Carola Smit

Smit was born Volendam, and began her musical career in 1980 (at age 17), when she joined the band Double Trouble.

Initially it looked like this would be the end of her singing career, but she quickly showed some signs of improvement, and she was able to leave the hospital after three weeks.

She did several months of intensive rehabilitation, and on August 18 of the same year, Smit appeared on television with BZN, and was back on stage from October 17.

[citation needed] When it was announced that BZN would disband, it was clear that Keizer was the driving force behind this, while Smit has tried to convince him to continue.

They presented a nostalgic song program, which is accompanied by historic images pertaining to world news from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

In 2018 Smit performed six concerts in theaters in the Dutch province Drenthe together with Dick Plat and René Karst.