He was also a songwriter and co wrote Delta Dawn made famous by Tanya Ticker. And "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" made famous by David Frizzel and Shelly West.
This is astonishing! I don't understand why The Collins Kids are not better known as they seemed to be far ahead of the curve. Larry is an incredible performer and artist, and his sister is an excellent singer gifted with charming beauty.
Growing up in London during the 50/60s I knew a lot of street musicians, some of them were streets ahead of their 'pop' contemporaries in terms of talent and they, without doubt, inspired better known bands. The last thing they wanted was to be better known or celebrities.
Because musicians Could not OWN there own music, even if they wrote it. The contracts would RIP OFF the artists in favor of the Record Producers and Studios keeping the musicians in the Poor House. The musicians would have to try to sue each other over the COPY RIGHTS. Although I don't know the details, Trump attempted to address this during his time in office with one of his "Presidential Bills" (Sorry I'm Canadian not sure of the proper American name for it)
@@dolceanstar No Trump was the Sitting President at the time. All presidents Sign these, its part of being the President. they All do this. The same way The Pres, opened or closed the PIPE LINE that kept getting opened by the REP'S then shut down by the DEM'S. At any rate I only heard about it briefly then the story got buried. but the reaction at the time was it was probably a good Bill for the Artists
I'm 70 years old, I'm an old rocker Can't believe I've never heard of these people before. From what I've seen they weren't treated right. They should be very famous especially the kid Playing guitar outrageously
This was incredible music for 1953. What you have to understand is that in 1953 most singers were not performers. They came out and stood in front of a mic and sang their song, thanked you and walked away. To see Larry then, was almost unbelieveable. It's still incredible.
This is roughly November/December, 1958 on Town Hall Party. But the Collins Kids had already developed an original Rockabilly style, and at ages 13(Lorrie) and 11(Larry), they were already rocking on THP in February, 1954! That's BEFORE Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around The Clock" in April, 1954. before Elvis released his first record in July, 1954, before Chuck Berry's first record in May 1955 and before Buddy Holly's first record in May, 1957. This incredible Sister-Brother Duo are NOT in the R&R Hall of Fame, but they should have been some of the very first inductees.
Little Larry had all the moves and guitar licks before Chuck Berry why is it that no one has ever heard of them. They are the pioneers of rock and roll!
Not quite. For 1 thing, Chuck wrote Johhny B Goode and performed it for years before the Collins kids, so Little Larry definitely did not have "all the moves and licks" before Chuck. Secondly, I don't know of very many songs, If any, that the Collins wrote. I seem to remember them just covering other people's stuff.
Condolences to the family on her passing. These two had so much natural talent, Larry could play the double fret like nobody's business and Lorries voice was amazing!
She used to date Rick Nelson until her parents put an end to it and she ended up marrying her Mgr. who was a lot older than her. Look up the You Tube "Just Because" by Ricky Nelson & Lorie Collins.
Shit doesn't get holier than this. Larry Collins should be in the guitar god pantheon alongside Beck, Clapton, Burton, and so many others that are already appreciated.
@@bobwilson360 it was skiffle, not rock-'n'-roll, jimmy was a premier session guitarist in the early 60s, later joined the yAdbiRds & you know the rest of the story. I like 'em both🎸🎸
joe maphis was his mentor, i am also in awe, im really and old fart and i grew up in this era, even lived in compton for a while and never heard of these kids, all i can say i wow.
The Collins kids were already rocking on the Town Hall Party in February, 1954 at ages 13 (Lorrie) and 11 (Larry), BEFORE Elvis released his first Sun Records recording in July, 1954 and before Chuck Berry's first recording released in May 1955. Buddy Holly's first recording wasn't released until May, 1957. So the Collins Kids are rightfully and correctly considered original Rockabilly pioneers, as they had created a Rockabilly style all their own even before Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around The Clock" in April 1954.
I used to watch this kid on TV in the fifties at 5 a.m. and couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t famous. It came on at 5 a.m. in Jackson, Mississippi when there were 2 channels and an antenna was the only way to get them. It wasn’t until I saw him on here that I knew who he was because I had forgotten his name.
I remember seeing a few Tex Ritter Ranch Party shows on our little round-tube tv in the '50's and saw Larry and Lorrie with the audience going wild over them, then I never saw or heard of them again. I was in awe how Larry could play, dance around, and sing harmony all at the same time.
i see the comments are loaded with those just discovering these kids from the past, their story is amazing and the time they were at the top in their field they toured with some of the greats, take the time to look at their story, you can't help but be in awe.
