Who else discovered the Collins Kids in 2024?..

@ernestschneider3355

Ай бұрын

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.✌️👍

@takealeftatthelight5284

Ай бұрын

Yep, watched a Frankie Lymon song and they were recommended

Larry died in January 2024. Lorrie passed away in 2018. Missed by all.

NEVER heard of these cool cats and kittens until YESTERDAY! NOW, can't get enough!!!!

How come we've never heard of them? 2023, I'm 68 and thought I'd heard everything... Now this and Rosetta - just wooowww!!! 💯

@suenatewa7472

4 ай бұрын

Lorrie Collins. Cash was so interested in her, She was just a teen, and he was married. She is wonderful.

@sondradupree8709

17 күн бұрын

They were kept a secret

Tube amps, old microphones, double-neck guitar, and Lorrie is so beautiful! And the singing is tremendous!

I saw them at the old Town Hall Party in Compton California bacjk around 1957 . They lit up the place..

@hankterreros223

3 ай бұрын

The Collins in Compton? Oh in 1957.

I wish there was kids like this today

@takealeftatthelight5284

Ай бұрын

There are, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they don't exist. Look it up or go to local concerts.

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

This was real America has Talent.

This family couple is a real bomb! The kid a miniature Elvis Presley! and her sister a beauty with marvelous talent 👌👏

The things you pick up on when browsing KZread. Amazing stuff.

Virtuoso guitarists and a sense of humor, too. The Collins Kids were the real deal.

@EdwardChrisman

21 күн бұрын

Very nice 0ftj Very nice to hear😂😅

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of them! They’re so talented!

Wow what an incredible performance,they should have been household names.

@seanohare5488

Жыл бұрын

Why weren't they

I'm 50 and just discovering them now I can't get enough of this they're great. What a hidden gem.

@manuelsousa9503

Жыл бұрын

Tennessee waltz ... frabjous ...calloo calay

@Bacchus69

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@airman9820

Жыл бұрын

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.

@airman9820

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKJ1s9iuZ7LXorw.html

@markdibble8840

Жыл бұрын

@@airman9820 I think it was ramrod his sister wasn't there he was performing with his mentor non of the less it was awesome.

It is hard to believe that there once was a time when this type of good entertainment would have had a wider audience.

(Simply amazing) I am 70 years old. I have seen very few young boys play the guitar that good

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 Collins brother and sister were brilliant. He was an amazing guitarist and performer and she had a wonderful voice. What a talented pair!

@simonvanderheijden432

2 жыл бұрын

Twins?

@geoffm9944

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonvanderheijden432 Sorry to refer to them as twins. They were of course brother and sister. Thank you for correcting me. Be well

@krzysztofwozny3002

Жыл бұрын

Ok. So This is where Jimmy Page got his double guitar act from. Wow!

@jinlamb1998

Жыл бұрын

@@krzysztofwozny3002 nope. believe it or not, double necks have been around about 200 years.

@radomirratkovic9014

Жыл бұрын

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 ...

Oh wow! How have I lived this long and not seen these wonderful entertaining musicians!

This is only the second video I have seen with the Collins boy. He is a fantastic entertainer and has incredible stage presence!

First time I've heard of young Collin, what a fantastic talent this kid had, he was far beyond his years!

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

WOW! She is gorgeous and she could sing. Larry is unbelievable at this young of age!

1956 - and they rocked more than Elvis!!!

Just having fun with heaps more talent then God put in most folks. Miss you guys.

For early television this was ground breaking and what was strived for good clean entertainment . Bravo . Note these two could bring the goods and played their instruments . The double neck guitar way ahead of it's time. So fun and cool where they and their backing band.

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244

Жыл бұрын

Once again, I'm going to say that NOTHING IS EVER AHEAD OF ITS TIME! I hate that phrase (not you) because it robs history. It was there as part of that time. If it hadn't been there, it would not have existed for future musicians to learn about..

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

The double neck has been around for a long time before this youngster picked it up !

@kevindick7485

Жыл бұрын

@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 So true what I was referring to was the Mosrite guitar as a head of it's time as being used and performed by Larry Collins , publicly on a television program. Not many of those instruments where built in that era.

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@blainelytle341 Larry Collins had the second double-necked electric guitar in the history of the world. Joe Maphis, his mentor, had the first one.

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

@@duckduckgoismuchbetter 😲😄✅😄👌👍🥰

These two are brilliant together,love his guitar style

Какие талантливые и виртуозные! Просто супер! Мальчишка чудо!!!

That youngster, wow! Great duet.

To play such notes and to dance is phenomenal. Absolutely true , they would have been buried in time but thanks thanks to technology they will survive.

Every one of their performances are stellar. These 2 people should be national entertainment icons

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

@kingdoc3262

Жыл бұрын

True. Where?

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! 😍😍😍

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.

