Posted in 1970s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 26 June 2026
Co-founder of Hot Chocolate and, along with Errol Brown, co-writer of their early hits, Tony Wilson died in April. The promotion of Brown as lead singer eventually led to Wilson leaving the group. This is one of those early hits.
Hot Chocolate: Emma
Anthony Nathaniel (Tony) Wilson: 8/10/1936 – 24/4/2026. So it goes.
Posted in 1970s, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 7 May 2015
I was sad to hear the news yesterday of the death of Errol Brown.
His band, Hot Chocolate, first came to my attention with this song in 1970.
Love is Life: Hot Chocolate
They were notable for being one of only three acts to have at least one (UK) hit in every year of the 1970s with Brown writing (or co-writing) most of them. In fact that run of chart success continued till 1984.
Perhaps their bravest release was Brother Louie, with a spoken word part which was voiced by British blues legend Alexis Korner.
Brother Louie: Hot Chocolate
Lester Errol Brown: 12/11/1943 – 6/5/2015. So it goes.
