Bassist and singer with Hot Chocolate who co-wrote some of their biggest hits, including You Sexy Thing
The best known member of the band Hot Chocolate was their frontman Errol Brown, but in the engine room, co-writing their hit songs and playing bass, was Tony Wilson.
Wilson, who has died aged 89, set up Hot Chocolate with Brown in London in 1968, and had writing credits with Brown on You Sexy Thing, Love is Life, Brother Louie and Emma, all Top 10 UK singles in the early 1970s. With and without Brown, he also wrote various tracks for their first three albums.