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Pepe Willberg
Pepe Willberg in 2011
Pepe Willberg in 2011
Background information
Birth nameToivo Pertti Uolevi Kaukonen
Born (1946-12-17) 17 December 1946 (age 77)
Turku, Finland
OriginHelsinki, Finland
Genresschlager
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Years active1962–present
Websitepepewillberg.com

Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg,[1] till 1955 Kaukonen;[2] born 17 December 1946) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Biography

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Willberg was born in Turku and started his musical career in the beginning of the 1960s, playing the rhythm guitar in a Lauttasaari (Helsinki) based band called the Islanders. Since then he has performed, for example as the lead singer for the bands Jormas and Pepe & Paradise. In addition to his solo career Willberg has also appeared with groups such as the Finntastic, Mestarit (Masters), and Poptenorit (Poptenors). His tenth solo album Pepe & Saimaa was nominated for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award.[3]

Discography

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Solo albums

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  • Sinulle (1976)
  • Päivä tuskin päättyis kauniimmin (1979)
  • 20 vuotta (1984)
  • Kun joulu on (albumi) (1986)
  • Yksi ruusu (1986)
  • Tulit valona maailmaan (1990)
  • Syliisi aamuun jään (1999)
  • Kynttilöiden syttyessä (2005)
  • Kaukaa kaipaan (2007)
  • Pepe & Saimaa (2014)

Co-operative albums

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  • Jormas: Jormas (album) (1966)
  • M. A. Numminen ystävineen: M. A. Numminen In memoriam (1967) (vocal in "Viiskulmassa on viisi kulmaa")
  • Jormas: Sincerely! (1968)
  • Pepe & Paradise: Niin vähän on aikaa (1972)
  • Pepe & Paradise: Pepe & Paradise (album) (1973)
  • Pepe & Paradise: Pepe & Paradise 2 (1975)
  • Hukkaputki: Hukkaa päälle! (1983)
  • Mestarit: Mestarit Areenalla (1999)
  • Tommy Tabermann & Olli Ahvenlahti: Kaksi ihoa (2007)

Collections

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  • Pepe Willberg & Jormas: Pepen parhaat - The Best of Pepe (1972)
  • Parhaat päältä - The top of the tops (1978)
  • Parhaat (Pepe Willberg/Overdisc) - The Best (1987)
  • Parhaat (Pepe Willberg/Fazer Finnlevy) - The Best (1989)
  • Toivotut - The Most Wanted (1992)
  • 20 suosikkia – Rööperiin - 20 Favourites – To Rodberg (1996)
  • Jormas: 20 suosikkia – Saat miehen kyyneliin - 20 Favourites – You Make a Man Cry (1996)
  • 20 suosikkia – Lady Madonna- 20 Favourites – Lady Madonna (1998)
  • 14 suomalaista kestosuosikkia - 14 All Time Favourites of Finland (1998)
  • 14 rakastettua kansanlaulua - 14 Loved Folk Songs (1998)
  • Elämältä kaiken sain - I Got Everything from My Life (1999)
  • Pepe & Paradise: 70's Radio Hits (2000)
  • Jormas: Saat miehen Rööperiin - You'll Get a Man to Rodberg (2001)
  • Lauluja rakkaudesta (Pepe Willberg) - Songs of Love (2006)
  • Luokses palaan taas (2CD) - I'll Come Back to You (2006)

Charts

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Pepe Willberg

(Albums appearing in Suomen virallinen lista)

Year Album Peak positions
FIN
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1999 Mestarit Areenalla
(Kirka, Hector, Pave Maijanen & Pepe Willberg) 		1
Syliisi aamuun jään 34
Elämältä kaiken sain - 18 suosituinta 22
2014 Pepe & Saimaa 1

References

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  1. ^ Tolonen, Jussi: Kuka Nyt: Mihin kaatui hippiaate, Pepe Willberg? Nyt Supplement of Helsingin Sanomat, 47/2006, p. 2. In Finnish.
  2. ^ Kemppainen, Jouni K.: Pepe Willberg on 67 ja ykkönen. Helsingin Sanomat 7 June 2014.
  3. ^ "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Pepe Willberg discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

See also

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