61 Facts About Peter Frampton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Peter Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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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 fallow period where he was less successful than previously.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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".

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

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

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

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

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In November 2022 Peter Frampton resumed his Finale, the Farewell Tour with three dates in the UK and five more in 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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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Peter Frampton was sued by Penelope J "Penny" McCall in 1978 for palimony.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.