Two musicians from The Netherlands are known as Frank Boeijen:

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1. Frank Boeijen is a Dutch singer/songwriter, who was the front man of popular (and eponymous) pop group De Frank Boeijen Groep from 1980 until 1991, the year he went solo. As leader of De Frank Boeijen Groep, Boeijen was one of the pioneers of Nederpop; along with the likes of Doe Maar en Het Goede Doel. After the peak of Nederpop passed, Boeijen broke new ground by touring theatres with his band and bringing pop music to new auditoriums and audiences. As a solo artist, he has kept to this theatre based approach of his music and maintained a productive pace.

Frank Boeijen was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on November 27, 1957, as the last in a family of ten children. His father was a typesetter in a factory. His older brothers were into American pop music; in the Boeijen household, Bob Dylan and Neil Young were often to be found on the record player (years later, Boeijen would write a song about this, appropriately titled Robbert Zimmerman). Young Frank learned to play the guitar. After finishing high school, Boeijen started a musical collaboration with guitarist Wout Pennings. Boeijen en Pennings released an album together in 1977. The songs of the album were re-recorded and the album was re-released a year later, with Rob de Nijs acting as producer. It was appropriately titled Boeijen en Pennings. To fulfil live engagements, drummer Henk Wanders en bass player Nels Busch joined the duo.

Pennings left the band in 1979 and was replaced with guitar player Wil Theunissen. The name was changed into the Frank Boeijen Groep. The b-side of their fist single, a song entitled Verjaardagsfeest was picked on up by radio disc jockey Frits Spits, who played the record a lot during his evening show. The group released their debut album, simply entitled Frank Boeijen Groep, album later that year. On the base of the airplay of Verjaardagsfeest, the album reached the Tipparade.

Nederpop, pop music with Dutch vocals, was becoming a mainstream success in the early eighties, and the Frank Boeijen Groep hitched a wagon to that train, when their single Linda, reached the Top Forty. Zwart Wit, another single, written after a racial murder had taken place in Amsterdam, became a number one hit. 1982's Twee and 1983's 1001 Hotel became big sellers.

In 1984, the Frank Boeijen Groep was awarded the Zilveren Harp by Conamus. In that same year, album Kontakt was released. Lead guitarist Wil Theunissen quit the group later that year and replaced with Maarten Peters, who himself was replaced two years later by Ger Hoeijmakers. In 1985, the group released Foto Van Een Mooie Dag. Single Kronenburg Park -- named after Kronenburger Park a park in Nijmegen, Boeijen's place of birth and residence -- became a huge success. Follow up, In Nature, released in 1986, didn't do as well, but still sold respectively.

Towards the end of the eighties, Boeijen's music fell somewhere in between het levenslied of André Hazes, the chansons of Ramses Shaffy and the pop of Doe Maar. According to Frank Boeijen and his manager Paul Schouwenaars the group had outgrown clubs and tents. With the release of album Welkom In Utopia in 1987, the group decided to tour Dutch theatres. The Welkom In Utopia tour started in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam in September of the same year. Two more albums were released: studio album Een Zomer Aan Het Eind Van De Twintigste Eeuw (1989) and live album Hier Komt De Storm. During these years, Frank Boeijen dated Sky Channel presenter Amanda Redington. The two would marry in 1990. The album Dans In Slow Motion, released in 1988, was written for her. In juni 1994 scheidden ze weer van elkaar.

In the spring of 1991, Boeijen announced the ending of his group. In November of that year, he released his first solo album Wilde Bloemen. The musicians on the album were drummer Norman Bonink, guitar player Peter van Benthem and bass player Michel van Schie. Van Schie was replaced by touring bass player René te Voortwis, and pianist Ton Snijders was also recorded. Wilde Bloemen featured several duets with other well known Dutch musicians, among them were: Twee Gezichten, a song written and recorded with Henk Hofstede of The Nits); and Het IJs, written and recorded with Henny Vrienten of Doe Maar).

In the summer of 1993, Boeijen recorded Jazz in Barcelona; an album concerned with the break up between him and Amanda Redington. The subsequent theatre tour was a big success, with sold out shows every evening. Traces of Boeijen's break up were also to be found on next album De Ontmoeting (1994 - an even more spare and intimate affair than Jazz In Barcelona. De Ontmoeting also featured a single, Twee Mannen Zo Stil, with music and lyrics by Boeijen and Stef Bos. Although the single failed to mount the charts, over the years it became a Nederpop classic, often played at funerals. In the same year, Boeijen produced an album for Liesbeth List, the female voice of Ramses Shaffy's recordings. In 1995, another live album, Stormvogels, hit the shelves.

