84 Facts About Peter Frampton

Later in his career, Frampton found significant success as a solo artist.

Peter Frampton has worked with various other acts such as Ringo Starr, John Entwistle of the Who, David Bowie, Joe Bonamassa, and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam.

Peter Frampton has appeared as himself in television shows such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Madam Secretary.

Peter Frampton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.

Peter Kenneth Frampton was born to Owen Frampton and Peggy Frampton in Beckenham, Kent.

Peter Frampton attended Bromley Technical High School, at which his father was a teacher and the head of the Art department.

Peter Frampton first became interested in music when he was seven years old.

Peter Frampton was influenced by late 1950s and early 1960s rock acts such as Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and later the Ventures, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles.

Peter Frampton's father introduced him to the recordings of French gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.

At the age of 14, Peter Frampton was playing with a band called the Trubeats followed by a band called the Preachers, who later became Moon's Train, produced and managed by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones.

Peter Frampton's parents were at the time concerned about their son playing regular late night gigs whilst still at school, so Alex Brown, a member of the Preachers, was designated to meet his parents at their house, along with his son Steven, to show that the band members were responsible people.

Peter Frampton became a successful child singer, and in 1966 he became a member of the Herd.

Peter Frampton was the lead guitarist and singer, scoring several British pop hits.

Peter Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by teen magazine Rave.

In 1969, when Peter Frampton was 18 years old, he joined Steve Marriott of the Small Faces to form Humble Pie.

Peter Frampton remained with Dee Anthony, the same personal manager that Humble Pie had used.

Peter Frampton toured extensively to support his solo career, joined for three years by his former Herd mate Andy Bown on keyboards, Rick Wills on bass, and American drummer John Siomos.

Peter Frampton owned the year 1976 like nobody else in rock.

Peter Frampton later said he regrets the photo because it changed his image as a credible artist into a teen idol.

On 24 August 1979, Peter Frampton received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6819 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the recording industry.

Peter Frampton starred, with the Bee Gees, in producer Robert Stigwood's poorly received film Sgt.

Peter Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen.

Peter Frampton played guitar on the title song of the 1978 film Grease, a song newly written for the film by Barry Gibb.

Peter Frampton suffered a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas in 1978 that marked the end of his prolific period and the beginning of a long period during which he was less successful.

Peter Frampton returned in 1979 to record the album Where I Should Be.

Peter Frampton achieved a brief, moderate comeback of sorts in 1986 with the release of his Premonition album, and the single "Lying", which became a hit on Mainstream Rock chart.

Peter Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album Never Let Me Down and sang and played on the accompanying Glass Spider Tour.

At least three songs, and possibly a fourth, from the ended Marriott-Peter Frampton partnership were subsequently recorded; two ending up on Peter Frampton's "Shine On" compilation, a third on his subsequent solo album.

Peter Frampton claimed in the infomercial that the software was the best way to learn guitar.

In 2003, Peter Frampton released the album Now, and embarked on a tour with Styx to support it.

Peter Frampton toured with the Elms, and appeared in 2006 on the Fox variety show Celebrity Duets, paired with Chris Jericho of WWE fame.

On 12 September 2006, Peter Frampton released an instrumental work titled Fingerprints.

Peter Frampton released his 14th studio album, Thank You Mr Churchill, on 27 April 2010.

Peter Frampton embarked on a UK tour in March 2011 in support of his new album, visiting Leamington Spa, Glasgow, Manchester, London and Bristol.

Peter Frampton played the album song-for-song at 69 locations between 15 June 2011 and 22 October 2011 throughout the US.

On 11 June 2011, Peter Frampton performed a live set for "Guitar Center Sessions" on DirecTV.

On 9 February 2014, Peter Frampton was one of several musicians to participate in The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to The Beatles, a tribute to the Beatles on the 50th anniversary of their first appearance on American television.

On 23 June 2014, Peter Frampton released a new album entitled Hummingbird in a Box.

On 11 June 2015, Peter Frampton announced his new studio album, Acoustic Classics; then, on 14 January 2016, he launched the first song: a version of "Do You Feel Like I Do".

In 2016, Peter Frampton was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.

In 2017 and 2018, Peter Frampton toured with the Steve Miller Band, opening the show.

Peter Frampton revealed the reason for the farewell tour; he received a diagnosis of inclusion body myositis, a progressive muscle disorder characterised by muscle inflammation, weakness, and atrophy.

In December 2019, Peter Frampton announced his farewell UK tour to consist of five performances in May 2020.

