The Collins Kids - Hoy Hoy in HD 1958

[@Spiritof_76]

Tex Ritter was more progressive than I would have imagined, having a couple of young rockabilly siblings on the show as regulars. Thanks KZbin! I never would have encountered this awesome duo with out your nifty algorithms.

[@EdwardChrisman]

The Best😂😅

[@stanb990]

Well, he did father Jack Tripper

[@Confused_Philosopher]

Just "discovered" the Collins 3 days ago. I am 65 and have never heard of them. I am making up for lost time! The Collins boy's energy, enthusiasm and his sheer joy just make you feel good watching him.

[@geezermann7865]

Same here, just discovered them on KZbin three days ago. I'm 71.

[@nance64]

58 and same here. I'm from Nashville and thought by now They'd be Houshold names. Incredible!

[@SuperChuckRaney]

It's Western Swing. They had lots of hopusehold names playing it. Not Rock. Lots of people say it's not. BUT, before Rock n Roll, Western Swing was the quickest thing you could dance to. Bill Haley and the Comets played Western Swing and were adapted in by the Memphis Rock n Rollers.

[@mikehollingworth2262]

i am stunned that i have never come across such talent....i am 75

[@ooSicknesSoo]

43 here, and stumbled on Larry's version of Ramrod a couple of months ago. I was totally blown away. =)

[@Offmedication]

WHY have I never heard of them? They're great!

[@smallpicture]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@ronniebishop2496]

They were very popular in California and now in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

[@KB-ke3fi]

Because the music studios didn't like "cowboy" music. Until Buddy Holly and the Crickets made it happen. Hence, The Beatles.

[@MosheHaMayim4591]

I can't belive that I never even heard of the Collins until 2023. The kid on the guitar just smashes all of the 1950's rock n roll guitarists and should have been a headliner.

[@Bruce15485]

I think Jimmy Page copied the style of "Larry Collins" !!!

[@stefanijakrivaja6068]

Yes

[@teijaflink2226]

Yeah I thought Jimmy Page was first with the double guitar, looks like at least Larry Collins was before him.

[@PeterSokol-bl5vz]

No…he doesn’t…..grow up and quit being a drama queen.

[@cycologist7069]

@@teijaflink2226 Many before JP played double neck guitars.

[@LPJack02]

RIP Lorrie Collins (May 7, 1942 - August 4, 2018), aged 76 And RIP Larry Collins (October 4, 1944 - January 5, 2024), aged 79 You both will be remembered as legends.

[@WilliamGoulet-p4v]

When music was music 🎶 ❤❤❤ rest in peace. U both entertained the world 🗺

[@robertaguilar2124]

Never heard of these kids, they sure needed more better promotion & exposure!

[@thewkovacs316]

@@robertaguilar2124 tons of rockabilly artists didnt get a lot of airplay because of how the industry treated the genre you either had to go full rock, pop or country

[@derekjohnson1594]

RIP Larry Collins........a truly gifted player and entertainer.

[@gcord21]

I've know about them for many years but started to actively listen to them today. I am surprised they were not bigger in the 1950s. RIP Lorrie.

[@KBAFourthtime]

And now Larry.

[@askelvis]

@gcord21 In my book, at an absolute minimum they deserved to rule the world.

[@MissHolleyKing]

I just heard...I am so sorry to hear about Larry Collins passing... Much love and prayers to family and friends. (thanks for all the great music you have shared with all of us over the years)

[@frankscassi4960]

This video should be the most wieved of all times. Those kids rocked like crazy!

[@KB-ke3fi]

There were literally hundreds of them all over the south and southwest, particularly Texas...where swing started.

[@TheRomundus]

Man, her voice during the intro could melt glass.

[@jussix48]

😃

[@ronniebishop2496]

It melted an old mans heart and I’m not kidding. lol she married him twice her age.

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Who'd she marry, and how old was she when she married? Also, the fiddle player's pretty easy on the eyes.

[@mariowildner5874]

@@TheBrooklynbodine She married the manager of Johnny Cash then. And this because Cash was serious after her and this would‘ve raised a scandals. You can read this all in the Johnny Cash biography by Robert Hilburn. Lorrie was 17 when she married 26 years old Stew Carnall.

[@penalty5992]

@@mariowildner5874 12-16 is the normal age when men find women most attractive, so 17 is fine.

[@michaelklein5242]

The boy, Larry, is an incredibly polished performer for being around age 12!

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

He may have played it earlier and then did the dancing with lip sync Lip sync started in the 1930s

[@rockinredneck57]

He was 14 here and had been playing live since he was 11. He was a seasoned performer. These were taped live, vocals and guitar, not lip synced.

