| Name | : | Modest Schoepen |
| Born | : | 16-5-1925 |
| Deceased | : | 17-05-2010 |
| Nationality | : | Belgian |
| National Finals | : | Belagian National Final 1957 |
| ESC Entries | : | Straatdeuntje (1957) |
| Website | : | http://www.bobbejaanschoepen.be/ |
Biography
Bobbejaan Schoepen was a Belgian pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music. 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”. 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.
Bobbejaan Schoepen died on 17 May 2010, the day after his 85th birthday, from cardiac arrest.
