Peter Van Wood

Aliases: Van Wood Quartet
Real name: Peter van Houten
Born: September 19, 1927
Died: March 10, 2010
IPI: 00035948066 1 work
00035948164 1 work
Affiliation: SIAE
Comments: Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and astrologer mainly active in Italy. In 1946 he performed at the London Palladium and in 1947 and 1948 he toured all over the world including concerts at the Olympia in Paris and at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1949 he moved to Italy and became a member of the Trio Carosone. In 1954 Van Wood left the Trio Carosone in order to devote himself to his solo career and formed a quartet, which signed for Fonit and released many successful records.
Related: Renato Carosone Member of Carosone's band (1949 - 1954)

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Mia cara Carolina	Van Wood Quartet	1956	(3 artists)

Covers by Peter Van Wood

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	When	Van Wood Quartet	1959	Kalin Twins with Instrumental Accompaniment directed by Jack Pleis
	Walking My Baby Back Home	Van Wood Quartet	1953	Broadway Syncopators
	Tre volte baciami	Van Wood Quartet	1958	Gloria Christian
	Tre numeri al lotto	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Trio Carosone
i	The High and the Mighty	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Unverified
	The Banana Boat Song	Van Wood Quartet	1957	Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, (unknown), The Tarriers
	Tell Me Why	Van Wood Quartet	1953	The Swallows REC, Four Aces featuring Al Alberts REL
	Summertime	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Unverified
	Summertime	Van Wood Quartet		Unverified
	Souvenir d'Italie	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Nilla Pizzi - Orchestra diretta da Armando Trovajoli
	Smile	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman, Petula Clark with Accompaniment directed by Joe Henderson
	Scapricciatiello	Van Wood Quartet	1955	(unknown)
	Ricordate Marcellino?	Van Wood Quartet	1956	(unknown)
	Prigionieri del cielo	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Leroy Holmes and His Orchestra - Whistling by Fred Lowery, (unknown)
	Passion Flower	Van Wood Quartet	1959	(unknown), The Fraternity Brothers with Gil Fields
	Oho-aha (Ciao)	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Caterina Valente - Monaco Ball-Orchester, (unknown)
	'O ciucciariello	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Renato Carosone e il suo "Trio" - Canta Ray Martin REL, Nilla Pizzi BRD
	Nel blu, dipinto di blu	Van Wood Quartet	1958	Domenico Modugno with Fonit Orchestra
	Mister Sandman	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i	Melodia del porto	Van Wood Quartet	1957	Edith Piaf
	Marianne	Van Wood Quartet	1957	Roaring Lion, Terry Gilkyson and the Easy Riders
	Luna Caprese	Van Wood Quartet	March 1, 1954	Roberto Murolo
	I Love Paris	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
	Hold My Hand	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Unverified
	Chella llà	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Teddy Reno con Gianni Ferrio, la sua grande orchestra e il Quartetto Radar
	Buonasera (signorina)	Van Wood Quartet	1958	Louis Prima and His Orchestra, (unknown)

Songs written by Peter Van Wood

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Mia cara Carolina	Gigi Pisano, Peter Van Wood	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

EPs

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
La lavanderina cel Portogallo	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Fonit
Mia cara Carolina	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Fonit
Mister Sandman	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Fonit
Nel blu, dipinto di blu	Van Wood Quartet	1958	Fonit
'O ciucciariello	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Fonit
Tell Me Why	Van Wood Quartet	1955	Fonit
The Banana Boat Song	Van Wood Quartet	1957	Fonit

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Luna Caprese	Van Wood Quartet	March 1, 1954	Vis Radio
Mia cara Carolina	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Fonit
Oho-aha (Ciao)	Van Wood Quartet	1956	Fonit
Tell Me Why	Van Wood Quartet	1953	Vis Radio
When	Van Wood Quartet	1959	Fonit