I did because I never got online until a year ago. I found out a lot about them. And sad to say their both gone now. She was married to Ricky Nelson at one time. Or she was going out with him. I can't believe they were not recognized by millions. Because I think they were great. Even though I'm a hardcore rocker. But I love old country music. My first album was Okie from Muskogee. I seen Merl at one of the casinos in NY. He came out with blue sweatpants tucked inside his cowboy boots. With A wrinkled up flannel. Him and Johnny Cash were always my favorites. I love the Merl tune. I think I'll just stay here and drink. I got everything from him and Johnny. I'm even got some of my buddies into those two.✌️👍
Compton wasn't that the Japanese-American suburb during the Great Depression? Who after they were put into Internment Camps during WW2, the Realtors sold their houses for nothing to the Bloods and the Crips coming up from the Deep South Share Cropping to work in the WW2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt California Arms Industry?
Interesting double neck ...lucky little one didn't have the wham bar to fiddle with otherwise his sister would never had a chance to sing a note ...It would be all him..." Me perform...me perform ..." That string bending and scratching all over the neck can be quite addictive ...
The Collins Kids. They have very good music rockabilly. Larry & Lorrie they are a very good group from the 50s and 60s I like the music very much. Larry & Lorrie rest in peace the music will live on forever
Im 57 and today is the first time coming across this as well. Really in shock at the talent of the young boy. There is another video of him solo and it was the most amazing thing I have seen.
Who the, What the? He is so young his voice hasn’t even changed. They are fantastic! He just rips it! What a voice she has! Can’t type enough!!!! for them!!!!
I read somewhere that there was a poll about who was the best looking guy in rock history. Ricky Nelson was the winner. He and Lorrie must have been a show stopper when they were a couple.!!
The kid was incredible on guitar! Way ahead of his time! He was shredding before that term even existed. Amazing talent! I’m glad I got to see this thanks to RUclips.
Also just straight guitar no footpedals or other electronic gizmos that are available today. I bet Larry could really play the Blues, this was just a teaser.❤
@@deansawich6250 The kid was a dynamo on guitar 🎸. He was way ahead of anyone back then. He reminds me of Eddie Cochran the way he moves around and plays but I think he’s even better a player. He plays fast and loose! Amazing and I don’t ever recall seeing a double neck guitar back then.
Awesome performance. That kid is a fantastic guitar player and a hilariously obnoxious little brother. Lorrie did a great job on vocals switching between the torchy intro and rockin' choruses. Wow. What a doll! 😍😍😍
My God!!!!! This is GOLD!!!!! By the way, I didn't know double-guitars existed in the 50's... And a teenager playing it is simply GREAT!!!! Oh, the girl is so talented and beautiful! 👍
Joe Maphis, his mentor, introduced Larry to that guitar. Here’s a video link to Larry playing the top neck with Joe: ruclips.net/video/8OYoZcJFip8/видео.html
Larry Collins had the second double-necked electric guitar in the world. Joe Maphis, his mentor, had the first one. Can you imagine how heavy that guitar must have been for a kid to carry the weight of around his neck and do all that dancing, while playing it. It's not easy.
This is about the coolest darn thing ever!! I first saw this about 4 years ago.. Totally amazing. They should have been in the top 10 or 20 of all time, selling zillions of records..
Local, regional sales, leading to national airplay, promoted by a dj, had to preceed international sales. Perhaps a particular enthusiast of the Collins' Kids could speak about their sales.
@@MrBillyRivers sorry this popped up on your reply ..but the question was has anyone ever actually seen the "Boy" now man actually play the upper Ax ??! I've never seen him play it and came to the conclusion ages ago that he only carries it as a gimmick / show piece... Yes , he's still a good Ax man but...
What a precocious 13 year old Larry was. Very talented along with his gorgeous sister. I could see why Ricky Nelson dated her. She had a wonderful voice and stage presence. Great rockabilly from 1956 the year I was born.
I agree. When Marty Mcfly did the Larry Collins stuff at the end of Johnny B Goode, his comment to the stunned-into-silence crowd was "Your parents are going to love this".
