Best known stateside for their 70<#8217;s hits <#8220;You Sexy Thing<#8221; and <#8220;Every 1<#8217;s A Winner<#8221;, the English group had numerous UK hits and for a time were even affiliated with The Beatles<#8217; label Apple Records. Formed in Brixton, London, circa 1968/69 the original core members included percussionist Patrick Olive, guitarist Franklyn De Allie and drummer Ian King, along with bass player Tony Wilson, pianist Larry Ferguson and with Jamaican born songwriter/vocalist Errol Brown. For Apple, they released a reggae version of <#8220;Give Peace A Chance<#8221;, and backed Mary Hopkins on <#8220;Think About Your Children<#8221; before the Apple label dissolved. In 1970, they signed to Rak Records, a label owned by UK producer Mickie Most who had the group compose the final chart hit for Herman<#8217;s Hermits. On their own they were to become one of the U.K<#8217;s best loved charts groups, with 25 UK top 40 hit singles in their career. Hot Chocolate enjoyed their first UK hit in 1970 with <#8220;Love Is Life<#8221; followed by many more U.K. Top 10 hits including <#8220;I Believe (In Love),<#8221; <#8220;Brother Louie<#8221; (a stateside #-1 for U.S Stories), <#8220;A Child<#8217;s Prayer,<#8221; <#8220;Put Your Love In Me,<#8221; <#8220;No Doubt About It,<#8221; <#8220;Girl Crazy,<#8221; <#8220;It Started With A Kiss<#8221; and <#8220;What Kinda Boy You Looking For (Girl).<#8221;
While popular in the U.K, it wasn<#8217;t until 1974 that they secured a U.S record deal with Big Tree records, releasing the single <#8220;Emma<#8221;, and becoming associated with burgeoning disco scene with <#8220;Disco Queen.<#8221; Their second US album featured <#8220;You Sexy Thing<#8221; which hit #3 on the US top 40 charts. By 1978 they were affiliated with Infinity Records in the U.S and hit #6 on the charts with <#8220;Every 1<#8217;s A Winner.<#8221; 1979 sees the band release the LP <#8220;Going Through The Motions<#8221; obviously burning out on disco, but still commercially aiming for the dancefloor market with the irionic track <#8220;Mindless Boogie<#8221;. They continued for some years afterwards but never regained the chart action or a U.S label, with lead singer Errol Brown finally leaving in 1987, basically putting an end to the group. A minor resurgence in interest in Hot Chocolate<#8217;s music occured after the 1998 film <#8220;The Full Monty<#8221; used <#8220;You Sexy Thing<#8221; prominently in the soundtrack. errol brown was also known under the nickname, <#8220;the singing malteser<#8221;due to his bald head.
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