Pepe Willberg
Finnish singer and songwriter
Pepe Willberg | |
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 Pepe Willberg in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Toivo Pertti Uolevi Kaukonen |
| Born | (1946-12-17) 17 December 1946 (age 77) Turku, Finland |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | schlager |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, guitarist |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Website | pepewillberg |
Musical artist
Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg,[1] till 1955 Kaukonen;[2] born on 17 December 1946) is a Finnish singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Biography
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
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
(Albums appearing in Suomen virallinen lista)
| Year | Album | Peak positions |
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| FIN [4] | ||
| 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
- ^ Tolonen, Jussi: Kuka Nyt: Mihin kaatui hippiaate, Pepe Willberg? Nyt Supplement of Helsingin Sanomat, 47/2006, p. 2. In Finnish.
- ^ Kemppainen, Jouni K.: Pepe Willberg on 67 ja ykkönen. Helsingin Sanomat 7 June 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pepe Willberg discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pepe Willberg.
- Official website
- Unofficial webpage for Pepe Willberg
- Pepe Willberg in Pomus.net
- Jormas & Pepe Willberg. YLE Elävä arkisto. (The tape archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.)
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