Happy Birthday Peter Frampton | KSHE 95 News > Real Rock News > Happy Birthday Peter Frampton Happy Birthday Peter Frampton Comments Share Happy Birthday to Peter Frampton, who turns 66 today (April 22nd)! Frampton first made his mark in Britain in the late-1960's with the pop group the Herd, and then later as part of the hard rocking Humble Pie with co-founder Steve Marriott. Frampton left Humble Pie in late 1971 to go solo, and released four moderate selling solo albums before releasing his 1976 blockbuster double album Frampton Comes Alive!

The album propelled Frampton into superstardom with its hit singles "Show Me The Way," "Baby, I Love Your Way," and "Do You Feel Like We Do." In February, Peter Frampton released his latest album, Acoustic Classics, which covers key tracks from his '70s A&M catalogue and beyond -- including "Fig Tree Bay" "All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)," "Wind Of Change," "Lines On My Face," "Do You Feel Like We Do?," "Sail Away," "Show Me The Way," "Baby I Love Your Way" -- with Frampton handling nearly all the guitar, keyboards, and bass work on the album. Frampton just wrapped the second leg of his acoustic tour dubbed, "RAW," and will be back on the road with his full band next month playing dates on his own, along with joint gigs with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Gregg Allman. Frampton shed some light on the sessions for the new Acoustic Classics album: "Just me and an acoustic (guitar) or me and a piano, depending on what I wrote it on.

The only thing that I'm changing from that theory is, y'know, I need a guitar solo, so I do -- instead of an electric solo -- I'll do it on a different sounding guitar, I'll do a guitar solo, acoustic, over that. I'm not calling it an 'album' anymore. I don't know what it is -- it's a 'streamer.' I've got a 'streamer' coming out (laughs). So, whatever it is -- however people get to it." In 2014, Frampton performed as part of old friend Ringo Starr's backing band during that year's Grammy telecast and as part of the house band for CBS' The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A Grammy Salute. Frampton appears on two tracks on Ringo's 2015 album, Postcards From Paradise. In 2014, Frampton released the critically acclaimed mini-album, Hummingbird In A Box. The set marked the first new Frampton music since the 2010 release of Thank You Mr. Churchill. The piece was originally commissioned by and performed with the Cincinnati Ballet in April 2013.

Recently released is Frampton's new DVD and Blu-ray disc, FCA 35 Tour: An Evening With Peter Frampton, and its companion triple CD set, Best Of FCA! 35 Tour. The DVD features footage taped at New York City's Beacon Theater and Milwaukee's Pabst Theater, with Frampton personally going through the tour's performances for the best versions of all the songs for the CD -- which features his son, Julian Frampton, guesting on two songs. Also out now is the newly expanded Humble Pie collection, Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore - The Complete Recordings. The revised edition has been mixed and mastered from the original multi-tracks. The new edition features -- for the first time -- all four shows from the band historic Fillmore East stand as performed on May 28th and 29th, 1971. The collection includes the seven tracks that comprised the original 1971 double album, along with 15 previously unissued performances -- including the band's never-before-heard complete first set from May 28th, 1971.

In 2010, Frampton released his 15th full studio album, Thank You Mr. Churchill, which features performances by the Funk Brothers, the Heartbreakers' Benmont Tench, son Julian Frampton, and Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron. The album was co-produced by his legendary '70s engineer Chris Kimsey, who after working with Frampton went on to man the boards and co-produce numerous Rolling Stones albums. Prior to leaving Humble Pie, Frampton was befriended by George Harrison who asked him to contribute acoustic guitar to assorted tracks for his 1970 solo debut, All Things Must Pass: "George called me up and he said, 'Look, we need to do some more acoustics,' and this was the best thing ever for me. We just sat, the two of us, in Abbey Road Studios -- the studio they'd done Sgt. Pepper in, and they would just put up another reel. They went through the whole album, basically, and said, 'We need some more acoustics here,' so George and I would just add acoustics (guitar), overdub acoustics, maybe one or two tracks to each track.

