The Collins Kids-Chantilly Lace

[mikethekhotmailcom]

Two observations: 1. If the Internets was around back then, word would've gotten out and these kids WOULD have been huge. 2. (pardon my french) Larry Collins kicks Justin Bieber's ass! In fact I'm sorry I even mentioned them in the same sentence ;)

[Barnekkid]

Merle Travis in back?

[daboppo]

Raw talent abounds. If you don't like these kids, have someone check your pulse. They should have made it big!

[dougallsdiscs]

THE worst peformed song ever MARGARITA PRACATAN come back!!.

[bucurdragos]

Angus Young's father!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rotis59]

Check out one of the few black rockabilly piano players in country music playing behind the Collins Kids - Big Al Downing who sang "Down On The Farm" and "Oh Babe!" in the 50s when he was backed by Bobby Poe & the Polecats. Al and Bobby 's band also backed up Wanda Jackson on her record "Let's Have A Party".

[cadolfan13]

Double neck guitar before Jimmy Page.

[AMeatBeetle]

ronaldt491:

Nothing held Larry Collins back. Nothing at all.

[AMeatBeetle]

I love these kids!

[ElvisThunders]

When I watch these Collins Kids, you can't wipe the smile off my face with a jackhammer. Pure joy at the click of a button!

[JukeboxKitten]

i know hes, apparently, 12 here but i love larrys energy and enthusiasm

[intooblv]

There's something undeniably creepy about hearing this song sung by a 12 year old boy. It gives me flashbacks to that episode of The Cosby Show where Rudy is lip-synching to "Night Time Is the Right Time." It's -that- level of weird.

[Nashcountryboy]

No...this was recorded at a time when people's minds weren't in the gutter always thinking about SEX and evil things. Larry is PERFORMING here and at the time the song was hot on the charts.

[intooblv]

If you think that the human preoccupation with flirting, sex and other "evil things" (love for you to explain that one) etc. is anything new, then you either haven't hit puberty yet, just crawled out from under a rock, or you were repressed and really missed out. It's people who insisted on denying the fact that there's nothing "evil" about those thoughts that shoved the Hays Code down our throats for 40 years.

[interdimensionatron]

yah it's waht makes it AWESOME

[26highstreet]

incest comes to mind

[Shoknifeman]

Do you feel that way when you listen to the Everly brothers too? :P

[ronaldt491]

Shame wireless microphone wasn't around 50 years ago. Stationary mike just held him back.

[berry78311]

Shit! That kid can really move!

[elenora8]

I just love them...and have many of their performances in my favorites:: as zxvjy said if u r down just listen and watch them to bring about a smile :)

[zxvjy]

Came across the Collins Kids a couple of months ago.

If your feelin down just have a look through, you cant come away without a smile on your face.

[steve89z]

this kid is cool as hell! how old is he here?

[corvus13]

12.

[pulseinopus123]

jkilts. That's what rock n' roll is baby.

[jkilts]

Not bad. I love how that kid is so into it.

[rjonnz]

pretty good. almost as good as r. stevie

[rsmko]

but where is r. stevie moore?

[54spiritedwill54]

I agree with fenderman.

[joefrom91]

Everytime, i watched this video, it got me happy face :)

Larry shoud be more popular than Bart simpson :o)

[retrofool]

It's a dirty shame the Kids didn't get the kind of national exposure they most certainly deserved. This is EARLY ON and a lot of folks were already having trouble with rock and roll. A kid and a girl was likely to cause a lot of controversy. Bottom line... one of the greatest music acts of ALL TIME !

[roscoe008]

I've long suspected the main reason The Kids didn't hit the charts was because Columbia didn't do Payola for Larry and Lorrie. That was the era. Do a search on YT for Danny and The Juniors. If the clip hasn't been taken down, you'll find some recollections on how the business worked.

[roscoe008]

Search for Wages of Spin Trailer. It was still up three minutes ago.

[TheCoffins]

I don't give a shit about you or your opinions. You don't like it fine. Don't disrespect a true classic. Just because they weren't as famous as Cash or whoever the fuck doesn't mean they weren't as good or better. So go put your fucking ace of base album back on and continue abusing your pets your stupid prog-hippie fuckholes.

[GentlemanTony]

Let's see: you have a boy not even in his teens with adept guitar-playing and great entertainment instincts and a talented, beautiful young woman giving their all. I have no clue, TC, why others would say anything negative about this.

[straighttip]

What ever happened to this kid? I bet he has problems with his L 4 5 and 6 today.

[RockLibertyWarrior]

Too many of you have been eating troll shit. I see it dribbling off your chins and I am laughing at you. Larry fucking rocks and his sister is hot. All you shit eaters know who you are, if you don't honestly like this fine.

[retrofool]

This is the only bad one I have seen but you gotta consider that kid is only about 11 or 12 ? What were you doin' when you were his age? And NO, everything that is old is NOT classic. As compared to today when NOTHING IS...

[GentlemanTony]

Agreed. And, I don't think that this is that bad.

[foxx1525]

This is bad, and proves the point that just because something is old, does not make it good or "classic."

[LawrenceArms]

That is the creepiest thing I think I have ever heard anybody say...

[allofthetrash]

ahahahaha

[jt123egypte]

Sorry Big Bopper for this terrible insult by this bunch of clumbsy amateurs

[LawrenceArms]

I meant to give you thumbs down! CURSE MY POOR AIM! haha

[cambam81]

BUT I ANT GOT NO MONY HUNNY LOL

[meng8911]

luv the kid

check out Maestro Holland

[ausgang]

Wow! At this point, Lorrie has GROWED UP GOOD!

[shutupandroll]

i got only word.....superb!!!!

[roscoe008]

I agree with fenderman.

[mosrite60]

fenderman .oh yeah for sure. this is real talent...good thing for youtube that we could still enjoy this type of music. very difficult to beat the 50's %60's.

[fenderman0463]

all those shitheads on american idol could learn a thing or 2 from these 2 master performers....

[McKinneyElvis]

Wow! They were SO fine! I read that Lorrie got tired of life she was living and finally eloped at 16, but now the Collins Kids are back together and rattlin' the rafters. Awesome!

[erikadelfred]

How could a brother & sister sing this kind of lyric on national television, in the fifties, and get away with it.

[tunein]

Big-eyed girl make you feel so funny make you spend yo money....Yep. That Lorie was a hottie. Dayummm.

[Cheze4ux]

How in the world is that kid able to perfectly concentrate on guitarring, dancing, singing, and haveing a blast all in one! What an impressively master performer! Indescribably superb!!!