Errol Brown, the frontman for British soul band Hot Chocolate, has died at the age of 71.

The singer was famous for hits in the 1970s and 1980s including You Sexy Thing and It Started With A Kiss.

He had suffered from liver cancer and died at his home in the Bahamas.

His manager, Phil Dale, said Brown was "a wonderful gentleman".

He said: "There was always music around wherever he was.

"I've been with him in the middle of Australia and he has got an idea for a song and started writing."

Brown, who is survived by his wife and two daughters, was made an MBE in 2003.