Pepe Willberg

Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg, till 1955 Kaukonen; born 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.

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)

See also

• 11 July 2003 at the Wayback Machine
• YLE Elävä arkisto. (The tape archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.)