No, it wasn't! They were right on time in their time. That statement is hardly ever true. If they had popped up in the 60s, they would have been laughed at. But maybe Jimmy Page was inspired by Larry and his double-necked Gibson. They seeded so other things could come later. They were very popular but did county fairs and such. That's how it was then. No big concerts, just that and local TV.
I consider myself somewhat of a Rock and Roll music geek. I have never heard of the Collins Kids before tonight. Larry Collins was a great guitarist and entertainer.
Lost for words ! What staggering talent ! And l thought the Osmonds were the pioneers of childhood talent ! Are they still alive ? Sadly , we all know what can happen to precocious children . That guitar must have cost a few dollars in the day ! Thankyou for bringing these , for me, unknown immensely talanted musicians to my attention .
Larry's still with us; Lorrie passed away in 2018. As for the guitar, that was a gift from his mentor, Joe Maphis, who had a similar double-neck. The only thing that really went awry was Lorrie marrying at the age of 17...to Johnny Cash's manager who was in his mid 30s. However, Larry went through adolescence without more than the usual drama and went to college to study law. Even though he was successful at his law studies, he returned to music and became a songwriter and record producer.
What's truly amazing is their love and affection for each other is genuine, you can still see it in an interview they did together a couple of years before Laurie passed
Went to Hollywood professional school with Larry. He would ask me to tell the teacher the principal wanted to see a cute girl and then the 2 would disappear
Charlie Collins was the house mandolin player for the Grand Ole Opry in the 70’s. He used to come into the music store I worked in and would meet up with Norman Blake and John Hartford for impromptu jams all the time. He was great!
@@kenmcgary8792 I don’t know if Charlie Collins was related to the Collins Kids or not? When I worked at Gruhn Guitars in the late 70’s he was the house band mandolin player for the Grand Ole Opry.
I used to see these kids on a small market TV station from Yorkton,Saskatchewan in the early 1960, though the shows were obviously from the 1950's. I believe it might have been hosted by Tex Ritter. I liked 'em then, and even more now I've had a chance to see them as an adult. Great talent.
I watched this video twenty years later in 1976,I´ve never forgotten of ´em,that young beautiful lady wa Lorrie Collins,he passed away,she was far talented as well her kid brother,such a showstopper singer,artist and a great performer,old those years ago...
What a fascinating mixture of things in this video. Talent, spontaneity along with obviously planned moves, the brother who wouldn't behave playing his guitar as if he had gone to Woodstock. A real find. Thank you for posting this. They never went on to great fame..I wonder what happened to them? 3/14/23
Whoa!!! Brother and sister duo. SIK AZ! They are truly awesome, They're both playing the guitars, That young genius with that double neck guitar plays better than most of the Great guitarist I've seen. Except SLASH THE LEGEND, LUV HIM HARDOUT💋
Wow he's like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jimmy Page wrapped up all in one. I wonder if the 3 superstars saw the Collins kid and got some of their ideas from him.
Remember seeing the posters of them at the Armory when they came to Williston North Dakota in the 50s. Alas I was just a teenager and didn't go see them ....my loss. 😒
Larry died in January 2024. Lorrie passed away in 2018.
Missed by all.
К сожалению даже великие таланты, как эти дети, уходят. Пусть покоятся с миром!
Szto?
Who else discovered the Collins Kids in 2024?..
I did because I never got online until a year ago. I found out a lot about them. And sad to say their both gone now. She was married to Ricky Nelson at one time. Or she was going out with him. I can't believe they were not recognized by millions. Because I think they were great. Even though I'm a hardcore rocker. But I love old country music. My first album was Okie from Muskogee. I seen Merl at one of the casinos in NY. He came out with blue sweatpants tucked inside his cowboy boots. With A wrinkled up flannel. Him and Johnny Cash were always my favorites. I love the Merl tune. I think I'll just stay here and drink. I got everything from him and Johnny. I'm even got some of my buddies into those two.✌️👍
Yep, watched a Frankie Lymon song and they were recommended
Me too!