If people freaked out about Elvis,imagine what some thought about this kid. Jumping around like he was possessed with that devilish smile the whole time. 😈 🤭 He was with it!👍 Talented.
This is from the show "Town Hall Party", a weekly live show produced in Compton, CA in the late 50s. Lot's of country western music on the show, with the great Merle Travis (wrote and recorded "16 Tons") as one of the regulars. Almost anyone who anyone in country music at the time was featured on the show at one time or another. They also had quite few early rockers, The Collins Kids (this video), Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins and several others.
Maybe someday your name will be up in lights, saying “Larry B. Goode Tonight”. Chuck Berry would have been proud. Those two were some serious rock and rollers, Larry and Lorrie Collins.
I loved how as Larry shredded and danced across the stage, his sister, with the grace of a ballet-dancer and a gorgeous smile, stepped over and dodged his guitar-cord flawlessly...professionals through and through.
If it wasn't for You Tube we would never have heard of these two incredible young talents. Sometime in the 1950s I suspect. Never heard of them and I have played in bands all my life since I left school in 1968. So I would have been 7 or 8 at the time when I started playing along to Elvis, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, then The Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Small Faces etc. Wow.
I hear their record company was "old school" and didn't really know what to do with them. Also, when Lorrie turned 17 she eloped with Johnny Cash's booking agent who was twice her age. Larry found out while he was in school, ran out of the building, down an alley, sat down, and just cried his eyes out.
@@jwprewett they played rock n roll to a country crowd. Also both are highly respected in the rockabilly crowds. Race had nothing to do it, if anything being white then would of helped them.
I was a tv a holic as a kid. I was about 6 or 7 and new about the older music and liked it. I have a sister, 5 years my senior so while she was in the house one of the 3 rock and roll stations was on. I never saw these pair. I think the people up north missed out of a lot of good music and talent by the use of the NYC filter. I’m from DEEEEtroit.
I'm glad to have found this beautiful video Larry Collins he a rock star he can definitely play the guitar 🎸 legend no offense to the great Chuck berry this kid is the king of the guitar
Because Jann Wenner and his hand-picked Board only allow their favorites to get into the R&R HOF. There are definitely some people in there who don't belong, and there are still a lot of people (e.g., the Collins Kids, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Iron Maiden, Foreigner, etc.) who are on the outside looking in. The HOF is a joke.
I was a kid during this era and for some reason never heard of the Collins kids back then. Only in my adulthood did I become aware of them. Life is strange. As good as they were they should have been all over American Bandstand, which they weren't.
One of their best performances. Excellent stuff. The bizarre thing about Lorrie is they often had her singing songs like Shake Rattle and Roll without changing the lyrics, so you often heard her singing about "Roll my breakfast 'cuz I'm a hungry man" and the like. No one cared back in the '50s but that would get some people talking today!
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Never heard of them until now. I looked them up and Larry just passed on January 5 2024. Lorrie passed in 2018. Great spirit and presence.
He was also a songwriter and co wrote Delta Dawn made famous by Tanya Ticker. And "You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma" made famous by David Frizzel and Shelly West.
R.I.P. Lorrie & Larry. Great talents.
This is astonishing! I don't understand why The Collins Kids are not better known as they seemed to be far ahead of the curve. Larry is an incredible performer and artist, and his sister is an excellent singer gifted with charming beauty.
I agree. Sadly, Lorrie passed away a couple of years ago.
Growing up in London during the 50/60s I knew a lot of street musicians, some of them were streets ahead of their 'pop' contemporaries in terms of talent and they, without doubt, inspired better known bands. The last thing they wanted was to be better known or celebrities.
Because musicians Could not OWN there own music, even if they wrote it. The contracts would RIP OFF the artists in favor of the Record Producers and Studios keeping the musicians in the Poor House. The musicians would have to try to sue each other over the COPY RIGHTS. Although I don't know the details, Trump attempted to address this during his time in office with one of his "Presidential Bills" (Sorry I'm Canadian not sure of the proper American name for it)
@@johntomlinson-j6x Was this when he was playing people's music at his rallies without their permission, or even against their objections?
@@dolceanstar No Trump was the Sitting President at the time. All presidents Sign these, its part of being the President. they All do this. The same way The Pres, opened or closed the PIPE LINE that kept getting opened by the REP'S then shut down by the DEM'S. At any rate I only heard about it briefly then the story got buried. but the reaction at the time was it was probably a good Bill for the Artists
I'm 70 years old, I'm an old rocker Can't believe I've never heard of these people before. From what I've seen they weren't treated right.