So basically, I'm playing on just about everything that's not fully electric." In 2011, Frampton revealed that he was celebrating seven years of sobriety: "I mean, I'm not gonna bore people with it because there's nothing worse than being lectured at. But for me personally, it's been some of the best years of my life. It sounds contrite, it sounds phony, but it's not. Y'know, it's been a very stressful period for me, for everybody around me it's been better, and it's been a new -- well, they say that's my birthday seven years ago." Yes drummer Alan White first worked with Frampton during the 1970 sessions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, and got to catch up with him when Frampton and Yes hit the road together in 2010: "I've known Peter for such an awful long time -- I met him first when he was playing with the Herd and stuff like that, so we go back a long way. But obviously we only see each other every now and then.

Y'know, he did have a problem with drinking at one time and then he just stopped it and he's a super guy now." Although Frampton was able to stay an arena attraction throughout the end of the '70s, he feels that his career never recovered from the multi-platinum success of the live album. He says that his career nose-dived after Frampton Comes Alive! because there was no place left to go beyond its phenomenon: "No one knew how to make a record after that, because no one had ever made a record that huge. So that's where I was looking for professional help from those people that represented me. But the only person that really knew the answer to any question that I would ask -- was me. Because, here I am asking all these people what I should do, because hell, this is the biggest record in history." Before he hit the road for last summer's tour, Peter spoke about the sessions at his new studio in Nashville for son Julian's new material: “We’re going to put down six of his tracks. I’m going to co-produce with my son -- my son (laughs).

And I’m really looking forward to it, he played me all his songs, which, that took about three weeks to listen to all of those, he’s so prolific. He’s got half-a-dozen -- well more than that -- half-a-dozen tracks that he’s chosen to do, and really looking forward to that. Now, I’ve got the studio, now we can really take advantage of . . . and get my son in there -- and if (my daughter) Mia ever wants to do stuff there, she’s gonna come down and do it, too. So this is great. I’m really looking forward to it.” Updated: Peter Frampton tour dates (subject to change): May 15 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater May 17 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre May 18 - Tulsa, OK - Osage Event Center May 20 - Lake Charles, LA - Golden Nugget May 21 - Richardson, TX - Wildflower!

Festival at Galatyn Park May 23 - San Antonio, TX - H-E-B Performance Hall At The Tobin Center May 24 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater May 27 - Biloxi, MS - IP Casino, Resort & Spa May 28 - Tallahassee, FL - Capital City Amphitheater At Cascades Park May 30 - Wilmington, NC - Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre June 1 - Port Chester, NY - The Capitol Theatre June 3 - Albany, NY - Times Union Center (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) June 4 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) June 5 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon At Jones Beach Theater (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) June 7 - Baltimore, MD - Modell Performing Arts Center At The Lyric June 8 - Lancaster, PA - Clipper Magazine Stadium (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) June 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) June 11 - Gilford, NH - Bank Of NH Pavilion (with Lynyrd Sk

ynyrd) June 16 - Niagara Falls, ON - Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort June 17 - Lincoln, RI - Twin River Events Center June 18 - Lowell, MA - Boarding House Park June 24 - Robinsonville, MS - Bluesville At Horseshoe Tunica June 28 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre July 13 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre July 14 - Bethlehem, PA - Sands Bethlehem Event Center July 15 - Des Moines, IA - Hoyt Sherman Place July 16 - Chicago, IL - Laid Back Festival - FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (with Gregg Allman) July 18 - Interlochen, MI - Interlochen Center For The Arts July 19 - Cincinnati, OH - Laid Back Festival - PNC Pavilion At Riverbend (with Gregg Allman) July 20 - Indianapolis, IN - Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn At White River State Park (with Gregg Allman) July 22 - Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater (with Gregg Allman) July 26 - Charlotte, NC - Laid Back Festival - Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre (

with Gregg Allman) July 28 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) July 29 - Mount Pleasant, MI - Soaring Eagle Amphitheatre July 31 - Fort Wayne, IN - Foellinger Outdoor Theatre August 2 - Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre August 4 - The Woodlands, TX - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) August 9 - Englewood, CO - Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) August 18 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) August 19 - Las Vegas, NV - The Chelsea At The Cosmopolitan (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) August 21 - Murphys, CA - Ironstone Amphitheatre (with Lynyrd Skynyrd) August 23 - Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center For The Arts August 25 - Paso Robles, CA - Vina Robles Amphitheatre August 26 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery March 11, 12, 1

3, 14, 15, 16 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Rock & Romance Cruise on Celebrity Cruises - Celebrity Constellation Peter Frampton Fast Facts: A child prodigy, Peter Frampton made his live public debut at age eight.

