Song:Remember Then
Album:Remember Then: The Best Of The Earls
Remember Then was a top 30 hit in 1962 for the doo wop group The Earls. It was their only big hit but it's certainly memorable and a version of The Earls still tours. Like a lot of doo wop groups, The Earls started out singing on New York streetcorners. They were actually discovered singing in the subway. They were led by Larry Figueiredo who renamed himself Larry Chance. He was from Philadelphia but he moved to New York after graduating high school. He formed The Hi Hatters in 1957 with Bob Del Din, Eddie Harder, Larry Palumbo and John Wray. Palumbo died in a 1961 US Army skydiving accident. The Earls released a couple of singles on Rome Records in 1961. And they even appeared on American Bandstand. But they didn't get anywhere until they got together with producer Stan Vincent and he brought The Earls to Old Town Records owner Hy Weiss. Remember Then was written by songwriters Tony Powers and Beverly Ross. Beverly had success co-writing The Chordettes hit Lollipop. Powers says that Remember Then was his first hit. His biggest hit was the 1966 hit 98.6 by Keith. Remember Then reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Of course it has a memorable refrain sung by bass singer John Wray. They released an album in 1963. A couple of their singles charted but none were as big as Remember Then. You can get it on this Ace Records comp. Chance briefly recorded solo. But he returned to The Earls in 1967 and a version of the group still tours. They also appeared in Chazz Palminteri's Broadway play A Bronx Tale which was then turned into a movie. Here's a video for Remember Then by The Earls.
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