- The group had at least one hit every year between 1970 and 1984, making them the only group in the UK to have a hit for 15 consecutive years. They played at Charles and Diana's pre-wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.
- They sent their own reggae version of "Give Peace a Chance" to John Lennon. A week later, they received a call saying that Lennon liked it and wanted to sign the band to the Apple record label. They were originally named by a staffer at the record company as The Hot Chocolate Band, which was later shortened.
- The original members of the band were Errol Brown, Tony Connor, Larry Ferguson, Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, and Tony Wilson.
- They were the first predominantly black British group to achieve major success in the US.
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