations. Larry, a lightning-fingered guitar whiz at age 10, was known for playing a double-neck Mosrite guitar like his mentor, Joe Maphis.