This article is about the British soul band. For the drink, see hot chocolate. For other uses, see Hot chocolate (disambiguation).
Hot Chocolate
Errol Brown, WDR-Veranstaltung, Köln, Alter Markt, 1998
Background information
Also known as
The Hot Chocolate Band
Origin
West Hampstead, London, England[1]
Genres
Funk
soul
pop
disco
Years active
1968–1986
1988
1992–present
Labels
Rak
EMI
MCA
Apple
WEA
Manticore
Members
Patrick Olive Tony Connor Harvey Hinsley Steve Ansell Andy Smith Kennie Simon
Past members
Errol Brown Tony Wilson Franklyn DeAllie Jim King Ian King Larry Ferguson Brian Satterwhite Grant Evelyn Greg Bannis Willy Dowling Steve Matthews Derek Lewis
Website
hot-chocolate.co.uk
Hot Chocolate are a British soul band popular during the 1970s and 1980s, formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. The group had at least one hit song every year on the UK Singles Chart from 1970 to 1984.[2]
Their hits include "You Sexy Thing", a UK number two which also made the top 10 in three decades and reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100—the song also featured in the popular British comedy film The Full Monty (1997)—"So You Win Again", topped the UK Charts, "Every 1's a Winner", reached number six in the US, "It Started with a Kiss", UK top five, and "Emma", charted at number three in the UK and number 8 in the US. In 2004, Brown received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.[3]
^"ERROL BROWN: A Fondent Farewell". Blues & Soul. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 259/260. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^"Radiohead And The Darkness Triumph At Ivor Novello Awards". NME. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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