Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate | |
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Errol Brown, WDR-Veranstaltung, Köln, Alter Markt, 1998 | |
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| Also known as | The Hot Chocolate Band |
| Origin | West Hampstead, London, England |
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| 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 |
Hot Chocolate are a British soul band 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.
Their hits include "You Sexy Thing", a UK number two which also made the top 10 in three decades, reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and also featured in the film The Full Monty (1997); "So You Win Again", which topped the UK Charts; "Every 1's a Winner" which reached number six in the US; "It Started with a Kiss", which reached the UK top five, and "Emma", which 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.