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Ponderosa Stomp Focus: The Collins Kids

May 1, 2008 by: Andrew Hamlin

Hailed by Ranch Party TV show host Tex Ritter (John’s father) as “those two little bundles of bouncin’ T-double-N-T,” the Collins Kids deserved all that and maybe another double-N—except that Lorrie, two years older and one head taller than Larry, never deserved the “little” sobriquet. In fact, she wooed and won Ricky Nelson between two-minute explosions on successive Ranch Party episodes. If Lorrie sang any more like a female Jerry Lee Lewis, she’d still merit a lot more re...

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