He's childhood friends with David Bowie, who was an art pupil of his father's. Although he and Bowie knew each other since the early 1960s, they didn't work together until Frampton backed Bowie on his 1987 Never Let Me Down album and subsequent "Glass Spider" tour. Frampton was named "The Face Of '68" for his boyish good looks while in the British pop group the Herd. Prior to forming Humble Pie with him, Steve Marriott originally hoped to add Frampton as the second guitarist for the Small Faces. It was during George Harrison's All Things Must Pass sessions that he was introduced to the "Talk Box" by legendary pedal steel guitarist Pete Drake. After striking up a friendship with Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, and bassist Klaus Voormann during the All Things Must Pass sessions, all three performed on Frampton's 1972 solo debut, Wind Of Change. After performing with Ringo Starr on a number of Harry Nilsson sessions, he eventually made his way onto a Ringo solo track when he provided guitar on "A Dose Of Rock N' Roll" from 1976's Ringo's Rotogravure.

Frampton went on to tour with Ringo's All Starr Band in 1997 and 1998. Frampton Comes Alive! was released on January 6th, 1976. The double-record-set first hit Number One on the Billboard 200 on April 10th, 1976, and went on to top the charts for a total of 10 nonconsecutive weeks. Frampton Comes Alive! went on to become the best selling album of 1976 and as of the last tally by the RIAA in 1984 has sold six million copies. The 1976 Rolling Stone Reader's Poll voted Frampton Comes Alive! the "Album Of The Year." Both Mick Jagger and Stevie Wonder appeared on Frampton's 1977 followup album, I'm In You. While filming the disastrous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie with the Bee Gees, Frampton played guitar on Barry Gibb's production of his 1978 theme to the movie Grease -- which went on to be a Number One hit for Frankie Valli. The track marks the only U.S.

Number One single Frampton has ever played on. Two members of his early '70s backing band Frampton's Camel went on to greater success in the '70s and '80s; bassist Rick Wills soon joined up with Foreigner and Mick Gallagher went on to play sessions for Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey, and numerous projects with the Clash -- that's Gallagher playing the distinctive piano part on "Rock The Casbah." During his 1986 comeback, Frampton opened for Stevie Nicks on her Rock A Little tour and often joined her onstage for "Edge Of Seventeen." In 1995 Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive II. In 2000, Frampton served as a technical adviser for Cameron Crowe's movie Almost Famous. Frampton had a small cameo in the film portraying "Reg" -- a fictional roadie for Humble Pie. Frampton won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Album for his album, Fingerprints. His daughter, 19-year-old Mia Frampton, was featured on ABC Family's gymnastic drama Make It Or Break It.

She also appeared in the 2011 coming-of-age comedy, That's What I Am, that year's blockbuster, Bridesmaids, and 2014's Tammy with Melissa McCarthy. Photo by PRPhotos.com Check it out: Peter Frampton in 1976 performing "Baby I Love Your Way" live on The Midnight Special Check it out: Peter Frampton in concert March 30, 2012 at Peabody Opera House Peter Frampton: March 30, 2012 1 of 9 Peter Frampton | Download Music, Tour Dates & Video | eMusic Biography All Music Guide All Music Guide: Peter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the '70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several '70s rock artists (Kiss, Cheap Trick, etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, he'd recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence. That helped Frampton Comes Alive!

become the best-selling live album of all time (up to that point), with eventual sales of over six million units in the U.S. and over 16 million copies worldwide. Frampton had paid nearly a decade's worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived -- bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive! conspired to halt his career momentum. Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent. He started playing guitar at age eight, and took several years of classical lessons. In his early teens, he played with rock & roll combos like the Little Ravens, the Trubeats, and the Preachers, the latter of which were managed by the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman and appeared on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go. In 1966, Frampton dropped out of school to join the mod-pop group the Herd, where he got his first taste of success.

