In a career spanning over 60 years they formed in the early 1960s, though their roots can be traced back to 1957 in a group called the High-Hatters.

In the 1970s and 1980s, an oldies revival scene began and the Earls re-experienced success and became one of the most requested popular groups in the doo-wop genre.

The group would later become the Earls and was originally composed of Chance, Bob Del Din, Eddie Harder, Larry Palombo and John Wray.

The group continued performing into the 1970s and, in 1977, they released a disco version of the Velvets' "Tonight (Could Be the Night)."

From 1989 to 1993, the group consisted of: Larry Chance, Bobby Tribuzio, Bob Coleman, Art Loria (formerly of the Belmonts) and T.J. Barbella.

In 1989, they were on Broadway performing in the original production of A Bronx Tale, a one-man play by Chazz Palminteri.

They were nominated as "Best Musical Act" in Atlantic City for their eight-week run at The Claridge Hotel, starring with Sal Richards.

Chance, Tribuzio and Coleman remained as the group's core with a rotation of members rounding out the act.

They continued to perform and record and were considered to be popular on the doo wop / oldies revival circuit.

Original bassist and baritone, John "Jack" Wray (born June 19, 1939) died on November 30, 2020, at the age of 81.