Teen Queens

(l to r) Betty Collins, Rosie Collins
The Teen Queens Eddy My Love was one of the first records specifically to direct its appeal to teenagers..

Members:
    Rosie Collins
    Betty Collins

Aaron Collins

The Teen Queens were a Los Angeles duo composed of sisters Betty and Rosie Collins. Betty at 16 and Rose at 14 were very young to be in the music business, but they came from a musical family. Their brother Aaron was a member of the Cadets/Jacks. Aaron and Maxwell Davis, the music arranger for Modern records, the company releasing singles by the Cadets/Jacks, co-wrote "Eddie My Love." As the song was written from the female point of view it was necessary to audition a new group to record the song. Collins and and Davis brought "Eddie My Love" to Sam Bihari of RPM/Modern/Flair Records in 1955  Auditioning the song was Collin's sisters Betty and Rose. After hearing the girls Bihari rushed the girls into the Modern Studios in Culver City, California.

The record began to sell slowly in the Los Angeles area, finally achieving national attention in  early January 1956. "Eddie My Love" was covered by several "pop" vocal groups including the Chordettes and the Fontane Sisters. All three had a hit with the song in the "pop field" although only the Teen Queens record sold well in the R&B market. The Teen Queens followed with "Baby Mine" in April 1956, with minimal sales. The same was true of their next three singles, "Billy Boy," "Red Top," "Rock Everybody" and "I Miss You."

In 1958, unable to come up with a second hit on R.P.M., the Teen Queens moved to RCA Victor Records where their only release "Dear Tommy" failed to draw attention. Two years later they moved to Antler Records run by Buck Ram. Their first record was an answer  to Big Jay McNeely's "There Is Something On Your Mind" called "There Is Nothing On Your Mind." One more Antler single, "I Heard Violins," moved to Press Records in 1962, Press Records in 1962, as Rosie & Betty, the Teen Queens ended their recording career. The two sisters met untimely deaths. They had started using dope while on the road in 1956 and could not kick the habit. In 1968, Rosie took an overdose of pills and alcohol, went to sleep and did not wake up. Betty passed away in 1971 after falling victim to drugs.. One of rock 'n' roll's tragic stories.