I discovered them waaaaay before
in 2023
AND IM AN OKIE🤷🏼
En 2003 j'avais 13 ans
I saw them at the old Town Hall Party in Compton California bacjk around 1957 . They lit up the place..
The Collins in Compton? Oh in 1957.
Compton wasn't that the Japanese-American suburb during the Great Depression?
Who after they were put into Internment Camps during WW2, the Realtors sold their houses for nothing to the Bloods and the Crips coming up from the Deep South Share Cropping to work in the WW2 Franklin Delano Roosevelt California Arms Industry?
Такими раньше мы и представляли настоящих Американцев. Теперь, увы, уже далеко не то!
How come we've never heard of them? 2023, I'm 68 and thought I'd heard everything... Now this and Rosetta - just wooowww!!! 💯
Lorrie Collins. Cash was so interested in her, She was just a teen, and he was married. She is wonderful.
They were kept a secret
I wish there was kids like this today
There are, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they don't exist. Look it up or go to local concerts.
@@ricodog3652 were never going to see anything like the old days in our lifetime. And that's if you were born today sad to say.
@@takealeftatthelight5284 I own a music venue. We do get lots of talented musicians in to play.
@@ernestschneider3355 You mean the start of all this "look at me" mentality? Yeah no thanks... God doesn't like it.
The Collins brother and sister were brilliant. He was an amazing guitarist and performer and she had a wonderful voice. What a talented pair!
Twins?
@@simonvanderheijden432 Sorry to refer to them as twins. They were of course brother and sister. Thank you for correcting me. Be well
Ok. So This is where Jimmy Page got his double guitar act from. Wow!
@@krzysztofwozny3002 nope.
believe it or not, double necks have been around about 200 years.
Interesting double neck ...lucky little one didn't have the wham bar to fiddle with otherwise his sister would never had a chance to sing a note ...It would be all him..." Me perform...me perform ..." That string bending and scratching all over the neck can be quite addictive ...
The Collins Kids. They have very good music rockabilly. Larry & Lorrie they are a very good group from the 50s and 60s I like the music very much. Larry & Lorrie rest in peace the music will live on forever
Where have I been all my life? NEVER heard of the Collins kids. What a fantastic find so late in my musical life!
EXACTLY My thinking too! These two are FANTASTIC.
Same here! Her voice and his guitar skills are incredible!
@@Poleson At one time she was Ricky Nelsons girlfriend.
Used to see them live in California in 1954
I felt the same when I first heard them a few months ago. What a pistol that kid was. A prodigy.
NEVER heard of these cool cats and kittens until YESTERDAY! NOW, can't get enough!!!!
В таком году где я жил про ТВ и не слыхивали не говоря уже про электрогитары это конечно шедевр и где только сохранился этот архив
(Simply amazing) I am 70 years old. I have seen very few young boys play the guitar that good
This family couple is a real bomb! The kid a miniature Elvis Presley! and her sister a beauty with marvelous talent 👌👏
I'm 50 and just discovering them now I can't get enough of this they're great. What a hidden gem.
Tennessee waltz ... frabjous ...calloo calay
Me too.
Im 57 and today is the first time coming across this as well. Really in shock at the talent of the young boy. There is another video of him solo and it was the most amazing thing I have seen.
ruclips.net/video/nnAQvu7OqrY/видео.html
@@airman9820 I think it was ramrod his sister wasn't there he was performing with his mentor non of the less it was awesome.
There's more talent on this stage than in most of the music today! And I'd never heard of them before.
Music was fun at the time. Money came small
Virtuoso guitarists and a sense of humor, too. The Collins Kids were the real deal.
Very nice 0ftj
Very nice to hear😂😅
Who the, What the? He is so young his voice hasn’t even changed. They are fantastic! He just rips it! What a voice she has! Can’t type enough!!!! for them!!!!
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of them! They’re so talented!
It is amazing that Lorrie is 14 years old and Larry is 12 years old here, if the 1956 date is correct. Very mature performers for their age. 😊
The things you pick up on when browsing RUclips. Amazing stuff.