They should be very famous especially the kid Playing guitar outrageously
he wrot this onbe at 13
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How can something this good stay below my 67 year old radar until this year ? 🏴
This was incredible music for 1953. What you have to understand is that in 1953 most singers were not performers. They came out and stood in front of a mic and sang their song, thanked you and walked away. To see Larry then, was almost unbelieveable. It's still incredible.
this is not 53. the tune,
Johnny B Good was made few years later by Chuck Berry.
But Larry's version seems more wild. Incredible rocker!
Dont be stupid any one knows its not 53, read up on the history of R&R.
Johnny B Goode was written by and first recorded by Chuck Berry in 1957.
This is roughly November/December, 1958 on Town Hall Party. But the Collins Kids had already developed an original Rockabilly style, and at ages 13(Lorrie) and 11(Larry), they were already rocking on THP in February, 1954! That's BEFORE Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around The Clock" in April, 1954. before Elvis released his first record in July, 1954, before Chuck Berry's first record in May 1955 and before Buddy Holly's first record in May, 1957. This incredible Sister-Brother Duo are NOT in the R&R Hall of Fame, but they should have been some of the very first inductees.
@@63DW89A all you mentioned were playing ,& performing before they recorded. thank you Mr Helper
I'm sorry to hear of the passing of Lorrie Collins. They should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame I'm glad they're in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Larry and his guitar was amazing.
@@marijooneill8015 You ain’t Kidding.
It's not too late. Time to up the ante.
They should be for sure. Just saw that Larry died last night. RIP
Согласен!Светлая Память Прекрасной Лорри🙏🙏
Larry Collins was doing Marty McFly years before he arrived in that DeLorean. Who knew?
"But your kids are going to love it!"
@@starguy2718Android killlss evrybody
"Chuck!, It's Marvin!" "Marvin Berry, your cousin!!!"
@jaminova_1969 "Hey Rick. It's your cousin Marvin. Marvin Astley. You know that generic sound you were looking for? Well listen to this."
Little Larry had all the moves and guitar licks before Chuck Berry why is it that no one has ever heard of them. They are the pioneers of rock and roll!
Not quite. For 1 thing, Chuck wrote Johhny B Goode and performed it for years before the Collins kids, so Little Larry definitely did not have "all the moves and licks" before Chuck. Secondly, I don't know of very many songs, If any, that the Collins wrote. I seem to remember them just covering other people's stuff.
I am stunned....This is unbelieveable....They are brand new to me!!!!!
me too. They are awesome.
My face smiled and my foot tapped all the way through this ! 👍👍😊😊
Condolences to the family on her passing. These two had so much natural talent, Larry could play the double fret like nobody's business and Lorries voice was amazing!
God bless America.... this is the America i love...🇦🇺👍🍻
I always thought Jimmy Page invented the twin necked guitar….didn’t know it existed twenty years before
I'm so surprised I didn't hear about these two amazing artists until the sister passed away. Too sad.
Same here. How is it there a million no talent people out there that get all the attention...yet these two are unknown and forgotten?
She used to date Rick Nelson until her parents put an end to it and she ended up marrying her Mgr. who was a lot older than her. Look up the You Tube "Just Because" by Ricky Nelson & Lorie Collins.
Это чудо, просто нет слов, зашибись.
@@windsong1a money talks and bullshit walks
Shit doesn't get holier than this. Larry Collins should be in the guitar god pantheon alongside Beck, Clapton, Burton, and so many others that are already appreciated.
GrtSatan look at the video of Jimmy Page around the same time. Larry blows him away and was a few years younger.
@@bobwilson360 Agree but the thing is that Larry did´nt get any better. He was the same kind of guitarist as an grown up.
@@tommymorgan4677 How much can one improve, when you're already Sick with Talent
@@bobwilson360 it was skiffle, not rock-'n'-roll, jimmy was a premier session guitarist in the early 60s, later joined the yAdbiRds & you know the rest of the story. I like 'em both🎸🎸
👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
What the fuck. How have I never heard of this kid before in some "greatest guitarists of all time" list somewhere? Astounding.
+bloodnokian Later he wrote lots of hit tunes like Delta Dawn.
joe maphis was his mentor, i am also in awe, im really and old fart and i grew up in this era, even lived in compton for a while and never heard of these kids, all i can say i wow.
Larry was the best.
@@marijooneill8015 He's still great. 🎸💙✨💫💯
EVERY WORD YOU WROTE...2023
The Collins kids were already rocking on the Town Hall Party in February, 1954 at ages 13 (Lorrie) and 11 (Larry), BEFORE Elvis released his first Sun Records recording in July, 1954 and before Chuck Berry's first recording released in May 1955. Buddy Holly's first recording wasn't released until May, 1957. So the Collins Kids are rightfully and correctly considered original Rockabilly pioneers, as they had created a Rockabilly style all their own even before Bill Haley and the Comets released "Rock Around The Clock" in April 1954.
thank you Mr Helper for enlightening me
Im pretty sure chuck berry first release was 56 . I think he got alot of his sound from larry.