The Herd scored several British hits over 1967-1968, and Frampton's youthful good looks made him a teen idol, earning him the tag the "Face of 1968" from the music press. In 1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott. Although Humble Pie was poised for a breakthrough after two years of touring, Frampton departed in 1971 over differences in musical direction, and decided to start a solo career. Having already performed on George Harrison's landmark All Things Must Pass, Frampton contributed guitar work to Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson, and released his debut solo album, Wind of Change, in 1972. Despite help from the likes of Ringo Starr and Billy Preston, it failed to make much of an impact. Frampton next formed an official backing band dubbed Frampton's Camel, which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher (Cochise), bassist Rick Wills (Bell & Arc), and drummer Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth).

Their 1973 album, Frampton's Camel, also sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Frampton's Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974's Somethin's Happening. The title would prove prophetic: the follow-up, Frampton, became his first hit LP in America, climbing into the Top 40 in 1975 and going gold. By this point, Frampton had amassed a considerable catalog of underexposed songs, the best of which were tightly constructed and laden with hooks. He'd also developed into a top concert draw, since he was able to inject those songs with an energy that was sometimes missing from his studio outings. Plus, in concert, he often expanded the songs into vehicles for his economical, tasteful guitar playing, and his pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect became a trademark part of his performances. All those elements came together on Frampton Comes Alive!, a double-LP set recorded at San Francisco's Winterland in 1975.

The album was a surprise smash, rocketing to the top of the charts (where it stayed for ten weeks) and selling over 16 million copies worldwide to become the most popular live album yet released. It stayed on the charts for nearly two years, and spawned Frampton's first three hit singles: "Baby, I Love Your Way" and the Top Tens "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way." Naturally, his supporting tour was a multimillion-dollar blockbuster as well. When the dust settled, Frampton was a star, and Rolling Stone named him its Artist of the Year. Under pressure from A&M to deliver a quick follow-up, Frampton fought his better judgment and went back to the studio, instead of taking a break to rest and let his success sink in. The result was I'm in You, which rose to the number two spot on the album charts soon after its release in 1977. Its title track did the same on the singles charts, giving Frampton the biggest hit of his career. In the wake of the Frampton Comes Alive!

phenomenon, it was perhaps inevitable that many fans would regard I'm in You as a disappointment; even if it sold over three million copies, its hasty writing process showed through in spots. Unfortunately, 1978 was a disastrous year for Frampton. He made a high-profile acting debut playing Billy Shears in the big-budget film version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a tremendous critical and commercial flop. In June, he was involved in a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas, sustaining a concussion, multiple broken bones, and muscle damage; to make matters worse, he and his longtime girlfriend also ended their relationship. Frampton recovered fully from his accident, only to endure a brief slide into drug abuse. His 1979 album Where I Should Be only went gold, and its biggest hit was the Top 20 "I Can't Stand It No More" -- respectable, but nonetheless a startling drop-off from the success Frampton had just recently enjoyed. Frampton seemed increasingly directionless as the '80s dawned.

He cut his hair prior to the release of 1981's Breaking All the Rules, but the new image failed to send it higher than the lower reaches of the Top 50. The following year's The Art of Control was an unequivocal flop, and Frampton retreated from the music business for several years. He returned on Virgin in 1986 with Premonition, and though it wasn't a smash hit, he did get substantial rock radio airplay for the cut "Lying." The following year, Frampton played on onetime schoolmate David Bowie's Never Let Me Down album and accompanying tour. He recorded another new album, When All the Pieces Fit, for Atlantic in 1989, and had been planning a reunion with Steve Marriott not long before Marriott's tragic death in a 1991 house fire. Frampton subsequently started touring again, and cut an eponymous album for Relativity in 1994 that was later reissued by Sony Legacy. The following year, he issued the newly recorded live album Frampton Comes Alive II on I.R.S.

