Maywood (duo)

Maywood was a Dutch singing duo consisting of sisters Aaltje ("Alie") and Doetje ("Edith") de Vries. They each took on a stage name for the project: Alie, a blonde, (songwriting, background and harmony vocals, keyboards) became "Alice May" and the dark-haired Edith (lead vocals) became "Caren Wood".

Maywood
Maywood in 1981
Background information
OriginUitwellingerga, Friesland, Netherlands
GenresPop
Years active1978 - 1995, 2006 - 2013
Associated actsABBA
Past members
  • Alice May
  • Caren Wood

The duo were active as recording artists between 1978 and 1992, and their best known songs are "Late At Night" (a #1 hit in the Netherlands, and a significant chart hit in several other nations), "Give Me Back My Love", and "Rio". All but one of their singles were written solely by Alice May; "Kom In Mijn Armen", a #33 hit from 1989, was co-written by May and Aad Klaris. Through 1986, their material was produced and arranged by Pim Koopman; later records were produced by Koopman, Klaris, or Ton Scherpenzeel. They represented the Netherlands in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest (Zagreb) with the song "Ik wil alles met je delen" (I Want to Share Everything With You), which finished in fifteenth place. The group split up in 1995,[1] but re-formed for a series of Gerard Joling concerts with whom they performed a medley of their hit songs including "Mother how are you today", in October 2013.[2][3][4] In 2006 Alice announced her return without her sister Caren, but with an unknown artist named Rose Louwers. Their first performance was in Antwerp (Belgium) in the December of 2016.[5]

Discography

Albums
1980 - Maywood
1981 - Different Worlds
1982 - Colour My Rainbow
1982 - Cantado En Español
1983 - Het beste van Maywood (compilation)
1987 - Beside You
1990 - Achter De Horizon
1991 - 6 Of The Thirties
1991 - Walking Back To Happiness
1992 - De Hits Van Maywood (compilation)
1994 - More Maywood
1996 - Good For Gold (compilation)
2006 - Alle 40 Goed (Box Set 4 CD Collection) (compilation, Netherlands)
2008 - Hollandse Sterren Collectie (compilation)

Singles
Year Title Chart positions
NL[6] AUS GER SA SWED
1978 Since I Met You —
1979 You Treated Me Wrong 35 —
Mother How Are You Today 10 —
1980 Late At Night 1 72 18 11 7
Give Me Back My Love 7 — 27 2
1981 Pasadena 14 — — 16
Rio 3 — — —
Mano 10
1982 Get Away 17 —
Star 17
I Believe in Love — —
1983 Ask for Tina —
Show Me the Way To Paradise 43
1984 Standing In The Twilight 23
1985 It Takes A Lifetime —
Lonely Nights —
1986 When I Look Into Your Eyes —
1987 Help The Children Of Brazil —
If You Need A Friend 86
Break Away —
1989 Kom In Mijn Armen 33
Hey Hey Hey —
1990 Ik Wil Alles Met Je Delen 42 —
Ik Blijf Naar Jou Verlangen —

References
  1. Maywood - Answers.com
  2. "Gerard Joling & Maywood - Mother How Are You Today". Youtube. Gerard Joling. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. Verzoening Maywood voor concerten Gerard Joling, nu.nl, 6 August 2013
  4. Kristján. "Maywood to reform for Gerard Joling concerts". Eurovisionary. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  5. Edwin van Gorp. "The revival of Maywood" (22 November 2006). esctoday. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Justine Pelmelay
with "Blijf zoals je bent"		 Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest
1990		 Succeeded by
Humphrey Campbell
with "Wijs me de weg"
No representation in 1991
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