Errol Brown Of Hot Chocolate Dies At 71

Sad day in the music world for those of you growing up and listening to the group Hot Chocolate. Errol Brown, singer of "You Sexy Thing", died yesterday after a battle with liver cancer. He was 71. He was the lead singer of the '70s funk band Hot Chocolate, and their song "You Sexy Thing" was a Top 5 hit in 1976. The band actually got their start when John Lennon heard their reggae version of "Give Peace a Chance". That got them signed to Apple Records.
Brown was born in Jamaica in 1948 and later moved to the United Kingdom. He was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2003. A year later, he received the Ivor Novello award, Britain's most prestigious music award, for outstanding contribution to British music.