I think it's a pretty safe bet to say that the only people who don't like Hot Chocolate are music snobs. There, I've said it. Let's go outside if you don't agree. (Actually, in light of my current health, can we just agree to exchange heated emails?) Errol Brown and his crack band of musicians (under the tutelage of one Mickie Most) RAK'd up hits in every year from 1970 to 1984. Some going, huh? And, IMHO, every 1's a winner. See what I did there? I was lucky enough to catch them live (tho' at the time they were probably billed as Errol Brown's Hot Chocolate). No matter, they didn't disappoint. And, if memory serves, they opened with this.
Hot Chocolate - You Could've Been a Lady (1972)
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As you can see from the image at the top of the page, in 1979, when the band's PR people were designing the sleeve for their 'Hottest Hits' compilation, some Ad Man had a lightbulb moment and invoked the Malteser as shorthand for Errol Brown's bald pate. An advertising masterstroke.
Errol Brown (1943-2015)
If the people of Malta are called Maltesers, what do you call Dom Mintoff's family?
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