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Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953) is a British singer and actor of Guyanese parentage who 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). A two-time Grammy Award nominee with Aswad, Forde scored a British number one chart hit with "Don't Turn Around" in 1988, followed by another top 20 chart hit, "Give A Little Love". The band continued to feature in the top 20 on the British charts with the album Distant Thunder, and the tracks "On and On", "Next to You" and "Shine".

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  • Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953) is a British singer and actor of Guyanese parentage who 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. Forde's feature film debut had come a year earlier when he played a substantial role in the John Boorman film Leo the Last (1970), which was filmed in West London in the streets soon to be demolished to make way for the Lancaster West Estate. 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 a deejay on a South London reggae soundsystem. Forde presented VH1 Soul Vibrations, BBC's Ebony & Ebony on the road, and was one of the radio presenters to open the BBC's first digital station 6 Music with his radio show Lively Up Yourself and Dub Bashment. Forde can be heard presenting the radio documentaries Behind The Smile: The Real Life of Bob Marley and Island Rock to mark the 40th anniversary of Jamaican independence. A two-time Grammy Award nominee with Aswad, Forde scored a British number one chart hit with "Don't Turn Around" in 1988, followed by another top 20 chart hit, "Give A Little Love". The band continued to feature in the top 20 on the British charts with the album Distant Thunder, and the tracks "On and On", "Next to You" and "Shine". In September 2009, Forde appeared with Dizzee Rascal performing "Can't Tek No More" from the latter's album Tongue n' Cheek on the BBC Two show Later... with Jools Holland. Forde followed this up with a repeat performance as part of the BBC Electric Proms in October 2009. Forde was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to the arts. (en)
  • Brinsley Forde, né le 16 octobre 1953 au Guyana dans les Antilles britanniques, est un acteur, musicien et chanteur de reggae. Enfant acteur, il a notamment joué dans L'Autobus à impériale (Here Come the Double Deckers), série télévisée britannico-américaine en 17 épisodes de 20 minutes diffusée entre le 8 janvier 1971 et le 30 avril 1971 sur le réseau BBC One en Grande-Bretagne, et en 1972 en France. Il interprétait le rôle de Youpla (Spring en VO). Par la suite, il tourne dans quelques séries anglaises et plusieurs films dont Les Diamants sont éternels en 1971, et Babylon de en 1980. En 1975, il fonde Aswad, groupe de reggae dont il est vocaliste et guitare rythmique. Il quitte le groupe en 1996 pour faire carrière en solo. (fr)
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  • Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953) is a British singer and actor of Guyanese parentage who 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). A two-time Grammy Award nominee with Aswad, Forde scored a British number one chart hit with "Don't Turn Around" in 1988, followed by another top 20 chart hit, "Give A Little Love". The band continued to feature in the top 20 on the British charts with the album Distant Thunder, and the tracks "On and On", "Next to You" and "Shine". (en)
  • Brinsley Forde, né le 16 octobre 1953 au Guyana dans les Antilles britanniques, est un acteur, musicien et chanteur de reggae. Enfant acteur, il a notamment joué dans L'Autobus à impériale (Here Come the Double Deckers), série télévisée britannico-américaine en 17 épisodes de 20 minutes diffusée entre le 8 janvier 1971 et le 30 avril 1971 sur le réseau BBC One en Grande-Bretagne, et en 1972 en France. Il interprétait le rôle de Youpla (Spring en VO). Par la suite, il tourne dans quelques séries anglaises et plusieurs films dont Les Diamants sont éternels en 1971, et Babylon de en 1980. (fr)
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