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William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. [1] He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016.
Billy Collins was born to a working class Irish family in Antioch, Tennessee. His father and manager, Billy Collins Sr.(1937–2018), was a welterweight professional boxer during the late 1950s and early 1960s who won 38 of his 56 professional fights. Collins Jr. followed his father's footsteps and started training with him since a very young age.
Collins was a member of The Collins Kids, with his sister Lorrie (1942-2018 [2]). Their hits in the 1950s included "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop", and "Hoy Hoy". [ 3 ] The Collins Kids became regular performers on Town Hall Party in 1954, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] appeared on the Grand Ole Opry , and on the syndicated for television version of the ...
The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine "Lorrie" Collins (May 7, 1942 – August 4, 2018) and her younger brother Lawrence "Larry" Collins (October 4, 1944 – January 5, 2024). Their hits in the 1950s as youngsters, such as "Hop, Skip and Jump", "Beetle Bug Bop" and "Hoy Hoy", were geared towards children, but ...
Billy Collins originally said the paradelle was invented in 11th-century France, but he later admitted that he invented it himself to parody strict forms of poetry, particularly the villanelle. [1] His sample paradelle, "Paradelle for Susan" ( c. 1997 ), was seemingly intentionally terrible, completing the final stanza with the line "Darken the ...
Bill Collins (racecaller) (1928–1997), Australian racecaller; Bill Collins (television presenter) (1934–2019), Australian film critic and television presenter; Billy Collins (Australian footballer) (1909–1987), Australian footballer for Melbourne; Billy Collins (born 1941), American poet; Billy Collins Jr. (1961–1984), American ...
Larkin Allen Collins Jr. [2] [3] (July 19, 1952 – January 23, 1990) was an American guitarist, and one of the founding members of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He co-wrote many of the band's songs with frontman and original lead singer Ronnie Van Zant .
William Collins (born November 20, 1950) is an American sprinter, originally running for Mount Vernon High School in Westchester County, New York, where he won four state titles [1] and later at Texas Christian University [2] where he achieved "All-American" status.