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8th place, 5 points.
Nice to know that Bobbejaan Schoepen also opened a huge amusements-family park in Lichtaart (town in Flanders, very close to my city Turnhout), which is the most populair one in Belgium and attracts tourists from the Netherlands, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
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Composer and vocals: Bobbejaan Schoepen, 1965. Recorded in early Bobbejaanland Belgium by Vladimir Sis (Barrandov studio's Prague, 1967). Hit single in France by Richard Anthony 1965. Lyrics: Fernand Bonifay. Dutch title "Ik heb me dikwijls afgevraagd" (Bobbejaan, 1964).
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Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925°): singer-songwriter, guitarist, and whistler. Founder of the Bobbejaanland theme park in Europe.
A brief history of his career on one of his instrumental songs "The Whistler and his Shadow", written in 1961. Trumpet by Theo Mertens - Arr. by Willy Albimoor.
(German title: "Der Pfeifer und sein Schatten").
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Song from the TV-show "30 Years Bobbejaan", a copy of a VCR-2000 video tape of 1978 that was found by coincidence. It's the "only" recording of this (lost) TV-show. The animated bird is designed by Mil Lenssens.
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Ter Zake reportage over come back album Bobbejaan Schoepen (2008) - door Lieven Vandenhaute (VRT)
15.05.2008 - "Bobbejaan Schoepen heeft na 35 jaar een nieuwe plaat uit. Tijd om met hem terug te blikken op zijn lange en veelzijdige carričre. (bron: Klara.be)
["Bobbejaan" - Bobbejaan Schoepen & band featuring Geike Arnaert (Hooverphonic), Daan & Axelle Red. Bobbejaan Records, 2008]