The initial recording lineup included 5 musicians from Ireland: Chris O'Toole, Christy McLaughlin, Mike Feeney, Seamus Grew, Sean McManus, and Fred White (the lone Canadian, from Nova Scotia).
The band released a number of albums through the RCA label, including Gospel Favourites, which sold more than 200,000 copies.
[9][3] Despite the end of their regular national television series exposure, the band continued to perform; McManus died 1989;.
In 1996 the group disbanded, although Fred White continued to do the occasional show using the Carlton Showband name.
In 2010, White, Aaron Lewis,[10] Larris and Robert Benoit, Greg Donaghey of Sion Mills, Northern Ireland, and Roddie Lee revived the group for a reunion tour.