Boeijen returned with two new albums in 1997: a greatest hits compilation, Het Beste En Het Mooiste and an album of new material, Vaderland. The year before, Boeijen had travelled extensively through Asia, and a lot of the songs, although concerning Boeijen and The Netherlands, were written from a distant perspective. In 1999, De Ballade van de Dromedaris, recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio's appeared, followed by live album Door De Jaren Heen, containing several duets with Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List and Stef Bos. Both albums were big sellers. In 2001, Heden, was released. Drummer Norman Bonink left the group to join BLØF. He seat was filled by Oscar Kraal. Helder contained a collaboration between Boeijen and BLØF front man Paskal Jakobsen, single Geen Gevaar. The song was released in the summer of 2002. In the same year, Boeijen won an Edison award as best singer.

2. Frank Boeijen is also the name of the keyboardist for the Dutch group The Gathering.

Voor jou alleen
Frank boeijen Lyrics

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Ook al is het niet veel
Dit is voor jou
Voor jou alleen

Ik heb naar woorden gezocht
In de nacht
In de stad

Niemand heeft ooit begrepen
Toen ik zong over jou
En praatte over jou
Het kwam niet eens dichtbij

Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Voor jou alleen

Ik geef je
Wat jij mij
Gegevens hebt

Mijn adem mij hand
Mijn stem mijn klank
Mijn hoofd mijn hart
Het is voor jou

Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Jij bent mooier

Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Voor jou alleen

Overall Meaning

The song Voor jou alleen by Frank Boeijen is an emotional tribute to an unnamed person who is very dear to the singer. The lyrics are heartfelt and intimate, with Boeijen describing how he has been searching for the right words to express his love and admiration for this person. He has tried to sing and talk about them, but nobody could ever understand just how significant this person is in his life.

Throughout the song, Boeijen emphasizes the beauty of this person, suggesting that they are so extraordinary that he cannot possibly put it into words. He offers his breath, his hands, his voice, his thoughts, and his heart to this person, declaring that everything he has is for them alone. The repeated line 'Jij bent mooier dan ik ooit zingen kan' (You are more beautiful than I could ever sing) reinforces the idea that this person is beyond words and that his love for them is so intense that it can't be expressed through music.

The song ends with Boeijen repeating the phrase 'Voor jou alleen' (For you alone), underscoring the idea that everything he has, and everything he sings, is dedicated solely to this person.

Overall, Voor jou alleen is a poignant and tender expression of love, admiration, and devotion. It is a reminder of the power of music to convey emotions that are too complex to put into words, and of the importance of expressing our feelings to the people we love.

Line by Line Meaning

Ook al is het niet veel
Even though it may not seem like a lot

Dit is voor jou
This is for you

Voor jou alleen
For you alone

Ik heb naar woorden gezocht
I've searched for words

In de nacht
In the night

In de stad
In the city

Niemand heeft ooit begrepen
No one has ever understood

Toen ik zong over jou
When I sang about you

En praatte over jou
And talked about you

Het kwam niet eens dichtbij
It didn't even come close

Jij bent mooier
You are more beautiful

Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Than I could ever sing

Voor jou alleen
For you alone

Ik geef je
I give you

Wat jij mij
What you have given me

Gegevens hebt
Before

Mijn adem mij hand
My breath, my hand

Mijn stem mijn klank
My voice, my sound

Mijn hoofd mijn hart
My head, my heart

Het is voor jou
It is for you

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Voor jou, voor jou alleen, L.K H.

Ook al is het niet veel
Dit is voor jou
Voor jou alleen
Ik heb naar woorden gezocht
In de nacht
In de stad
Niemand heeft ooit begrepen
Toen ik zong over jou
En praatte over jou
Het kwam niet eens dichtbij
Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Voor jou alleen
Ik geef je
Wat jij mij
Gegevens hebt
Mijn adem mij hand
Mijn stem mijn klank
Mijn hoofd mijn hart
Het is voor jou
Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Jij bent mooier
Dan ik ooit zingen kan
Voor jou alleen