In November 2022 Peter Frampton resumed his Finale, the Farewell Tour with three dates in the UK and five more in the rest of Europe, then one concert at Joe Satriani's workshop in Las Vegas, announcing in advance that he would be seated on stage during these performances.

On 6 August 2022, Peter Frampton came out of retirement for one night to perform during "Buddy Holly's 85th Birthday Celebration" at the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas.

Peter Frampton has noted that he did not expect to be able to play again as a result of his diagnosis.

Peter Frampton has stated that while his fingers do not work as well as they used to, they worked better than he thought they would, citing it as reason enough to keep doing what he loved on stage.

In 2024, Peter Frampton contributed guitar to a re-release of Mark Knopfler's "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.

On 19 October 2024, Peter Frampton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his long-time friend Roger Daltrey.

In 1974, Peter Frampton appeared in the film The Son of Dracula as a guitarist in the Count Downes.

In 1978, Peter Frampton played Billy Shears in the film Sgt.

In 1978, Peter Frampton appeared on the parody talk show, America 2-Night.

In 1988, Peter Frampton appeared in the video release of David Bowie's Glass Spider, a video recording of the 1987 tour of the same name.

In 1996, Peter Frampton appeared in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homerpalooza", in which he played "Do You Feel Like We Do".

Peter Frampton made a TV appearance in the Family Guy episode "Death Lives", in which Peter Griffin asks Death to bring Peter Frampton to play "Baby, I Love Your Way" to Lois.

Also in 2000, Peter Frampton served as a technical advisor for Cameron Crowe's autobiographical film, Almost Famous.

Peter Frampton wrote some of the songs performed by the fictional band "Stillwater" in the film, supplied guitar tracks, and was the guitar instructor for Billy Crudup, who starred as Russell Hammond, the guitarist for the band.

In 2001, Peter Frampton appeared as himself in "Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour", in which he performed "You Had To Be There" and appeared in a brief scene with Mimi, in which he recalls their past relationship.

On 20 December 2006, Peter Frampton appeared on The Colbert Report.

When Colbert faked an injury, Colbert called on Father Christmas to supply a guitar hero, at which point Peter Frampton appeared and won the shred-down.

On 23 April 2010, Peter Frampton became the all-time celebrity champion of the trivia game called No Apparent Reason, with five correctly answered questions on the nationally syndicated Mark and Brian Radio Program originating from KLOS Los Angeles.

However, on 5 May 2010, Peter Frampton was reduced to second place after only two weeks by Luke Perry's answering six questions correctly.

On 4 November 2010, Peter Frampton appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as one of her favourite musicians.

On 21 October 2011, Peter Frampton was honoured at Music City's at Walk of Fame Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

On 2 March 2016, Peter Frampton was interviewed and performed on the Howard Stern Show.

On 17 March 2016 Peter Frampton performed a NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert with guitarist Gordon Kennedy.

On 6 January 2019, Peter Frampton appeared as himself on Madam Secretary, where he performed a small portion of "Baby I Love Your Way".

Peter Frampton similarly appeared on the final episode of that program performing numerous songs at the wedding of the President's daughter.

On 6 August 2021, Peter Frampton challenged OJ Borg through his Radio 2 game "Mid-Afternoon Mastermind".

Peter Frampton has been married three times and has three children.

From 1983 to 1993, Peter Frampton was married to Barbara Gold, with whom he had two children named Jade and Julian.

Peter Frampton filed for divorce from Elfers in Los Angeles, California, on 22 June 2011, citing irreconcilable differences.

In June 1978, Peter Frampton was involved in a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas and suffered broken bones, a concussion, and muscle damage.

Peter Frampton has lived in London and various US locations, including Westchester County, New York; Los Angeles; and Nashville, Tennessee.

Peter Frampton moved to Indian Hill, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, in June 2000.

Peter Frampton sobered up in 2002 with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous, which he says saved his life.

Since 2019, Peter Frampton has been "living with" the muscle-wasting disease known as IBM.

Peter Frampton has continued to perform, confirming 2025 tour dates.

However, the guitar apparently had survived and Peter Frampton was able to recover it in 2011 after a collector spotted it in Curacao.

Peter Frampton continues to play the Les Paul now known as the "Phenix".

Peter Frampton was known as the artist who made the talk box famous.

Peter Frampton's talk box was used to transfer the guitar's sound through a plastic tube attached to a microphone.

In 1987, Peter Frampton played two natural-finish maple bodies Pensa-Suhr Strat types, hand-made by New York-based John Suhr.

Peter Frampton used a Coral electric sitar, given to him in the late 70s and previously owned by Jimi Hendrix, on David Bowie's 1987 album Never Let Me Down.