I read somewhere that there was a poll about who was the best looking guy in rock history. Ricky Nelson was the winner. He and Lorrie must have been a show stopper when they were a couple.!!
Super! Thank you very much!
The kid was incredible on guitar! Way ahead of his time! He was shredding before that term even existed. Amazing talent! I’m glad I got to see this thanks to RUclips.
Look up their version of Shortin' Bread that came out a year before Chuck Berry came out with Johnny B. Goode.
Это просто чудо коллинзы ,открыл их в феврале 23 г мне 62 г, они были первыми рок н рола я потрясен
Лари коллинз это фантастика и сестра конечно земля ей пухом какой талант
Also just straight guitar no footpedals or other electronic gizmos that are available today. I bet Larry could really play the Blues, this was just a teaser.❤
@@deansawich6250 The kid was a dynamo on guitar 🎸. He was way ahead of anyone back then. He reminds me of Eddie Cochran the way he moves around and plays but I think he’s even better a player. He plays fast and loose! Amazing and I don’t ever recall seeing a double neck guitar back then.
Wow what an incredible performance,they should have been household names.
Why weren't they
Tube amps, old microphones, double-neck guitar, and Lorrie is so beautiful! And the singing is tremendous!
Awesome performance. That kid is a fantastic guitar player and a hilariously obnoxious little brother. Lorrie did a great job on vocals switching between the torchy intro and rockin' choruses. Wow. What a doll! 😍😍😍
This is only the second video I have seen with the Collins boy. He is a fantastic entertainer and has incredible stage presence!
What an act! Such talent, and showmanship! Those guitar licks became the mainstay of popular guitarists like Clapton, SRV, and so many others.
Had a first time listen & still they sounded so familiar .. Hmmm
Всё бывает в первый раз. Товарищ.
First time I've heard of young Collin, what a fantastic talent this kid had, he was far beyond his years!
Who is this little jumpin jack flash?
I never heard of the Collins Kids.
Pure talent,pure genius
My God!!!!! This is GOLD!!!!!
By the way, I didn't know double-guitars existed in the 50's... And a teenager playing it is simply GREAT!!!!
Oh, the girl is so talented and beautiful! 👍
I never saw Larry play the upper neck though.
@Frankie5Angels150 I've known about them for years but I can't remember him using it either.
Joe Maphis, his mentor, introduced Larry to that guitar. Here’s a video link to Larry playing the top neck with Joe:
ruclips.net/video/8OYoZcJFip8/видео.html
Larry Collins had the second double-necked electric guitar in the world. Joe Maphis, his mentor, had the first one.
Can you imagine how heavy that guitar must have been for a kid to carry the weight of around his neck and do all that dancing, while playing it. It's not easy.
@@Frankie5Angels150 ~03:18 Larry actually played the upper guitar at least one or more times in this song.
This is about the coolest darn thing ever!! I first saw this about 4 years ago.. Totally amazing. They should have been in the top 10 or 20 of all time, selling zillions of records..
He would have been Bigger than Elvis, if a few years Earlier…. Timing is Everything.
Local, regional sales, leading to national airplay, promoted by a dj, had to preceed international sales.
Perhaps a particular enthusiast of the Collins' Kids could speak about their sales.
WOW! She is gorgeous and she could sing. Larry is unbelievable at this young of age!
R.i.p Lorrie Collins. Talented and beautiful.
???
@@MrBillyRivers sorry this popped up on your reply ..but the question was has anyone ever actually seen the "Boy" now man actually play the upper Ax ??! I've never seen him play it and came to the conclusion ages ago that he only carries it as a gimmick / show piece... Yes , he's still a good Ax man but...
@@blainelytle341 Go to 2.10 on this video
I’m 66 years old,and it’s the first time I’ve seen them. They’re awesome.
Wow! What a talented, charismatic pair of entertainers. Thank you for sharing this.
What a precocious 13 year old Larry was. Very talented along with his gorgeous sister. I could see why Ricky Nelson dated her. She had a wonderful voice and stage presence. Great rockabilly from 1956 the year I was born.
Super talent and high energy. Timeless.
Hello Linda, how are you doing?
