Overview
- Wilson died at home in Trinidad on Friday at 89, with his family announcing the news on Facebook and no cause released.
- He co-wrote Hot Chocolate’s signature hits You Sexy Thing, Emma, and Brother Louie, helping propel the group into UK and US charts.
- Born in Trinidad, he helped form Hot Chocolate in late-1960s London, and an early reggae take on Give Peace a Chance drew approval from John Lennon and a brief Apple Records deal.
- He left the band in 1975 for a solo career, releasing I Like Your Style in 1976, Catch One in 1979, and Walking the Highwire in 1988, and he later wrote a title track for Bill Haley and the Comets.
- Coverage notes he is not the late Factory Records executive of the same name, clarifying a common confusion.