Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg, till 1955 Kaukonen; born on 17 December 1946) is a

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singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Biography

Willberg was born in

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and started his musical career in the beginning of the 1960s, playing the

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in a

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) 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

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'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) *

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: ''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'' (2 CD) - I'll Come Back to You (2006)

Charts

(Albums appearing in

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