@@lbar2458 Maybelline is from 55
@@bbb8997 im sorry. Your correct. Released the single in 1955 then the album released in 56
Johnny B Goode was released in 1958
He is totally amazing I never seen before incredible no words can ever Describe how good he is wow I’m Blown away
Likewise!
Absolutely Smokin Performance Larry !
This young man was a great showman. Energy!
You may be too early, but your kids will love it!
I used to watch this kid on TV in the fifties at 5 a.m. and couldn’t figure out why he wasn’t famous. It came on at 5 a.m. in Jackson, Mississippi when there were 2 channels and an antenna was the only way to get them.
It wasn’t until I saw him on here that I knew who he was because I had forgotten his name.
I remember seeing a few Tex Ritter Ranch Party shows on our little round-tube tv in the '50's and saw Larry and Lorrie with the audience going wild over them, then I never saw or heard of them again. I was in awe how Larry could play, dance around, and sing harmony all at the same time.
Got his own customized 'duck walk' too! friggin' unreal...
You're seeing the original "guitar walk" that was "borrowed" by early rockers.
@@pouglwaw5932
Larry was imitating Chuck Berry, not the other way around.
i see the comments are loaded with those just discovering these kids from the past, their story is amazing and the time they were at the top in their field they toured with some of the greats, take the time to look at their story, you can't help but be in awe.
This is some serious Rock&Roll / Rhythm&Blues history!
Fascinating!
Thanks 👍
Oh Hell yeah this is real rock n roll
If people freaked out about Elvis,imagine what some thought about this kid.
Jumping around like he was possessed with that devilish smile the whole time. 😈 🤭
He was with it!👍
Talented.
This kid has some serious moves👌🏼
What is called "the Chuck Berry guitar walk" is actually the Larry Collins guitar walk. So many rockers borrowed heavily from the Collins Kids.
Don't be silly @@pouglwaw5932
This is awesome..these 2 are like ..where has this music been all this time I cant believe I never heard of them before.
MICHAEL--- WWW.ROCKABILLY /COLLINS KIDS---tells some of the story.. RIcky Nelsons only true love.... but parents would not let them marry...
This is from the show "Town Hall Party", a weekly live show produced in Compton, CA in the late 50s. Lot's of country western music on the show, with the great Merle Travis (wrote and recorded "16 Tons") as one of the regulars. Almost anyone who anyone in country music at the time was featured on the show at one time or another. They also had quite few early rockers, The Collins Kids (this video), Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Carl Perkins and several others.
Just discovered the collins today through a Facebook post I am surprised I never heard of them before
Exceptional.....Larry is 13 here .!!
Larry is a great guitarist for his age. I bet his mouth dropped when he heard Hendrix play his version of Johnny B. Goode.
so many years and i still have a crush for Lorrie.Go Larry Go!
You and Ricky Nelson, too. I hear he said in an interview after his failed first marriage that he should have married Lorrie Collins.
Maybe someday your name will be up in lights, saying “Larry B. Goode Tonight”. Chuck Berry would have been proud. Those two were some serious rock and rollers, Larry and Lorrie Collins.
It would have been great if Chuck Berry would have done a duet with Larry!!!!!!!
Lorrie was Rick Nelson's girl friend for a time, they even sang together as well, they sang a song called 'Just Because' it's on here somehwere.
I can't believe I've just recently learned about about these incredible performers! Amazing.
Thnks what a talented family duo sure loved their R&R.
Takes me back to jamming back in 1970 when I first started johnny be good is the song I drove dad crazy with I know he wanted to break my guitar
Great rockin voice that lady as for the little fellow superb
I loved how as Larry shredded and danced across the stage, his sister, with the grace of a ballet-dancer and a gorgeous smile, stepped over and dodged his guitar-cord flawlessly...professionals through and through.
Just found out about them a few days ago. Larry was a child prodigy.
Voll Klasse Musik.... Grüße aus Deutschland
I remember watching this like 2 years ago and I found it again, I had it saved in a playlist and I found it again a while ago
Fantastic! I wish I had heard them before now. I think they are great.
Dieser junge Mann und seine Schwester hatten ein ganz besonderes Talent. RIP 🌹🌹🌹🥰
If it wasn't for You Tube we would never have heard of these two incredible young talents. Sometime in the 1950s I suspect. Never heard of them and I have played in bands all my life since I left school in 1968. So I would have been 7 or 8 at the time when I started playing along to Elvis, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, then The Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Small Faces etc. Wow.