Wow! What a talented, charismatic pair of entertainers. Thank you for sharing this.

Super talent and high energy. Timeless.

@callumnye2562

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Linda, how are you doing?

Fantastic .gotta love internet an U tube. Dunno why they weren't famous 🤔 loved it☝️

Where have I been all my life? NEVER heard of the Collins kids. What a fantastic find so late in my musical life!

@63DW89A

4 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY My thinking too! These two are FANTASTIC.

@Poleson

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! Her voice and his guitar skills are incredible!

@lynngraham2934

3 жыл бұрын

@@Poleson At one time she was Ricky Nelsons girlfriend.

@frederben4776

3 жыл бұрын

Used to see them live in California in 1954

@leobrussel9471

3 жыл бұрын

I felt the same when I first heard them a few months ago. What a pistol that kid was. A prodigy.

They made St. Louis Blues a happy song. 🥰

There's more talent on this stage than in most of the music today! And I'd never heard of them before.

@user-cm4ec9xq7c

2 ай бұрын

Music was fun at the time. Money came small

This was great!, I loved it. So much energy from the young man, he's an Entertainer. And she has a lovely voice.

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

@MtnYetiBarbie

Жыл бұрын

And clearly not camera shy. 🤩

@markdibble8840

Жыл бұрын

No autotune pure raw talent.

@plentinough7222

Жыл бұрын

The brother had quite the pipes as well. G-d Bless.

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! 👍

@Frankie5Angels150

Жыл бұрын

I never saw Larry play the upper neck though.

@bigjim55able

Жыл бұрын

@Frankie5Angels150 I've known about them for years but I can't remember him using it either.

@straycatttt2766

Жыл бұрын

Joe Maphis, his mentor, introduced Larry to that guitar. Here’s a video link to Larry playing the top neck with Joe: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoON0byceqnPoJs.html

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

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.

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@Frankie5Angels150 ~03:18 Larry actually played the upper guitar at least one or more times in this song.

Who is this little jumpin jack flash? I never heard of the Collins Kids. Pure talent,pure genius

This was ahead of its time. Far ahead

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

That is what everyone says! They were awesome!

@leobrussel9471

3 жыл бұрын

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".

@morbidmanmusic

Жыл бұрын

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.

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244

3 ай бұрын

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.

They funny and brilliant..never seen or heard of them, this kid was awesome ❤🎉😂

Such talent and so entertaining. Life was great in the 50's! Glad I was alive then even tho it makes me old today.

@callumnye2562

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Nancy, how are you doing?

Man, that’s Rock First Guitar Hero! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Обалдеть и офигеть не знаю какие ещё подобрать слова глядя на выступления этого пацана просто уникум

@TheRobertpiotr

7 ай бұрын

Po ludzku pisz, ruska kurwo!

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!!!!

Obviously this kid was ahead of his time. He clearly knew where the music was headed during that period.

AWW ! This is great. The Collins Kids from 1958 doin' "Saint Louis Woman". Larry and Laurie still gig.

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

Where ??!

@Johnnycdrums

Жыл бұрын

@@blainelytle341 Nightclubs. Laurie just recently died.

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnnycdrums 😲....Thank for passing that along , 🙏 Prayer's for her family.

Amazing and she’s beautiful too

Larry Collins such a natural showman and rock n roller! Bless his sister for patience dealing with his bratty butt! Wish I caught their reunion in early 00’s in Vegas.

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..

@karlbillinger9945

Жыл бұрын

He would have been Bigger than Elvis, if a few years Earlier…. Timing is Everything.

@heathstjohn6775

Жыл бұрын

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.

Watched them back then and still love it today!

Такими раньше мы и представляли настоящих Американцев. Теперь, увы, уже далеко не то!

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 KZread.

@johntrujillo2968

Жыл бұрын

Look up their version of Shortin' Bread that came out a year before Chuck Berry came out with Johnny B. Goode.

@user-pc6fm4gz9p

Жыл бұрын

Это просто чудо коллинзы ,открыл их в феврале 23 г мне 62 г, они были первыми рок н рола я потрясен

@user-pc6fm4gz9p

Жыл бұрын

Лари коллинз это фантастика и сестра конечно земля ей пухом какой талант

@deansawich6250

Жыл бұрын

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.❤

@dynjarren8355

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

Puxa não conhecia! Não tenho isso na minha coleção. Muito muito bom!

This is so good. These guys rock

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

Жыл бұрын

Where is Charlie Collins’s now I have never heard of him til now ? He was fantastic as well has his sister. !!!!!!!

@scottbaxendale323

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

What an act! Such talent, and showmanship! Those guitar licks became the mainstay of popular guitarists like Clapton, SRV, and so many others.