Home grown talent. Great music. So American!!! Thank you. You won’t find music like this anywhere else.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Fantastic .gotta love internet an U tube. Dunno why they weren't famous 🤔 loved it☝️
Oh wow! How have I lived this long and not seen these wonderful entertaining musicians!
1956 - and they rocked more than Elvis!!!
These two are brilliant together,love his guitar style
That youngster, wow!
Great duet.
Now the music world is filled with 'superstars' who barely can sing with studio tricks. RIP Lorrie and Larry Collins.
❤
Every one of their performances are stellar. These 2 people should be national entertainment icons
This was ahead of its time. Far ahead
That is what everyone says! They were awesome!
I agree. When Marty Mcfly did the Larry Collins stuff at the end of Johnny B Goode, his comment to the stunned-into-silence crowd was "Your parents are going to love this".
how so...? they were copying things that came before. Rockabilly country. Nothing new then. Just a young crazy kid playing well, but not hard stuff.
No, it wasn't! They were right on time in their time. That statement is hardly ever true. If they had popped up in the 60s, they would have been laughed at. But maybe Jimmy Page was inspired by Larry and his double-necked Gibson. They seeded so other things could come later. They were very popular but did county fairs and such. That's how it was then. No big concerts, just that and local TV.
Amazing and she’s beautiful too
This is first rate rock and roll...
Great showmanship.
Kid can play guitar big time
Sister has a superb voice....
Good looks too which helps
And clearly not camera shy. 🤩
No autotune pure raw talent.
The brother had quite the pipes as well. G-d Bless.
This was great!, I loved it. So much energy from the young man, he's an Entertainer. And she has a lovely voice.
I consider myself somewhat of a Rock and Roll music geek. I have never heard of the Collins Kids before tonight. Larry Collins was a great guitarist and entertainer.
How have I been around almost 70 years and never heard of these kids?
So awesome I love this kids. How are you ?
Wow ! Du vraie talent. Imaginez la perte de sa bien aimé soeur. Ils s'aimaient beaucoup. Une tristesse sans fin. RIN ! Belle enfant. xxxxxxxxxx
Filll fiilll
First time seeing the Collins kids. I am blown away! What a dynamic duo. She was absolutely gorgeous and what a voice!
That's bad ass..and I was only 4 when this was aired
Me too!
Me too, too!
Obviously this kid was ahead of his time. He clearly knew where the music was headed during that period.
Lost for words ! What staggering talent ! And l thought the Osmonds were the pioneers of childhood talent ! Are they still alive ? Sadly , we all know what can happen to precocious children . That guitar must have cost a few dollars in the day ! Thankyou for bringing these , for me, unknown immensely talanted musicians to my attention .
Larry's still with us; Lorrie passed away in 2018. As for the guitar, that was a gift from his mentor, Joe Maphis, who had a similar double-neck.
The only thing that really went awry was Lorrie marrying at the age of 17...to Johnny Cash's manager who was in his mid 30s.
However, Larry went through adolescence without more than the usual drama and went to college to study law. Even though he was successful at his law studies, he returned to music and became a songwriter and record producer.
Such talent and so entertaining. Life was great in the 50's! Glad I was alive then even tho it makes me old today.
Hello Nancy, how are you doing?
AWW ! This is great. The Collins Kids from 1958 doin' "Saint Louis Woman". Larry and Laurie still gig.
Where ??!
@@blainelytle341 Nightclubs.
Laurie just recently died.
@@Johnnycdrums 😲....Thank for passing that along , 🙏 Prayer's for her family.
Обалдеть и офигеть не знаю какие ещё подобрать слова глядя на выступления этого пацана просто уникум
Po ludzku pisz, ruska kurwo!
What's truly amazing is their love and affection for each other is genuine, you can still see it in an interview they did together a couple of years before Laurie passed
True. Where?
They funny and brilliant..never seen or heard of them, this kid was awesome ❤🎉😂
This is good. As a kid, I watched them on black and white TV when they were on a live country and western show.
This was real America has Talent.