Watching a young man play the guitar for the first time, Great.
Although no time is perfect. That was a great time in human history.
Love them Collins Kids!
Formidable, impresionante, energético, maravilloso.... ecxelencia musical
HOW were these people not more well known????
I hear their record company was "old school" and didn't really know what to do with them. Also, when Lorrie turned 17 she eloped with Johnny Cash's booking agent who was twice her age. Larry found out while he was in school, ran out of the building, down an alley, sat down, and just cried his eyes out.
You might not be ready for this, but your kids are going to love it.
This rare footage of Marty McFly proves that the Flux Capacitor does indeed exist!
Nice one
HaHa ! Yeah, there's the proof alright !
BRAVO Collins Kids
they should be in the rock and roll hof
they were rockabilly pioneers
IL EST INCROYABLE ❤❤❤
Should have made it big. Never heard of him over here in the UK back then.
I am hooked ... thank you!!!
How come I never heard of them until today?
cause they were white
Ditto. Delta dawn brought me here.
@@jwprewett they played rock n roll to a country crowd. Also both are highly respected in the rockabilly crowds. Race had nothing to do it, if anything being white then would of helped them.
TALENT BIG TIME
The greatest story ever told.
Put together Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, and James Burton and you have something fabulous! I love this!
And dont forget Cliff Gallup
I was a tv a holic as a kid. I was about 6 or 7 and new about the older music and liked it. I have a sister, 5 years my senior so while she was in the house one of the 3 rock and roll stations was on. I never saw these pair. I think the people up north missed out of a lot of good music and talent by the use of the NYC filter. I’m from DEEEEtroit.
Where the hec did these guys come from WOW they are incredible!
Larry Collins is a God among men
WOW, I'm blown away. It's a fantastic video 🇦🇺
Merle Travis standing behind is smiling from ear to ear 👏🏻😁🎸❤️
She had a nice voice. But so fun to watch Larry. You could just see the excitement on his face when she said Johnny B Goode.
Música lindíssima as garota canta muito bem parabéns o jovem é espetacular na guitarra parabéns
I'm glad to have found this beautiful video Larry Collins he a rock star he can definitely play the guitar 🎸 legend no offense to the great Chuck berry this kid is the king of the guitar
They were pretty hip for 1958. Ahead of the curve.
Young boy having to much fun , that what make show fun, lots work too, good job kids
Without this there would be no Sergeant Pepper, no Dark Side of the Moon, no Close to the Edge. Amazing.
Long live the Collins Kids
These kids are awesome
".......your kids are gonna love it."
Go Larry Go
This has to be one of the greatest preformaces, if the the greatest, of this song.
Why aren't they in Rock Hall of Fame???!!!!
Because unfortunately, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a popularity contest, not a talent contest.
Never too late. Time to up the ante.
Because Jann Wenner and his hand-picked Board only allow their favorites to get into the R&R HOF. There are definitely some people in there who don't belong, and there are still a lot of people (e.g., the Collins Kids, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Iron Maiden, Foreigner, etc.) who are on the outside looking in. The HOF is a joke.
These days it's almost an insult to be inducted.
Amazing
That Kid can Really Rock !
Rest in Power Larry and Lorrie❤
...speechless...wow, look at that early double-neck! ...wow!!!
I was a kid during this era and for some reason never heard of the Collins kids back then. Only in my adulthood did I become aware of them. Life is strange. As good as they were they should have been all over American Bandstand, which they weren't.
Awesome very very cool
LOOK AT THAT KID GO!!! damn!!
Вот с кого начался весь рок классно
That was just absolutely f****** ,great🙂
That was Amazing 👏
Now 2024 ....Somehow , someway , I missed them ...
Larry,une présence et un talent trés rare à cet age
Oui ~ incredible poise in one so young... and his good nature was shining even then.
I love that guitar, and man can he play it!
Totally love it !
Live... From Compton CA!
Que maestros!!!!!
Pure entertainment these two! What a trib to the great Chuck Berry!
Crazy how can a 12 year old learn to play like that and dance he looks like playing in his late teens and 20's
What a surprise! Never knew the kids before.
Wow, and thank you!!
One of their best performances. Excellent stuff. The bizarre thing about Lorrie is they often had her singing songs like Shake Rattle and Roll without changing the lyrics, so you often heard her singing about "Roll my breakfast 'cuz I'm a hungry man" and the like. No one cared back in the '50s but that would get some people talking today!