The two sisters, Aaltje and Doetje de Vries formed a duo. They each took on a stage name; Aaltje (the blonde) became Alice May and the darkhaired Doetje turned into Caren Wood – and there you have Maywood.
By the time the duo represented the Netherlands at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, they were already a well known name in the Netherlands. Furthermore, they had a few hits abroad behind them too. Maywood was active recording from 1978 to 1992. Their 1980 release Late At Night not only hit the charts in the Netherlands where it topped the charts, but also abroad. In Sweden, f.ex. it reached #11. Their follow up, Give Me Back My Love went #2 in South Africa.
Success after success followed for some years – until it ended fairly bad with the sisters fighting against each other in court. They disagreed on who had the rights to use the name Maywood. The court awarded Alice the sole rights to the name in 1995, something which Caren had a hard time accepting causing yet another clash in court four years later. But the name belonged to Alice who could go on with other artists using the name Maywood.
In 2013, the two sisters shortly re-united for a series of Gerard Joling (the Netherlands 1988) concerts.
A bitter fight in court became the end for the popular Dutch sister duo Maywood. Before heading to Eurovision in 1990, they were already a well known name. Their Eurovision entry scored below expectations, and also below what some fans think it deserved. Read more
