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    The Collins Kids

    American rockabilly duo

    For the youth chess group, see Collins Kids organization.

    The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (May 7, 1942 – August 4, 2018) and her younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024). 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 ten, was known for playing a double-neck Mosrite guitar like his mentor, Joe Maphis.

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    In 1955, the Collins Kids signed to Columbia Records.[1] The Collins Kids became regular performers on Town Hall Party in 1954 and on the syndicated for television version of the show, Tex Ritter'sRanch Party, which ran from 1957 to 1959.[2]

    It was on Town Hall Party that Ricky Nelson first saw Lorrie Collins,

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    THE COLLINS KIDS

    Lorrie Collins :
    Born Lawrencine May Collins, 7 May 1942, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
    Died 4 August 2018, Reno, Nevada

    Larry Collins :
    Born Lawrence Albert Collins, 4 October 1944, Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Died 5 January 2024, Santa Clarita, California

    Larry and Lorrie Collins, originally from Oklahoma, were a brother-sister rockabilly duo. Although they never had a hit, the siblings were very well known in the second half of the 1950s, thanks to their frequent appearance on television.

    The Collins family lived in and around Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lorrie was born in Talequah in 1942, Larry in Tulsa in 1944. They grew up in a little town called Pretty Water. Lawrence Collins Sr. was a dairy farmer for a while, then operated a crane in a steel mill. His wife, Hazel, was an amateur singer and mandolin player. Lorrie's talent was recognized from an early age. Kay Starr and Teresa Brewer were her favourites. In 1950 she won a talent contest hosted by western swing bandleader Leon McAu

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    The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (May 7, 1942 - August 4, 2018) 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.

    The opening of today's blog post gets things started with a great article on Larry Collins from the Please Kill Me site: The Kid Who Recorded The First Punk Rock Record (and Influenced Surf Guitar) by Deke Dickerson

    "It’s always a little pretentious when some specialist on the internet proclaims something to be the first, the origin, the beginning, of a music genre. America’s rich tapestry of music, after all, was formed by a bunch of tiny thre