Pepe Willberg
| Pepe Willberg | |
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 Pepe Willberg in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg |
| Born |
December 17, 1946 Turku, Finland |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | schlager |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, guitarist |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Website |
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Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg,[1] born on 17 December 1946 in Turku) is a Finnish singer and songwriter. He 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 |
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| 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
- ↑ Jussi Tolonen, Kuka Nyt: Mihin kaatui hippiaate, Pepe Willberg?, Nyt-liite of Helsingin Sanomat, 2006, 47/2006, page 2, in Finnish.
- ↑ "23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA. 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Pepe Willberg discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pepe Willberg. |
- Pepe Willberg Official homepages
- Inofficial webpage of Pepe Willberg
- Pepe Willberg in Pomus.net
- Elävä arkisto: Jormas & Pepe Willberg (The band Jormas and Pepe Willberg performing in the tape archives of YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company
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