Career
In the late 1950s, Lorrie was the girlfriend of television star and teen idol Ricky Nelson, on both the Nelson family"s top-rated show The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet and in private life. She made her debut on January 22, 1958 in an episode entitled "The Picture in Rick"s Notebook" in which she played the dual role of twin sisters (one being David Nelson"s girlfriend and the other Ricky"s potential paramour). In this first episode, Nelson and Lorrie duetted on "Just Because" which had been one of the Collins Kids" signature songs (Lorrie played her own guitar and covered the name "Collins" on the neck with her left hand).
A month later, Larry made a guest appearance on the show in an episode entitled "Who is Betty?", which aired on February 19, 1958.
The Collinses continued to perform into the 1960s, appearing as regulars in the 1963 Canadian music series Star Route, and the duo later made appearances on The Jackie Gleason Show and The Hollywood Palace as late as 1967. Many of their performances on Town Hall Party were released on Digital Video Disc by Bear Family Records of Germany.
A Civil Defense of their work on the show, Rockin" on Television, was released in 1993 on the Krazy Kat label in Europe.