[@pouglwaw5932]

@@rockinredneck57 Yes, Larry himself said, in later interviews, that all those '50's performances were %100 live.

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@bobsmoth-iv3sp No it didn't. I've been in live studio recording since the 60's and double track layover didn't exist....no lip sync. You must be thinking Millie Vanilli or Janet Jackson.

[@normanmunns4743]

This is pure rock and roll

[@geoffreypiltz271]

I will never understand why this pair were not superstars.

[@neilmcbeath954]

She ran off with Johnny Cash's manager when she was 17, leaving her fifteen year old brother high and dry.

[@biggtrux]

Maybe it was because Larry was so obnoxiously animated on stage?

[@neilmcbeath954]

@@biggtrux In the 1950s that animation was regarded as wholesomely all-American.

[@BjManberries]

They basically did the same song with every performance. Different key and different words. Not a knock on them, just not good songs.

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Lorrie is as pretty as a new set of truck tires, and boy can she sing! Brother Larry is smokin' on that gitar as well...

[@hilariousname6826]

"... pretty as a new set of truck tires ... " - I'm stealing that!

[@RickPurdom]

ricky nelson wanted her bad, but i think the mom and dad discouraged it.

[@BeatMower]

Larry was born for this

[@convaitsas5514]

RIP Larry. I first heard of the Collins Kids just over 40 years ago via a rockabilly compilation album and thought who the hell are they and was amazed the boy Larry was about 10. I then had to search for one if their albums. What a dynamo. Both of them so talented and should've been more well known. Still not too late folks to get one of their albums to have in your possession.

[@praisedawg7213]

I saw the Collins kids on Town Hall Party live 2:05 in Compton when I was about 7 yrs old (1957). He was a real inspiration so I have been playing guitar since I was 12. It was amazing to him, Joe Maphis and Merle Travis all playing on one double neck guitar.

[@chrispraz877]

Man! Rock n roll was in it's infancy here, and yet these two are rocking like some only wish they could today! Way to go Collins kids. Rip.Laurie.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

The kid is a born performer.

[@brucesabatoni3410]

I just hung out with Larry, the kid on the double neck guitar. He's a really nice guy! I'm liking this music too!

[@kendallkerrigan499]

Nothing better ---- pure, pure, pure music !!!!! Just found a few days ago and already ordered a Collins kids cd

[@stevecattani9545]

Dang, those Collins Kids are hep. Love it.

[@63DW89A]

Heppest of The Hep is right. Larry and Lorrie Collins will blow you away with their originality and talent. I just recently "discovered" the Collins Kids and have become a huge fan. Got Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of "Collins Kids At Town Hall Party" by Bear Family Records, and those DVD's are absolute treasures. I'm actively looking for more clips all over YT and elsewhere, plus any more DVD's that are available.

[@Sunmoon-gj9gy]

Larry's love for his sister shines through 💙

[@HannibalLecter-hi4hh]

Wow .. the freakin ENERGY !!! .. GO Larry!

[@RockinRedRover]

Wow, so clear, thanks. ! Happy 76th Birthday this week Lorrie, almost exactly 25 years since the Collins Kids first reunion gig anywhere in the world, and we were there, Hemsby UK in May 1993.

[@cellistarke8144]

Richtig geil die zwei!!! So viel Talent!! Wie er seine Gitarre bespielt Weltklasse ❤

[@grandparamone8624]

I've seen this clip many,many times but never as good as this , I don't know man, you must be a magician, thank you so much!!

[@joannp5806]

Larry was the show,only started watching these 2 very recently after they poped up on my you tube feed,figured why not watch,well ive since found out Both have passed on,Larry in January, he was such a show man,i read he was like maybe only 11 at this time, such a talent,im hoping hes rocking with the best of them in Heaven❤

[@fazbell]

A couple of really talented and dynamic kids.

[@dav01kar]

I am looking at the signed autographs of both Lorrie Larry, which I got in 1993 Hemsby in the UK, RIP Lorrie

[@retrocrushREAL]

Wow! That boy wrote "Delta Dawn"

[@Eustice2]

He also wrote You're the reason God made Oklahoma.

[@rockinredneck57]

​@@Eustice2Co wrote with Sandy Pinkard.

[@michaelbarnhart2593]

So great to see beautiful Lorrie in HD!

[@serfardi]

That kid belongs in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. Precursor to many of the guitarist of several generations.

[@matthewchild]

Wow! Underrated indeed. Thank you!

[@oldfartatplay-rj7zp]

I first heard this song covered by King Biscuit Boy. The Collins Kids doing it blew my mind.

[@hilariousname6826]

Yup, that's where I heard it, too. Slightly different vibe ... !

[@javi__...]

