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Bobbejaan Schoepen
ca. 1943
Background information
Birth name
Modest Schoepen
Born
(1925-05-16)16 May 1925
Origin
Boom, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Died
17 May 2010(2010-05-17) (aged 85)
Genres
Twang Folk Pop Country Cabaret Film music
Instrument(s)
Vocals Guitar Art whistling Ukulele Harmonica Yodeling
Years active
1935–2010
Labels
Decca Records, World Music Company, Sony BMG, EMI, PIAS, Bobbejaan Records
Website
Bobbejaan Schoepen website
Musical artist
Bobbejaan Schoepen (a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen; 16 May 1925 – 17 May 2010) was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music.[1] Schoepen was a versatile entertainer, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, guitarist, comedian, actor, and professional whistler, as well as the founder and former director of the amusement park Bobbejaanland.[2] His musical career flourished from 1948 until the first half of the 1970s. He sold more than five million copies from his repertoire of 482 songs, which extended from Twang, cabaret, instrumental film music, chansons, country, to folk and vocal music.[3][4] Born in Boom, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, he worked his way up from a working-class environment to become one of the 200 richest people in Belgium.[5]
Schoepen married Dutch former opera singer and photographer's model Josephina (Josée) Jongen on 18 May 1961. They have five children: Robert ("Bob Jr.", 1962), Myriam (1963), Jacky (1964), Peggy (1968), and Tom (1970). His son Tom became his manager in Belgium.
^"Bobbejaan Schoepen, a Flemish entertainer" – Histories documentary, 4 January 2001 (VRT-Canvas).
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^"Schoepen Troef", Knack Focus Magazine, 14 February 2007.
^Bobbejaan Schoepen, a Flemish entertainer – Histories documentary, 4 January 2001 (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep).
^Verduyn, Ludwig. "De 200 rijkste Belgen", Uitgeverij Van Halewyck Leuven, 2000.
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