Pepe Willberg

Pepe Willberg
Pepe Willberg in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Toivo Pertti Uolevi Willberg
Born	(1946-12-17) December 17, 1946 (age 70) Turku, Finland
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	schlager
Occupation(s)	Singer, guitarist
Years active	1962–present
Website	pepewillberg.net

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)