{{short description|Finnish singer and songwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Pepe Willberg | image = Pepewillberg2.jpg | caption = Pepe Willberg in 2011 | birth_name = Toivo Pertti Uolevi Kaukonen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|12|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Turku, Finland | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = schlager | occupation = Singer, songwriter, guitarist | years_active = 1962–present | label = | website = {{URL|https://pepewillberg.com/}} }} '''Pertti''' "'''Pepe'''" '''Willberg''' (formerly '''Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg''',<ref>Tolonen, Jussi: Kuka Nyt: Mihin kaatui hippiaate, Pepe Willberg? ''Nyt'' Supplement of ''Helsingin Sanomat'', 47/2006, p. 2. In Finnish.</ref> till 1955 '''Kaukonen''';<ref>Kemppainen, Jouni K.: [http://www.hs.fi/kuukausiliite/art-2000002736919.html Pepe Willberg on 67 ja ykkönen.] ''Helsingin Sanomat'' 7 June 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=23 albums up for European Independent Album of the Year Award|url=http://www.impalamusic.org/node/346|work=IMPALA|date=29 January 2015|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226140536/http://www.impalamusic.org/node/346|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== 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== thumb|right|240px|Pepe Willberg <small>(Albums appearing in Suomen virallinen lista)</small> {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="240"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FIN<br /><ref name="fin">{{cite web | url=http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Pepe+Willberg | title=Pepe Willberg discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=finnishcharts.com |accessdate=16 May 2014}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|1999 |''Mestarit Areenalla'' <br /><small>(Kirka, Hector, Pave Maijanen & Pepe Willberg)</small> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |''Syliisi aamuun jään'' | style="text-align:center;"|34 |- |''Elämältä kaiken sain - 18 suosituinta'' | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|2014 |''Pepe & Saimaa'' | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
== See also == {{commons category|Pepe Willberg}} * {{Official website|https://pepewillberg.com/}} * [http://www.dlc.fi/~oystila/raimo/pepe Unofficial webpage for Pepe Willberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030711011405/http://www.dlc.fi/~oystila/raimo/pepe |date=11 July 2003 }} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070212035308/http://pomus.net/001578 Pepe Willberg in Pomus.net]}} * [https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2008/11/25/jormas-sai-60-luvun-tytot-kyyneliin Jormas & Pepe Willberg.] YLE Elävä arkisto. (The tape archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company.)
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