BZN

Formed in 1966 within the Dutch town of Volendam under the sway of the British Invasion, BZN began with an initial roster of Jan Veerman, Cees Tol, Jan Tujip, and the Woestenburg brothers Evert and Gerrit. Across more than thirty years the ensemble produced over sixty albums, twenty-six of them attaining platinum status in the Netherlands, although their reach in Western markets stayed modest. An early-1980s deal with Mercury/Polydor yielded two releases that year: Green Valleys, one of the platinum titles, followed later by the retrospective In the Beginning 1967-1970. Several greatest-hits compilations have likewise appeared.