@ajaymehra4027

Жыл бұрын

Had a first time listen & still they sounded so familiar .. Hmmm

@user-fw3py7gs4e

Жыл бұрын

Всё бывает в первый раз. Товарищ.

@NeneVZ

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and he taught Chuck Berry to duck walk no doubt

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.

Lorrie had that Oklahoma beautiful looks. Firecrackers.

Home grown talent. Great music. So American!!! Thank you. You won’t find music like this anywhere else.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Larry was a double neck guitar rawk gawd before he shaved! They played those awesome Mosrite guitars their whole life time careers!

First time for me too.. What a terrific gem find!!

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.!!

R.i.p Lorrie Collins. Talented and beautiful.

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

???

@blainelytle341

Жыл бұрын

@@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...

@rallful

4 ай бұрын

@@blainelytle341 Go to 2.10 on this video

The kid can play and is hilarious.

Lorie was one of the most beautiful ladies to ever grace this Earth..

That's bad ass..and I was only 4 when this was aired

@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@MichaelStoneRichard

3 ай бұрын

Me too, too!

Lorrie was 14 y.o. At the time. Just passed away August ‘18, age 76.

Ages 12 and 14! Crazy good! :-)

Good God these two are phenomenal.

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 .

@actionsub

Жыл бұрын

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.

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 ^^.

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...

Изумительно!! Восторг и умиление!!

I love her voice.

@callumnye2562

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Veronica, how are you doing?

@veronicagrey9782

3 жыл бұрын

@@callumnye2562 I'm surviving. I'm a born survivor.

Wow - She is soooo BEAUTIFUL!

How have I been around almost 70 years and never heard of these kids?

@ericsmith8708

Жыл бұрын

So awesome I love this kids. How are you ?

What a TALENT...MY RESPECT

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. 😒

gawd, she's gorgeous!!! and super talented too.

@Ubu987

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Lorries eyebrows are incredible. Pure perfection.

Нет слов! Здорово!!! Рок-н-рол!!!

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.

Holy fuck I literally cannot believe this is the first time I'm watching or hearing this it's face melting awesome

@gymshoe8862

Жыл бұрын

Keep it vulgar Becky.

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

This changes everything of the Anthology of Rock! This is amazing. The kid is a showman! The girls is so sweet she is Hot! Is anyone really around that can appreciate who and what this is?

OOO-HOOO-HOOO-HOOO,,,, long time before the Beatles. I wonder if they heard this kid?

I heard a recording of a radio show where Jim i Hendrix talked about the Collins kids among other guitarist they really blew him away

Yeah I agree with ZALEX ! Where has this been all my life I was born in the sixties never heard of this kid but he is incredible!🎸🎶😎

Вот настоящая америка .вот это я хочу видеть по ТВ .чистые благородные лица

Incredible! (pronounced in Spanish) and 1956?!?! What a treasure. Thanks so much for sharing this!

Last time I watched this she was still alive. Christ.

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

They are still jamming together I think so..

@Pickinbuddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcraig9449 No, she died in 2018 sadly....

WOW, this was two years before I was born. I’ve never heard of these two. They should have been famous WORLDWIDE 😀

@adrinathegreat3095

10 ай бұрын

They were a commercial failure as far as recordings were concerned and merely a novelty act on TV. There's many reasons for this, lack of appeal and their age, in the 50s she was hot but had a kid brother, so promoting them was difficult, they didn't have a record buying fan base, kids like them and older people as well, but not the ones buying the record's, so remained popular for a while on TV. Record buying public liked younger adult performers and those in Thier late teens, for this kind of music, it was the same as today, you need to also look the part to sell yourself, talent alone isn't enough. Look at Fabian, by his own admission he couldn't sing but looked good, so with half decent records he had big hits. If he was an average 12 year old kid who sounded just like Fabian he wouldn't have had any hits. Image was and still is imperative to the record buying public as far as mainstream pop is concerned. I'm sure if the young lady had an adult group she'd have had some hit record's

@Bruce15485

8 ай бұрын

@@adrinathegreat3095 He peaked 10 years to soon !!

This is the first time in my 68 years that I ever heard of these people. Quite amazing. Something must have happened to end their career because that kid could play with the best of them in that era of early rock n roll and sister was a doll baby.

@actionsub

Жыл бұрын

It was a number of things: most of them involving age and time. Lorrie had gotten involved with Ricky Nelson; however, Ozzie for some reason didn't want them getting too close and told Ricky to limit the relationship to a professional one. Lorrie then married Johnny Cash's road manager (who happened to be twice her age) and she had her first child in 1961. Granted, the novelty of a teenage girl with a deep, sultry voice became less so as she reached adulthood, too. Between the decline of rockabilly, the British Invasion, and the inexplicable failure of their singles to chart, the music industry directed them to Nashville and country music. Lorrie did background vocals for artists such as Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard; Larry turned his talents toward songwriting.