Lorrie & Larry Collins

Larry and Lorrie Collins were among the most influential rockabilly acts of the 1950s. Lawrencine May Collins (1942-2018 ) and Lawrence Albert Collins(1944- ) were reared on a dairy farm and attended a one-room school near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. At the age of eight Lorrie won a talent contest in Tulsa hosted by Western swing steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe. McAuliffe encouraged Lorrie's parents to relocate to California to develop her talents, which they did in 1953.