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The Earls Sometimes Credited As Larry Chance And The Earls Were A Popular Recording Group From The 1960s Formed In The Bronx New York. In 1962 Their Single "Remember Then" Was A Hit And "Life Is But A Dream " "Never" And "I Believe" Also Charted. As The Oldies Revival Scene Started A Strong Run In The Early 1970s And 1980s The Earls Became One Of The Most Requested Groups In The Doo-Wop Genre. They Are Still Actively Performing And Remain On The Oldies Circuit. Other Recordings Included "Looking For My Baby" And "Kissing." Albums Included Remember Me Baby The Earls Today The Earls - Live Earl Change And Streets Of The Bronx. Biography Edit The Earls Are One Of The New York City Doo-Wop Success Stories. Discovered Singing On The Street Corner In Front Of Subway Station The Earls Took The Original Black Doo-Wop Street Corner Harmony Sound And Refined And Expanded It For New Audiences. Larry Chance Was The Driving Force Behind The Group's Formation And Success. Larry Grew Up In Philadelphia And Attended High School With Chubby Checker Frankie Avalon And Danny Rapp Of Danny And The Juniors. But It Was Not Until 1957 That He Moved With His Parents To The Bronx After High School That His Musical Career Took Off. Chance Formed A Group At The Tecumsa Social Club Known As The Hi-Hatters. The Group Was Chance Bob Del Din Eddie Harder Larry Palombo And John Wray. In The Fall Of 1959 They Were Singing In Front Of A Subway Station When Johnny Powers Who Had A Fledging Record Label Rome Records Heard Them. Powers Took Them Into The Recording Studio. They Paid To Record Four Tracks As The Hi-Hatters. About This Same Time Chance Picked The Name The Earls At Random Out Of A Dictionary. Later In 1959 The Earls Lost Their Original Member Larry Palombo In An Army Skydiving Accident When His Parachute Failed To Open During An Exercise. In 1961 Rome Released The Earls' First Record – "Life Is But A Dream" Rome 101 – 1961 B/w "Lost Love" And Later Released With "Whoever You Are" As The B-Side . The Group Then Performed With Murray The K And On Dick Clark's American Bandstand Show. They Released Another Record That Year "Looking For My Baby" Rome 102 B/w "Cross My Heart". In 1962 The Group Hooked Up With Stan Vincent And Recorded "Remember Then" For Old Town Records Old Town 1130 B/w "Let's Waddle". It Was A Hit Peaking At #24 On The US Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1963. Chance Co-Wrote The Group's Next Single "Never" B/w "I Keep A-Tellin You" Old Town 1133–1963 . The Group Scored Another Hit In 1963 On Old Town With "Eyes" B/w "Look My Way" Old Town 1141 . Later A Demo "I Believe" Was Released Old Town 1149–1963 B/w "Don’t Forget". Chance Later Had A Brief Solo Career Recording "Let Them Talk". He Returned To The Earls Who At That Time Had Two New Members – Bob Moricco And Ronnie Calabrese. The Group Started Playing Their Own Instruments And In 1967 Recorded "If I Could Do It Over" B/w "Papa" Mr. G 801 – 1967 And A Track For ABC Records "Its Been A Long Time Coming" B/w "In My Lonely Room" ABC 11109–1967 . The Group Continued Performing Into The 1970s And In 1977 They Released A Disco Version Of The Velvets' "Tonight Could Be The Night ." By 1983 The Group's Personnel Were Chance Ronnie Calabrese Colon Rello Bobby Tribuzio And Tony Obert And They Recorded Larry Chance And The Earls – Today. Former Member Art Loria Died October 23 2010. He Performed And Recorded With The Group For 8 Years In The Late 1980s And Early 1990s. He Was The Writer Of The Groups Tribute To Elvis Song "He's Alive. The Song Is Also On LARRY CHANCE SINGS COUNTRY A New Album By Chance Members Larry Chance
Bobby Tribuzzio
Bobby Coleman Past Members Jack Wray
Eddie Harder
Bobby Del-Din
Mike Mone
Larry Palumbo Died 1959 Ronnie Calabrese
Art Loria Died 2010 Bobby Coleman
Chris Cassone
Chuck Merizo
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