Pepe Willberg | |
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Pepe Willberg in 2011
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Background information | |
Birth name | Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg |
Born |
Turku, Finland |
December 17, 1946
Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
Genres | schlager |
Occupation(s) | Singer, guitarist |
Years active | 1962–present |
Website | pepewillberg |
Pertti "Pepe" Willberg (formerly Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg, 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.
(Albums appearing in Suomen virallinen lista)