Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953, Islington, North London) is best known as the founder member of the reggae band Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series "Here Come the Double Deckers" (1970–71). Forde appeared as Herman in two episodes of the sitcom "Please Sir!". He appeared as Wesley in the feature film of the same name in 1971. He appeared in the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" and the television programme "The Georgian House". In 1980 he starred in "Babylon" (directed by Franco Rosso), as Blue, a disenfranchised youth who becomes
Shine (Aswad song) Joseph Crawley Cang, Rick Wakeman, Brinsley Allan Forde, Angus Gaye. Shine (Aswad song) "Shine" became reggae group Aswad's second big hit, after 1988's "Don't Turn Around". Released in early 1994 in a radically remixed form courtesy of The Beatmasters, it was the first single from the group's album "Rise And Shine". It eventually reached the Top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5, giving the group their second Top 5 hit. This was followed by chart success in the rest of Europe as well as in Japan and the Caribbean. "Shine" and "Don't Turn Around" remain the group's