{"id":6837,"date":"2015-05-06T23:20:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T06:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2015-05-07T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T17:12:11","slug":"rip-errol-brown-of-hot-chocolate-co-writer-of-brother-louie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=6837","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate, co-writer of Brother Louie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/erroll-brown.jpg\" alt=\"erroll-brown\" width=\"620\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/erroll-brown.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/erroll-brown-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/erroll-brown-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/erroll-brown-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the heels of <strong>Jack Ely<\/strong>&#8216;s passing, we have another loss in the LOUIE Universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Errol Brown<\/strong> of the band <strong>Hot Chocolate<\/strong>, had liver cancer and passed away at the age of 71 years old at his home in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>Errol Brown, along with <strong>Tony Wilson<\/strong>, wrote and sang the song &#8220;Brother Louie,&#8221; a song that many people have confused with &#8220;LOUIE LOUIE.&#8221;  It was a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart for the band in 1973, and became a bigger hit in the USA when it was covered 6 months later by <strong>The Stories<\/strong> (aka <strong>Ian Lloyd &#038; the Stories<\/strong>), reaching the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rTELjv4_7f0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rTELjv4_7f0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/rTELjv4_7f0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Errol Brown&#8217;s musical career started in 1969 when he and some friends sent their own reggae version of &#8220;Give Peace a Chance&#8221; to author <strong>John Lennon<\/strong>.  John loved their version, and signed the band to release their recording on the Beatle-owned Apple Records label.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mavis Smith<\/strong>, who worked for the Apple Corps press office, came up with the idea of naming this group &#8220;<strong>The Hot Chocolate Band<\/strong>,&#8221; which was later shortened to simply &#8220;<strong>Hot Chocolate<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XykJhHDdgt4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XykJhHDdgt4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/XykJhHDdgt4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hot Chocolate later had a stream of hits during the disco era of the 1970&#8217;s, including &#8220;You Sexy Thing,&#8221; &#8220;Every 1&#8217;s a Winner,&#8221; and &#8220;&#8221;So You Win Again&#8221; to name a few.  When the band broke up in 1986, Errol Brown pursued a solo career.  In 2003, Errol Brown received the MBE; and in 2004, the Ivor Novello Award for his contribution to British music.<\/p>\n<p>REFERENCE:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-32613573\">BBC News &#8211; Errol Brown, Hot Chocolate singer, dies aged 71<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of Jack Ely&#8216;s passing, we have another loss in the LOUIE Universe. 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