Genres: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly Active: 50's, 60's Formed: 1954 in California
Johnny Cash, Johnny Carroll, Warren Smith, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sonny Burgess, The Big Bopper, Tex Ritter, Joe Maphis, The Maddox Brothers & Rose, Johnny Horton, Johnny Bond Elvis Presley, Buddy Knox, Billy Lee Riley, Eddie Cochran, Sonny Burgess, Dale Hawkins, Janis Martin, Joe Maphis, Terry Noland, Johnny Horton, Sid King, Ronnie Self, Johnny Burnette, Ronnie Dawson, Glen Glenn, Boyd Bennett, Hasil Adkins, The Everly Brothers, Bill Haley |  |
By the time Lawrence (b. 1944) and Lawrencine Collins (b. 1942) were 11 and 13, respectively, they were already tearing it up on country package shows, recording for Columbia Records, and performing on national TV almost weekly. Older sister Lorrie held up the cowgirl fringe-rustling-against-nylons teenage sensuality department; kid brother Larry was a bundle of hyperkinetic energy, bopping all over the place while laying down exciting, twangy guitar breaks learned firsthand from the King of the Doublenecked Mosrite, Joe Maphis. As time went on, the Collins' recordings veered from mawkish brother/sister country-style duets to white-hot rockabilly, and they were just reaching their peak when Lorrie eloped, effectively breaking up the act. Revered by rockabilly collectors the world over, their filmed television appearances and recordings are testimony to the fact that the Collins Kids weren't just "good for their age," they were just plain good, period.
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Release: January 19, 1998
Label: Bear Family
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Release: December 15, 1993
Label: Krazy Kat Records
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