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
Also known asCaren Maywood
Born (1953-02-24) 24 February 1953 (age 71)
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
Formerly ofMaywood (band)

Career

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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

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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

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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 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

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  1. ^ "In The Eye Of The Hurricane – Maywood". Hollandshelden.nl. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ "ESC Today – Eurovision – The Revival Of Maywood". The Revival Of Maywood. ESC Today. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
  3. ^ "Eurovision 1990: The Netherlands' Maywood in focus". EuroVisionary. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Maywood re-born". NewVision.org. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
  5. ^ "CarenWood". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl".
  7. ^ "Da Doo Ron Ron".
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