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; later records were produced by Koopman, Klaris, or

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. They represented the Netherlands in the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest (

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) with the song "

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" (I Want to Share Everything With You), which finished in fifteenth place. The group split up in 1995, but re-formed for a series of

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concerts with whom they performed a medley of their hit songs including "Mother, How Are You Today" (it became one of their most popular songs in

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), in October 2013. 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 December 2006.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Biografie van Maywood op het Popinstituut

www.maywood-online.de
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