Which is the only group to appear in the UK charts in every year of the 1970's?

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Hot Chocolate Everything about Hot Chocolate screamed smooth. The look, the sound, the vocals and frontman Errol Brown’s chrome dome. The pervading presumption, therefore, was that the cool gang must have come together through the dry-ice of a ultra-trendy Manhattan nightclub. Not so. Get this. This highly commercial pop group was actually formed in Brixton, London. The founding members were percussionist Patrick Olive, guitarist Franklyn De Allie and drummer Ian King. Songwriter/vocalist Errol, bass player Tony Wislon and pianist Larry Ferguson joined later in 1969. John Lennon was instrumental in getting the gang on the go. Well, a little bit. The band sent Apple records a slight reggae demo of the Lennon song ‘Give Peace A Chance’. John loved it and the label released it. Once onboard the chaps also provided label-mate Mary Hopkin with the hit Think About Your Children. See, it wasn’t always smooth R&B or delicious disco. Although the Chocolate were a formidable chart machine who enjoyed at least one hit every year between 1970 and 1984, they became best known for one particular hit, ’You Sexy Thing’. This monster track was the only song to make the Top 10 in the '70s, '80 and '90s. The biggest revival came after being prominently used in the 1997 hit UK movie The Full Monty. Not that the specific success was a problem for vocalist and songwriter Errol, he says: "I remember dreaming of having a classic song. And to have one is marvellous." http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/top5/hot_chocolate.shtml [ finally ] [ this has been unanswered since March 2001 ] Jan 08 08, 8:38 PM