RIP ERROL BROWN

i believe in miracles

louis louis louis.....

I'll put you together again

Great singer and contributed so much to good music - which is obvious, as so many of his songs are still played today as accompaniments to tv programmes, etc, etc.

R.I.P Errol. Gainsay one of his horses..

IT STARTED WITH A KISS WAS THE FIRST RECORD THAT I CONCIENCELY LISTENED TO WHAT THE WORDS MEANT ,I REALLY LIKED IT, WALKED NEXT TO HIM  AND HIS ENTOURAGE IN THE CASINO IN THE ISLE OF MAN ,HE WAS APPEARING IN DOUGLAS AT THE TIME

did you shake his hand do wah?

Oh no! Loved that man and his band. What incredible songs they made. I remember when my mum died in '79, I'll put you together again, was in the charts. Fantastic song, and very poignant at the time.

I wore the jukebox out playing another amazing song, You coulda been a lady.

Great shame.

i think the group was formed at art college wasn't it?? 71 he was, absolutely no age.

I don't think he was anywhere near 71, about 66?

71 according to bbc

Nah, he's always been about my age, a tad older.

Bit of confusion here.

Lester Errol Brown MBE (1943/1944 – 6 May 2015)[1] was a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He had British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they lived in The Bahamas. Hot Chocolate's hits included "You Sexy Thing", "Emma", "So You Win Again" and "Brother Louie".

In 2003 Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to popular music for the United Kingdom.[1] In 2004 he received an Ivor Novello Award for outstanding contributions to British music.

In May 2015 Brown died at the age of 66 of liver cancer

bbc have it wrong then

NO PANDORA ,HE DIDNT PUT HIS HAND OUT TO ME SO I DIDNT PUT MINE OUT TO HIM,WE WAS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AS HE WALKED THROUGH

very sad news - a lovely bloke by all accounts  - a great singer ,legendary hits -  great records from Hot Chocolate  . Didn't realise he was unwell even.

66 - no age .

RIP Errol

Sad news , Hot Chocolate made lots of quality pop music.

RIP

Didn't he have a few horses with John Dunlop at Arundel?

Only remember those orange and black colours being carried by Pitman horses like Gainsay.

Come to think of it, Gainsay and Do Be Brief (also J Pitman) are the only two Errol Brown horses I can recall. If those were indeed the only two racehorses he ever owned, then he was a phenomenally fortunate/shrewd owner.

RIP Errol, had the great fortune to spend the summer in his company in Ibiza in 82, a great guy and very knowledgeable about horses, which was how we first came to talk, thanks for all the girls and the laughs that summer buddy, lets hope the angels are ready for you're charms.

i read he owned about 30 in total - whether that's over his lifetime i'm not sure

Legend, met him at Newbury when Gainsay was running there many years ago.

RIP

All eyes used to be on his missus in the parade ring.

RIP

Very sad news

That's extremely sad news to read, as others have said earlier Gainsay was one of his horses trained by Jenny Pitman and he was a regular at the tracks, a really very lovely man. So sad

There's no doubt about it. RIP

Died of liver cancer. Apparently, it started with a cyst.

just heard this from my sister. There were tears on the telephone. RIP

im sure errol found heaven in his cadillac

did any of his horses win a big race?

A seriously underrated band who had some very leftfield hits

Emma,Mindless Boogie etc

and some more traditional pop gems - It Started With A Kiss,No Doubt,Everyones a Winner..

Great to hear those stories about Errol - he seemed a great guy and turns out he was

The ladies up here in Scotland fairly loved those tight satin breeks my son

God Bless RIP

Died of liver cancer. Apparently, it started with a cyst.

You wicked man.

I just blew coffee all over my keyboard reading that.

Very nice post Mr Langer. He sounds like a terrific guy, and so very sad to hear.
A massive RIP to you Errol.....

did any of his horses win a big race?

Gainsay won the Ritz Club Chase at the Festival in 1987 (the 3m handicap chase). It was a desperately hard race to win in those days, before they made the meeting 4 days and added all those Mickey Mouse contests.

Do Be Brief won a couple of chases at Newbury and loads around the midland gaffs.

I don't remember him.

Do you?

cheers screaming, I thought I had seen him on tv somewhere leading in one of his horses all dressed up