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Story by Taste of Country. • 4mo • 3 min read. YouTube © Taste of Country. Larry Collins — a West Coast based rockabilly musician, country singer-songwriter and one half of the duo the Collins...
The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (May 7, 1942 – August 4, 2018) and her younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024). Their hits in the 1950s as youngsters, such as "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop" and "Hoy Hoy", were geared towards children, but ...
Jan 8, 2024 · Newswire. Overdrive. Larry Collins 1944-2024. 0. Larry Collins, a guitar prodigy mentored by renowned flatpicker Joe Maphis, and half of the ’50s brother/sister act The Collins Kids, died January 5 in Santa Clarita, California. He was 79 and passed from natural causes.
Jan 9, 2024 · Rockabilly guitar slinger and hit country songwriter Larry Collins passed away last Friday (Jan. 5) at age 79. Best known for co-writing such hits as “Delta Dawn” and “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma,” Collins was a mainstay of the California country scene for decades.
Rockabilly guitar great Larry Collins of the Collins Kids died at age 79 on Jan. 5, 2024, at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif. His death from natural causes was announced by his daughter Larissa Collins.
Jan 8, 2024 · Larry and Lorrie Collins would reunite over the years, and the pair was revered in the rockabilly world. Larry Collins died on January 5th at the age of 79 according to his daughter Larissa Collins. He passed away of natural causes at the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, California.
Jan 13, 2024 · Published January 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM CST. Oklahoma Historical Society. The Collins Kids in a 1957 publicity photo. Larry Collins, a fiery guitarist who helped create classic rockabilly music, died on Jan. 5 in Santa Clarita, California at the age of 79.