This is a cover actually. The original being by Clyde Stacy. Who was a rockabilly singer from Oklahoma also like the Collins kids. I imagine they covered it cause don law sensed it was going to be a hit.

[@katewild2194]

That boy is great

[@jasoncarter549]

Found these guys about a year ago. Looking to see what Tex Ritter was like. I grew up on John Ritter and Three's company (Tex is his Dad). Saw Larry and Lorrie and about fell over backwards! I feel like they never got the recognition they deserved. The most amazing siblings I have ever seen perform. Larry is the most talented performer I have ever seen in my life. Watching these performances by these wonderful, talented, sweet people, just makes me wish I had been alive to see it when it was new and fresh. Salute! Lawrence and Lawrencine Collins!

[@jesseserna8424]

Where have these kids been all my life 🎸🤠🤙🏼

[@melvinvivian8134]

I love this group they know they could pick that guitar I have they made many years ago call shortening bread I still play it today I just love this group fabulous they are just fabulous

[@emarsshelpline9848]

No words to praise. Excellent.

[@PeBoVision]

The birth of Rock n Roll !!! What nostalgia! But it was 50 years later with "Wayne 'The Train' Hancock" that this tune became a song I HAVE to sing & dance along with (right up there with "Jukebox Jumpin'").

[@bclowns333]

They're amazing. Never heard of em but judging around that time Rock n Roll was shamed so badly it cost them a good boost to the big league cause thy are pure rock n roll.

[@lenp00]

They remind me of Les Paul and Mary Ford singing “How High the Moon”!

[@dagmarleite6479]

Este menino é demais. Estou encantada

[@bejasantos]

Eis aqui o "menino" e a "menina"! Ele com 62 e ela com 64!!! Em 2006. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnLEe4hvq7xrgZY

[@emarsshelpline9848]

I thankss god that he has given us the opportunity to see such artist and entertainers, i wish that these will born in my country (INDIA).

[@flick22601]

Wow! Thanks for posting this in High Definition. It's clearer than I remember back in the days when TV's had vacuum tubes.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Oh WOW, simply fantastic! Unfortunately I never heard of them till recently. Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing. Best regards, luck and health in particular.

[@egaliterrevolt]

theboy kid play guitar is truly a rock star

[@Christopher-f9m7f]

Sometime in the early 60's I discovered the Collins Kids, what treasures The 50's had so many great artists, these are just one of them

[@Timetraveler1111MN]

I love her. And brother rockin this is still HEP today!

[@Андрей-ш9к4н]

Ларри просто огонь! Жаль, что раньше не знал о нём и его сестре Лорри. Царствие ему небесное. Сколько же в жизни хорошего и интересного прошло мимо нас. Не одобряю нынешнего но и железный занавес не очень желателен.

[@cathyflorence3324]

Have you ever seen such energy!!

[@jamessmelcer616]

I don’t know about anybody else ,but I long for those simpler times! Jim

[@neilmcbeath954]

Yeah - great times. All the entertainers and ALL the audience were, of course, white. But let that pass.

[@fluffy1931]

Jim Crow enters the chat.

[@neilmcbeath954]

@@fluffy1931 Truth hurts. In 1957, when Frankie Lymon (aged 15) dared to dance with a white girl on The Big Beat, the segregationists of the former Confederacy were so outraged that the show was immediately cancelled. Furthermore, when American Bandstand was broadcast from Philadelphia (1952-64), there was a policy NOT to allow black teenagers into the studio audience because that would upset the sponsors.

[@chuddlevideos]

simpler times for white people.

[@lmarcos53]

Never heard of these people. Holy moly!! They're great! Whatever happened to them? Were they ever known nationally? The boy is like a little Chuck Berry! Wow!

[@nancyselzer628]

I have an old LP with the Collins kids doing Walking the Floor Over You. I'm 70 years old and that's been my favorite song throughout my entire life, even though Ernie Tubbs made it famous.

[@rockinredneck57]

Larry was 14 here and already a veteran performer. He was a guitar protégé of the King of the Strings, Joe Maphis, who also performed on this show. Larry's guitar is a Mosrite double neck, the second one ever built. Joe Maphis played the first one. If his high energy hurt the act, Tex Ritter would have had him dial it back a bit. This was in 58, and they were competing with early rock and roll acts. They were a very popular act then.

[@EdwardChrisman]

😅😮😢😅

[@joeyo1417]

Great quality!

[@Diver7atms]

so glad this was a bit before my time.

[@Danny-wb2zr]

That riff... Oh my God!!!!

[@doncollins786]

My name is Collins and I approve this act!

[@markhill-f9w]

RIP Larry, the great Rose Maddix playing Steel Guitar here.....