Ce groupe est peu connu en France, mais excellents musiciens
Went to Hollywood professional school with Larry. He would ask me to tell the teacher the principal wanted to see a cute girl and then the 2 would disappear
Watched them back then and still love it today!
They made St. Louis Blues a happy song. 🥰
Charlie Collins was the house mandolin player for the Grand Ole Opry in the 70’s. He used to come into the music store I worked in and would meet up with Norman Blake and John Hartford for impromptu jams all the time. He was great!
Where is Charlie Collins’s now I have never heard of him til now ? He was fantastic as well has his sister. !!!!!!!
@@kenmcgary8792 I don’t know if Charlie Collins was related to the Collins Kids or not? When I worked at Gruhn Guitars in the late 70’s he was the house band mandolin player for the Grand Ole Opry.
First time for me too.. What a terrific gem find!!
gawd, she's gorgeous!!! and super talented too.
Lorrie Collins was born in 1942, so she could have been 13 or 14 in this clip depending on her birthday. Larry is about 12.
They are bloody good, but this is just fun. You cannot help but like them.
Just having fun with heaps more talent then God put in most folks. Miss you guys.
Thanks...came out a year before I was born ^^. How times have changed.... and good to see the acoustic that early with loads of fun thrown in ^^.
Puxa não conhecia! Não tenho isso na minha coleção. Muito muito bom!
I love her voice.
Hello Veronica, how are you doing?
@@callumnye2562 I'm surviving. I'm a born survivor.
I used to see these kids on a small market TV station from Yorkton,Saskatchewan in the early 1960, though the shows were obviously from the 1950's. I believe it might have been hosted by Tex Ritter. I liked 'em then, and even more now I've had a chance to see them as an adult. Great talent.
It is hard to believe that there once was a time when this type of good entertainment would have had a wider audience.
Вот настоящая америка .вот это я хочу видеть по ТВ .чистые благородные лица
Wonderful show!
This is so good. These guys rock
I watched this video twenty years later in 1976,I´ve never forgotten of ´em,that young beautiful lady wa Lorrie Collins,he passed away,she was far talented as well her kid brother,such a showstopper singer,artist and a great performer,old those years ago...
The Boy Wonder....Great !!! Very good
What a fascinating mixture of things in this video. Talent, spontaneity along with obviously planned moves, the brother who wouldn't behave playing his guitar as if he had gone to Woodstock. A real find. Thank you for posting this. They never went on to great fame..I wonder what happened to them? 3/14/23
Here after The NY Times obit Sunday 1/14/24. Love these Collins kids!
The kid is really a great player, and she's more than lovely 😍. What a great video, thanks!
Whoa!!! Brother and sister duo. SIK AZ! They are truly awesome, They're both playing the guitars, That young genius with that double neck guitar plays better than most of the Great guitarist I've seen. Except SLASH THE LEGEND, LUV HIM HARDOUT💋
Man, that’s Rock First Guitar Hero! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow he's like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jimmy Page wrapped up all in one. I wonder if the 3 superstars saw the Collins kid and got some of their ideas from him.
Lorie was one of the most beautiful ladies to ever grace this Earth..
Good entertainment I am 72 years old but never heard about them how sad!!!
Larry was a double neck guitar rawk gawd before he shaved! They played those awesome Mosrite guitars their whole life time careers!
I've gone back to listening to this kind of music, today's music does not compare
What a TALENT...MY RESPECT
I’ve never heard of these kids 🤙🏼🎸 ..upload more 😂
Very talented duo!! If I could go back in time I’d marry this beautiful young lady. 😍
Too late...she wouldn't want you, anyhow.
she was 14 dude.
Well the woman is very beautiful, but the kids stole the show...
This kid is awesome !
Never follow kids or dog acts lol
Last time I watched this she was still alive. Christ.
They are still jamming together I think so..
@@michaelcraig9449 No, she died in 2018 sadly....
Very COOL! I had not heard of The Collins Kids, but love the act!
Remember seeing the posters of them at the Armory when they came to Williston North Dakota in the 50s.
Alas I was just a teenager and didn't go see them ....my loss. 😒