The Man in Seat 61

Hot Chocolate - Box Selection (2011) {4 CD Their 8 RAK Albums 1974-1983}
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© 1974-83, 2011 Parlophone Records / Warner Music | 50999-947487-2-7
Funk / Soul / Contemporary Pop / R&B

If you lived in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s, then you’re almost certainly familiar with the band Hot Chocolate, who were rarely off the UK Singles chart during the former decade and were still making regular appearances in the early part of the latter decade. These days, Hot Chocolate’s career in the US has been simplified by the media to such a degree that you’d be hard pressed to realize that “You Sexy Thing” wasn’t their only big hit. That’s why we’ve taken a look back at BOX SELECTION, a collection of the band’s eight albums on RAK Records, and shined a spotlight on some of the songs that you might’ve forgotten.

Four CD set. With 12 UK Top 10 singles, 29 Top 40 hits and a combined 280 weeks (over five years!) in the UK charts Hot Chocolate are one of the most successful chart acts of all time. This box set features every A and B-side they issued on the seminal RAK Records label, all 36 singles. Hot Chocolate chalked up at least one hit single every year between 1970 and 1984, a rare achievement and they are among the Top 200 most successful UK chart artists of all time. Unlike many UK 'pop' acts of the day they scored chart success in the USA where 'Emma' (#3), 'Disco Queen' (#28), 'You Sexy Thing' (#3), 'So You Win Again' (#31), and 'Every 1's A Winner' (#6) were all Billboard Top 40 hits. 24 of these singles were also chart entries in Germany while eight of them went Top 20 in Australia, the band scoring hits across most of Europe as well.

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