Alice May (or Aaltje de Vries, born 20 December 1954) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She is best known as one half of Maywood (duo) with her sister Caren Wood.
Alice May | |
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| Also known as | Alice Maywood |
| Born | December 20, 1954 |
| Occupation |
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| Formerly of | Maywood (band) |
| Spouse(s) | Rob van Wijk, m. 1996 |
Career
editMay and her sister formed the singing duo Maywood (duo) in the 1970s. May wrote the lyrics for the tracks as well as composing the music. The duo had hits in the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Germany and South Africa.[1]
As a solo artist, May wrote Wait For Me for Shannah for the National Song Contest 1989.[2]
May and her sister Caren Wood represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990 with the song I Want To Share Everything With You. They came in fifteenth place.[3]
In 1997 Alice May recorded her own CD single "Rise In The Morning". In the same year she also released a Christmas single for the ‘Family Help Program’ Holland in Sri Lanka, entitled "One World Family". Away from singing, she teaches singing and music lessons.[4]
May reformed Maywood in 2010, with Inge Peters. The pair re-released their single Rio for the World Cup in 2014.[5]
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 | 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- ^ "Eurovision 1990: The Netherlands' Maywood in focus". EuroVisionary. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Maywood re-born". NewVision.org. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
- ^ "Maywood half re-releases Rio". RTE Boulevard. RTLBoulevard. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
- ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl".
- ^ "Da Doo Ron Ron".