Caren Wood
Caren Wood (or Doetie (Doetje) de Vries) born in Harlingen, 24 February 1953) is a Dutch singer, best known for her work with group Maywood with her sister Alice Maywood[1]
Caren Wood | |
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| Also known as | Caren Maywood |
| Born | 24 February 1953 |
| Occupation |
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| Formerly of | Maywood (band) |
Career
[edit]She formed the singing duo Maywood (band) with her sister Alice May. They represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song I Want To Share Everything With You, the duo came in, in fifteenth place.[2] The duo had hits in the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Germany and South Africa.[3]
Solo career
[edit]In 2007, Wood began her solo career by teaming up with the then cabaret artist Henk Smaling and returned to the stage in the program Hotel Weemoed.[4]
Wood then decided to work as a nurse for the elderly. In November 2010, Wood performed with the band Kayak at the memorial concert for Pim Koopman, former drummer and producer of Maywood. She sometimes shares rare posts on her social media pages about her family life. She is married.[5]
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||
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| 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 | Distant Love | 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 | — | |||||
| 1991 | Da Doo Ron Ron[7] | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "In The Eye Of The Hurricane – Maywood". Hollandshelden.nl. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "ESC Today – Eurovision – The Revival Of Maywood". The Revival Of Maywood. ESC Today. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
- ^ "Eurovision 1990: The Netherlands' Maywood in focus". EuroVisionary. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Maywood re-born". NewVision.org. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ "CarenWood". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl".
- ^ "Da Doo Ron Ron".
External links
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