Hot Chocolate Singer Errol Brown Dies In The Bahamas

Errol Brown, the lead singer of British soul band Hot Chocolate, has died aged 71 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, his manager has confirmed.

The singer and songwriter, known for hits including You Sexy Thing and It Started With A Kiss, died at home in the Bahamas.

Paying tribute to him as he announced his death today, his manager Phil Dale said: “There was always music around wherever he was. I’ve been with him in the middle of Australia and he has got an idea for a song and started writing.”

 Brown who moved to Britain from Jamaica with his mother at the age of 12, was given an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.

He achieved his first chart success with Hot Chocolate in 1970 with the top 10 track Love Is Life. The band went on to have more than 20 top 40 hits.

You Sexy Thing made it into the top 10 three times. Its success was boosted in 1997 after it was used in the film The Full Monty.

Singer Beverley Knight was among those to tweet her sadness at Brown’s death today.

She said: “I am so gutted. Errol Brown was such a charismatic performer”.

Hot Chocolate had their only number one with So You Win Again in 1977.

The band developed a strong international following. In 1981, they performed at a pre-wedding party in Buckingham Palace for the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

Brown is survived by his wife Ginette and two daughters.

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