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16 May
Bobbejaan Schoepen (16 May 1925 – 17 May 2010) was a Flemish 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. Bobbejaan was Belgian representative at the second Eurovision Song Contest 1957 with the song "Straatdeuntje" ('Street Tune'). This performance was memorable for having featured a whistling solo.