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“You Sexy Thing” Singer Errol Brown Dead at 71

Singer Errol Brown has lost his battle with liver cancer at the age of 71.

Errol Brown
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The Hot Chocolate frontman passed away at his home in the Bahamas on Wednesday (06May15).

Brown’s big break in music came in 1969, when he recorded a version of John Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance. He sent the recording to executives at the Beatles’ Apple record label and it was released with Lennon’s approval.

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Brown went on to form Hot Chocolate with Tony Wilson and the group enjoyed worldwide chart success with hits like You Sexy Thing, Everyone’s a Winner and It Started With a Kiss.

He was awarded a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello Award for lifetime achievement in 2004.

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