[@bgbstrm2352]

1958 and they rocked more than Elvis or anybody!!!

[@grossac54]

Super quel belle époque Merci pour ce partage 🎸🎸🎼🎼😍😍👍

[@anthursan]

Oh boy, Larry is great guitarist

[@qtpysusie54]

Very attractive and talented kids.

[@walkrslayer1305]

Umm? What?

[@aaronbst]

RIP Larry Collins and big sis Lorrie. Talent wrapped up in young bundles.

[@jerryleeelvisberryrichard6247]

Aww let’s rock again now!

[@GregNumber]

Those two kids from the 50s are cooler than I could ever hope to be.

[@KennethFinuf]

That kids amazing!!! Wow great guitarist!!!😮😊

[@amusicment4829]

Here after The NY Times obit Sunday 1/14/24. Love these Collins kids!

[@mj7den]

I first became aware of the Collins Kids in the documentary "The Women In Rockabilly" that can be found here on KZbin . Please watch it. They Collins Kids were under contact by Mitch Miller who never quite understood the talent they had to offer. They were not a top priority act for Mitch who spent most of his time producing his own HiFi singalong albums.

[@63DW89A]

mj7den If Sam Phillips at Sun Records, had signed Larry and Lorrie Collins, this amazing sister-brother duo would have rocketed to superstardom. Mitch Miller at Columbia Records was clueless about the incredible talent and unique act of the Collins Kids.

[@barryrogers7554]

RIP Lorrie Collins

[@raphaelrousso7124]

Trouves moi aujourd'hui des performers avec ce credo , cette joie et ce talent . Difficile , long live Rock'n'Roll

[@beasauget6839]

Incroyable , j'adore. Bravo ❤

[@ChukwudiOgugua-ff3rr]

All their performances were so marvelous ❤️❤️

[@alanjordan7713]

Just now finding out about these kids how is that there great and ahead of there time

[@bill291212]

I just read Larry Collin’s obit in The NY Times, groovy music

[@johnny-r]

Amazing charisma. Star quality all over him - and her.

[@ronfrankl]

RIP, Lorrie.

[@JoeDeCarlo-km9nf]

Hi Lori Collins, how would you like to go behind the barn?

[@seanwhalley2293]

I have got THE COLLINS KIDS HOY HOY on a CD

[@fredzag2452]

Hoy. That's how the Aussies say hi, explained by an Aussie Karchka Riley. Think I spelled his first name wrong.

[@Offthbadan]

I’m surprised they weren’t more popular, singing rock n roll in the early stage of rock n roll. Funny thing is it was on a country western show.

[@andyhill9236]

The little guy on guitar just needs a bit more self confidence😆

[@Josh_James76]

lol

[@thelakeman5207]

The kid's a little too animated. Maybe too much sugar?

[@42lookc]

LOL!

[@davidpanzer1166]

Now that’s funny

[@ajjy1110]

@@thelakeman5207 beyond irritating

[@jamesewanchook2276]

they play and sing like gods. and are basically unknown.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Helicopter parents today would have Larry on Ritalin for displaying such energy.

[@JakelikejakefromSF4936]

With all the energy Larry had, I wonder if he ever tripped over his instrument cable or accidentally whacked his guitar into Lorrie's acoustic.

[@arechj]

Sounds super cool! Dig it!

[@barbarashirley3278]

Amazing quality for such an old show!! :-)

[@shotgunrebels]

Larry was sure talented enough but kind of a novelty thing. At least back then. Lorrie was a legit star. That voice! Shame she didn’t go on to greatness on her own. So beautiful too.

[@ajjy1110]

Just irritating to watch

[@johnhenry2265]

She was a Beauty ❤

[@denp54z]

Here brother so full that dancing energy that only young people had and she was a beautiful young woman too. Natural beauty not a bunch of makeup and face paint.

[@tommccallan8802]

R.I.P. Larry Collins 1/ 2024

[@fazapops]

Good God. I just burned about 300 calories watching Larry perform

[@leoalex2344]

Keep on rockin in heaven Lorrie

[@paulandersen9492]

Never heard of them. This is fandamntastic.

[@grandpahickory613]

I was totally in love with this girl....Course didn't do me any good, I was a nobody, and she fished for upper class well to do's......I was working class, she was the one that got away.....

[@hilariousname6826]

Isn't that a Top 40 song from the early 'sixties?

[@timfurnier7061]

Lorrie died in 2018 at 76, and Larry died this year at 79. It's hard to believe those young people could be dead. It's so strange our culture where we can see people so alive who are dead.

[@richardkirk5098]

What a Girl!

[@lindamugford5507]

Fantastic video, love it