R.I.P.: Hot Chocolate Singer Errol Brown

Errol Brown

Hot Chocolate lead singer Errol Brown has died aged 71, his manager Phil Dale has said.

BBC News reports Brown had liver cancer and died at his home in the Bahamas.

Hot Chocolate had hits in more than 50 countries worldwide, including You Sexy Thing - which Brown co-wrote - It Started with a Kiss and Every 1's a Winner.

Brown was made an MBE by the Queen in 2003 and received an Ivor Novello award for his outstanding contribution to British music in 2004.

You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate's best-known hit and a top 10 single in the 1970s and '80s, charted again in the UK when it was featured in The Full Monty in 1997.