Background

Peter Frampton was born on April 22, 1950, in Kent, United Kingdom. He is a son of Owen and Peggy Frampton. He also has a brother Clive Frampton.

Education

Peter Frampton studied at Ravens Wood School, also known as Bromley Technical High School. He got interested in music and taught himself to play guitar and piano. At the age of eight, he began taking classical music lessons.

Career

Peter Frampton started his career as a musician at the age of 12 when he joined a band called The Little Ravens. At the age of 14, Peter was playing with a band called The Trubeats. In 1966, Frampton became a member of The Herd and in 1968 he joined with Steve Marriott of Small Faces to form Humble Pie. He also did session recording with other artists, including Harry Nilsson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and John Entwistle's Whistle Rymes, in 1972.

Peter Frampton recorded four studio albums and one live album with Humble Pie. In 1971, he left the group and started his solo career. Frampton released his debut album, Wind of Change, in 1972. This album was followed by Frampton's Camel in 1973. He had little commercial success with his early albums. However, in 1976 he released album Frampton Comes Alive! that became an immense success, selling millions of copies and dominating American radio. Further touring led to further sales of Frampton Comes Alive!, which dominated American charts for many weeks in the autumn of 1976. But by the end of the 1970s, Frampton’s status had begun to decline.

Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. At the beginning of 1991, he rejoined his old Humble Pie mate for some shows. In 1995, Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive! II, which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums. His next popular album, Fingerprints, was published on 12 September 2006. On 23 June 2014, Frampton released a new album entitled Hummingbird in a Box. His most recent album, All Blues, debuted in June 2019.

Peter Frampton also appeared in the movie The Son of Dracula in 1974. He played Billy Shears in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Frampton had small roles in other TV-series such as Baa Baa Black Sheep, Madam Secretary and Drew Carey's Back-to-School Rock 'n' Roll Comedy Hour. On 4 November 2010, Frampton appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as one of her favorite musicians.

Achievements

• Peter Frampton is known as an American musician and songwriter, famous for his musical albums Fingerprints Frampton Comes Alive! and All Blues. His most famous songs are "Breaking All the Rules", "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do". Frampton is the author of more than 20 albums. Frampton is known for his work as a guitar player, particularly with a talk box and his voice.
  
  Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by teen magazine Rave. In 1976 he received Rock personality of the year award and Juno Award in 1977 for his album Frampton Comes Alive!. In 2007 he received Grammy Award for album Fingerprints. His recent album, All Blues, debuted at number one in the Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart.

Works

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  • Wind Of Change 1972
  • Frampton's Camel 1973
  • Frampton Comes Alive 1976
  • Breaking All The Rules 1981
  • When All The Pieces Fit 1989
  • Frampton Comes Alive 2 1995
  • Fingerprints 2006
  • Humble Pie Performance: Rockin the Fillmore Complete Recordings 1971
  • All Blues 2019
  • Hummingbird in a Box 2014
  • Acoustic Classics 2016

Views

Quotations: "I’ve always loved the blues. It’s been a part of me since I started playing guitar. We wanted to pay homage, so we went back to the original versions of these songs. And we decided to record live in the studio, so we’re talking to each other musically, which is so important. When you’re playing blues, it should be as live as possible, at least in my mind, because that’s what the blues is all about. You need to be in the moment, and it needs to be different every time".

Connections

Peter Frampton married Mary Lovett in 1972. They divorced in 1976. From 1983 to 1993, Frampton was married to Barbara Gold. The marriage produced two children named Jade and Julian. His third marriage was on 13 January 1996 to Tina Elfers. The marriage produced a daughter, actress Mia Frampton. Frampton filed for divorce from Elfers in Los Angeles, California on 22 June 2011.

Father:

Owen Frampton

Owen Frampton was an English art teacher.

Mother:

Peggy Frampton

Brother:

Clive Frampton

ex-wife:

Mary Lovett

ex-wife:

Barbara Gold

ex-wife:

Tina Elfers

Daughter:

Jade Frampton

Daughter:

Julian Frampton

Daughter:

Mia Frampton

Mia Frampton is an American actress. She was appearing in Make It or Break It, That's What I Am, and Bridesmaids.

References

• Peter Frampton: The man who came alive
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