Errol Brown
Lester Errol Brown , MBE (born November 12, 1943 in Kingston , Jamaica , † May 6, 2015 in the Bahamas ) was a Jamaican-British pop singer .
Career
Errol Brown was one of the founders of Hot Chocolate in London in 1969 . He stayed there until the mid-1980s as a singer and songwriter . His greatest successes with Hot Chocolate include You Sexy Thing , Every 1's a Winner , So You Win Again and Emma .
Since leaving the band in 1985, he has performed solo and has been involved in music projects with various artists. He worked with Dieter Bohlen , among others , and was honored by Queen Elisabeth II with the Order of the British Empire in 2003 . His debut album as a soloist was called That's How Love Is . It was produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley , who later worked for Spandau Ballet , Bananarama and Alison Moyet .
He was married to Ginette Brown from 1974 and has two grown daughters.
Errol Brown died of liver cancer in his home in the Bahamas in 2015 at the age of 71 .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2001 | Still Sexy - The Album | - | - |
UK44 (2 weeks) UK |
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More albums
- 1989: That's How Love Is
- 1992: Secret Rendezvous - Version 1 including This Time It's Forever , Version 2 including Emmalene (That's No Lie)
- 1996: Love in This
Compilations
- 1993: Platinum (The Very Best Of) ( Hot Chocolate feat. Errol Brown)
- 2009: Hottest Hits (Hot Chocolate feat. Errol Brown)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1987 | Personal Touch That's How Love Is |
DE47 (7 weeks) DE |
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UK25 (9 weeks) UK |
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| Body rockin ' | - | - |
UK51 (5 weeks) UK |
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| 1989 | Love Goes Up and Down That’s How Love Is |
- | - |
UK89 (2 weeks) UK |
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| 1990 | Send a Prayer (To Heaven) | - | - |
UK83 (3 weeks) UK |
Christmas single
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| 1992 | This Time It's Forever Secret Rendezvous (Version 1) |
DE26 (15 weeks) DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
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| Secret Rendezvous Secret Rendezvous |
DE72 (3 weeks) DE |
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| 1993 | Emmalene (That's No Lie) Secret Rendezvous (Version 2) |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
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| 1996 | Ain't No Love in This Love in This |
DE83 (6 weeks) DE |
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| 1998 | It Started with a Kiss The Full Monty - The Ultimate Hot Chocolate Collection |
- | - |
UK18 (4 weeks) UK |
Hot Chocolate feat. Errol Brown
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| 2001 | Still Sexy (Yes You Are) Still Sexy - The Album |
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UK85 (1 week) UK |
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More singles
- 1973: Living and Loving
- 1974: Some Guys Have All the Girls
- 1988: Maya
- 1993: Emma (Hot Chocolate feat. Errol Brown)
- 1996: Change the People's Hearts
- 2001: Heaven's in the Back Seat of My Cadillac (2001)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Literature by and about Errol Brown in the catalog of the German National Library
- Errol Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Errol Brown at Allmusic (English)
- Errol Brown at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elisa Roche: 'I'm just not a Sexy Thing any longer' In: Daily Express , January 28, 2009, accessed on May 6, 2015.
- ↑ Helen Nianias: Errol Brown dead: Friends of the Hot Chocolate singer say 'he was a gentleman'. In: The Independent , May 6, 2015, accessed May 6, 2015.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK / Billboard 200
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Brown, Errol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Lester Errol (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jamaican pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , Jamaica |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2015 |
| Place of death | Bahamas |