Umculi weqembu laseBrithani le-disco ne-soul Hot Chocolate, Erroll Brown -author of hits like "You Sexy Thing"- ushone eneminyaka engu-66 ngemva kokuhlushwa umdlavuza wesibindi. Lo mculi, owazalelwa eJamaica kodwa odabuka eBrithani, ushonele emzini wakhe eBahamas. I-ejenti, uPhil Dale, ithe lo mculi, oshiye ngemuva unkosikazi namadodakazi amabili, "ubeyindoda emangalisayo."
“Lapho ngangihamba khona kwakunomculo. Ngike ngaba naye maphakathi ne-Australia kwathi kusenjalo waqhamuka nengoma waqala ukuyibhala,” kwengeza ummeleli wakhe. UBrown, owasungula i-Hot Chocolate ngo-1969, waba nempumelelo yakhe yokuqala emculweni ngo-1970, lapho ingoma yakhe ethi “Love is Life” ingena ezingomeni eziyishumi ezihamba phambili kumashadi ase-UK. I-"You Sexy Thing" (1975) yenza abayishumi abadayiswa kakhulu abahamba phambili izikhathi ezintathu, yasizwa ngo-1997 ngokuvela kwayo efilimini edumile yaseBrithani "Full Monty", njengoba kwenza "It All Started with a Kiss", kanti iyona kuphela inombolo yokuqala ibhendi yayingo-1977, nethi "So you Win".
I-Hot Chocolate yayiyiqembu elidume kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-70 kanye nawo-80, idlalela iphathi ngaphambi komshado kaPrince Charles kanye noPrincess Diana ongasekho eBuckingham Palace ngo-1981. UBrown, owathuthela e-UK nomama wakhe besuka eJamaica baya Eseneminyaka eyishumi nambili. , wahlotshiswa ngo-2003 yiNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II ngendondo ye-Order of the Empire ngezinkonzo zakhe emhlabeni womculo.
Ngo-2004, umbhali wencwadi ethi "Brother Louie" naye waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Ivor Novello evela ku-Academy of Musicians and Songwriters ngeqhaza lakhe kulo mkhakha. Amalungu okuqala e-Hot Chocolate, ahamba phambili emashadini emazweni angu-50, ahlukana ngo-1986 lapho uBrown eqala umsebenzi eyedwa, nakuba leli qembu liqhubekile nokudlala nabadlali abahlukene.
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