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Bobbejaan Schoepen (pseudonym of Modest Schoepen, 16 May 1925, Boom, Antwerp - 17 May 2010, Turnhout) was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville and in European country music.[1] Bobbejaan can be characterized as a “total performer” and entrepreneur: he is singer-songwriter, guitarist, comedian, a former actor and professional whistler, as well as the founder and former director of the amusement park, Bobbejaanland.
[2] His musical career flourished from 1948 to the first half of the 1970s. He sold more than five million copies from his repertoire of nearly 600 songs, which extended from Twang, cabaret, instrumental film music, chansons, country, to folk and vocal music.[3][4] He worked his way up from a working-class environment to become one of the two-hundred richest people in Belgium.[5]
Bobbejaan Schoepen married the Dutch former opera singer and photo 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 would become his manager in Belgium.
Early musical period
Modest Schoepen grew up in a smithy in Boom, Antwerp). His career started in the late thirties when he and his sister Liesje performed vaudeville shows in the surrounding villages, going around with the hat collecting money afterwards. He had his first audition in 1944 for the radio in Brussels. In 1943 he followed classical guitar instruction with guitarist Frans De Groodt (1892-1990).
Bobbejaan Schoepen married the Dutch former opera singer and photo 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 would become his manager in Belgium.
Early musical period
Modest Schoepen grew up in a smithy in Boom, Antwerp). His career started in the late thirties when he and his sister Liesje performed vaudeville shows in the surrounding villages, going around with the hat collecting money afterwards. He had his first audition in 1944 for the radio in Brussels. In 1943 he followed classical guitar instruction with guitarist Frans De Groodt (1892-1990).
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Thorens wrote:
Heel triestig, net nu ik de man zijn oeuvre begon te ontdekken en te liefhebben. RIP, een vlaams icoon is inderdaad gestorven.
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Jd_Jd_Jd wrote:
RIP. De Vlaamse muziek is weer een boegbeeld kwijt.
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naico wrote:
RIP
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_Stridje_ wrote:
en mijn duivenkot! respect, bobbejaan! ;)
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_Stridje_ wrote:
yeah! de lichtjes van de schelde! zalig!
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pretfles wrote:
Het is toch ne krak eigenlijk
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New album in stores: The World of Bobbejaan - Songbook
15 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/bobbejaan
THE WORLD OF BOBBEJAAN - SONGBOOK Een uitgebreid
overzicht van zijn hele carrière (1948-2008) Samengesteld en
goedgekeurd door Bobbejaan en familie3 cd’s – 75 nummersMet
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A deleted user connected Bobbejaan Schoepen to the group sbs6. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘New album in stores: The World of Bobbejaan - Songbook’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘Nieuw album release! The World of Bobbejaan - Songbook’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘Bobbejaan Schoepen opgenomen in Whistlers Hall of Fame (Belga)’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘CD- recensie: ’BOBBEJAAN’ (De Standaard 20/5/2008)’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘CD- recensie: ’BOBBEJAAN’ (HUMO 20/5/2008)’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘,,Erfenis één grote boel" (De Standaard)’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘,,SCHOEPEN troef" (Knack)’. May 2011
- Bobbejaan Schoepen posted a news item ‘,,Daan en Geike Arnaert op nieuwe cd van Bobbejaan" (GvA)’. May 2011
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