In Memoriam|

Lawrence Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024) was an American guitarist, best known for being a part of The Collins Kids duo with his sister Lorrie, being mentored by Joe Maphis, and for his fast and energetic playing.

When The Collins Kids initially split up in 1961, Collins continued to perform as a solo artist, and most notably co-wrote the 1972 hit “Delta Dawn”.

The Collins Kids hits in the 1950s included “Hop, Skip and Jump”, “Beetle Bug Bop”, and “Hoy Hoy”. The Collins Kids became regular performers on Town Hall Party in 1954, appeared on the Grand Old Opry, and on the syndicated for television version of the show, Tex Ritter’s Ranch Party in the late 1950s.

Collins and his mentor, country star Joe Maphis, recorded an album together for Columbia Records, titled Fire on the Strings, released in 1957. The Collins siblings continued to perform together until 1962 when they separated. The duo reunited for a rockabilly revival concert in England in 1993 and performed together until Lorrie’s death in 2018.

Later works
When he was not a part of The Collins Kids, Collins went on to write and produce hits for many well known country music stars, and is most notable for co-writing the 1972 hit “Delta Dawn” with Alex Harvey.

Collins continued to perform as a solo artist. He was known for playing a double-neck Mosrite guitar like his mentor, Joe Maphis.

Mr. Collins was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 4, 1944, and died in Santa Clarita, California on January 5, 2024, at the age of 79.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Collins_(guitarist)

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January 2024
10: Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian operatic soprano.

9: Vitalii Bilonozhko, 70, Ukrainian singer; Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical musician, prostate cancer; James Kottak, 61, American drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak).

8: Guy Bonnet, 78, French author, composer and singer; Phill Niblock, 90, American composer, filmmaker and videographer; Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian composer (Django, Prepare a Coffin, A Black Veil for Lisa, Cry Chicago) and musician.

7: Germana Caroli, 92, Italian singer; Tony Clarkin, 77, English guitarist and songwriter (Magnum); Yüksel Uzel, 73, Turkish singer.

6: Iasos, 76, Greek-born American musician; Sarah Rice, 68, American actress (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) and singer, cancer; Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican singer and lyricist; Oleg Ryabokon, 84, Russian film director, screenwriter, and songwriter; Viktor Yekimovsky, 76, Russian composer.

5: Larry Collins, 79, American guitarist (The Collins Kids) and songwriter (“Delta Dawn”); Harry Robert Lyall, 75, American conductor and opera administrator (New Orleans Opera), cancer; Del Palmer, 71, English singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, and sound engineer; Bernard Rübsamen, 59, Dutch photographer (David Bowie, King of the Netherlands) and author.

4: Ayla Algan, 86, Turkish singer and actress (The House of Leyla, O Hayat Benim, Binbir Gece); Glynis Johns, 100, British actress (Mary Poppins, A Little Night Music, The Sundowners), Tony winner (1973): Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan composer (national anthem), musician and politician, deputy (2017–2021); Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish singer (Ainbusk); David Soul, 80, American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch, Magnum Force) and singer (“Don’t Give Up on Us”).

3: Denise Assunção, 67, Brazilian actress (Hoje É Dia de Maria), singer and songwriter; Quinho do Salgueiro, 66, Brazilian samba singer (Acadêmicos do Salgueiro).

2: Chris Karrer, 76, German guitarist and composer (Amon Düül II), COVID-19.

1: Oldrich Semerák, 91, Czech composer, trombonist and music educator.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2023

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