Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate
Errol Brown, WDR-Veranstaltung, Köln, Alter Markt, 1998
Background information
Also known asThe Hot Chocolate Band
OriginWest Hampstead, London, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1968–1986
  • 1988
  • 1992–present
Labels
MembersPatrick Olive
Tony Connor
Harvey Hinsley
Steve Ansell
Andy Smith
Kennie Simon
Past membersErrol Brown
Tony Wilson
Franklyn DeAllie
Jim King
Ian King
Larry Ferguson
Brian Satterwhite
Grant Evelyn
Greg Bannis
Willy Dowling
Steve Matthews
Derek Lewis
Websitehot-chocolate.co.uk

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.