Pepe Willberg

Pepe Willberg
Pepe Willberg in 2011
Background information
Birth name Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg
Born (1946-12-17) December 17, 1946
Turku, Finland
Origin Helsinki, Finland
Genres schlager
Occupation(s) Singer, guitarist
Years active 1962–present
Website pepewillberg.net

Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg,[1] born on 17 December 1946) is a Finnish singer and songwriter.

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 e.g. as the leading singer of the bands Jormas and Pepe & Paradise. In addition to his solo career Pepe Willberg has also appeared with groups such as the Finntastic, Mestarit (the Masters), and Poptenorit (the Poptenors). His tenth solo album "Pepe & Saimaa" received a nomination for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award.[2]

Discography

Solo albums

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Pepe Willberg

(Albums appearing in Suomen virallinen lista)

Year Album Peak positions
FIN
[3]
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

  1. ↑ Jussi Tolonen, Kuka Nyt: Mihin kaatui hippiaate, Pepe Willberg?, Nyt-liite of Helsingin Sanomat, 2006, 47/2006, page 2, in Finnish.
  2. ↑ "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pepe Willberg discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

See also

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