During the late '90s, he recorded and toured with Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings and Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. Frampton's first DVD, Live in Detroit, was released in 2000; a newly recorded concert also issued on CD by CMC International, it was eventually certified gold. The generally well-received Now, his first studio album in nine years, arrived in 2004, followed in 2006 by Fingerprints, the latter of which earned him a 2007 Grammy Award for Pop Instrumental Album of the year. His 14th studio long-player, 2010's Thank You Mr. Churchill, was supported by a North American stadium tour with Yes. The following year he embarked on "The Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour," playing the original concert album set list in sequence. His 2013 "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour featured a rotating cast of guest performers including Kenny Wayne Shepherd, B.B. King, Rick Derringer, Robert Cray, Roger McGuinn, David Hidalgo, Dean DeLeo, and many others.

Early the following year, Frampton was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Later in 2014, he released Hummingbird in a Box: Songs for a Ballet, an EP of seven new original guitar pieces that were inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet. Peter Frampton | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by Steve Huey Peter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the '70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several '70s rock artists ( Kiss , Cheap Trick , etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, he'd recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence. That helped Frampton Comes Alive! become the best-selling live album of all time (up to that point), with eventual sales of over six million units in the U.S. and over 16 million copies worldwide.

Frampton had paid nearly a decade's worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived -- bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive! conspired to halt his career momentum. Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent. He started playing guitar at age eight, and took several years of classical lessons. In his early teens, he played with rock & roll combos like the Little Ravens, the Trubeats, and the Preachers , the latter of which were managed by the Rolling Stones ' Bill Wyman and appeared on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go. In 1966, Frampton dropped out of school to join the mod-pop group the Herd , where he got his first taste of success. The Herd scored several British hits over 1967-1968, and Frampton 's youthful good looks made him a teen idol, earning him the tag the "Face of 1968" from the music press.

In 1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott . Although Humble Pie was poised for a breakthrough after two years of touring, Frampton departed in 1971 over differences in musical direction, and decided to start a solo career. Having already performed on George Harrison 's landmark All Things Must Pass , Frampton contributed guitar work to Nilsson 's Son of Schmilsson , and released his debut solo album, Wind of Change , in 1972. Despite help from the likes of Ringo Starr and Billy Preston , it failed to make much of an impact. Frampton next formed an official backing band dubbed Frampton's Camel , which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher ( Cochise ), bassist Rick Wills ( Bell & Arc ), and drummer Mike Kellie ( Spooky Tooth ). Their 1973 album, Frampton's Camel , also sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Frampton's Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974's Somethin's Happening .

The title would prove prophetic: the follow-up, Frampton , became his first hit LP in America, climbing into the Top 40 in 1975 and going gold. By this point, Frampton had amassed a considerable catalog of underexposed songs, the best of which were tightly constructed and laden with hooks. He'd also developed into a top concert draw, since he was able to inject those songs with an energy that was sometimes missing from his studio outings. Plus, in concert, he often expanded the songs into vehicles for his economical, tasteful guitar playing, and his pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect became a trademark part of his performances. All those elements came together on Frampton Comes Alive! , a double-LP set recorded at San Francisco's Winterland in 1975. The album was a surprise smash, rocketing to the top of the charts (where it stayed for ten weeks) and selling over 16 million copies worldwide to become the most popular live album yet released.

It stayed on the charts for nearly two years, and spawned Frampton 's first three hit singles: "Baby, I Love Your Way" and the Top Tens "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way." Naturally, his supporting tour was a multimillion-dollar blockbuster as well. When the dust settled, Frampton was a star, and Rolling Stone named him its Artist of the Year. Under pressure from A&M to deliver a quick follow-up, Frampton fought his better judgment and went back to the studio, instead of taking a break to rest and let his success sink in. The result was I'm in You , which rose to the number two spot on the album charts soon after its release in 1977. Its title track did the same on the singles charts, giving Frampton the biggest hit of his career. In the wake of the Frampton Comes Alive! phenomenon, it was perhaps inevitable that many fans would regard I'm in You as a disappointment; even if it sold over three million copies, its hasty writing process showed through in spots. Unfortunately, 1978 was a disastrous year for Frampton .

He made a high-profile acting debut playing Billy Shears in the big-budget film version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , a tremendous critical and commercial flop. In June, he was involved in a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas, sustaining a concussion, multiple broken bones, and muscle damage; to make matters worse, he and his longtime girlfriend also ended their relationship. Frampton recovered fully from his accident, only to endure a brief slide into drug abuse. His 1979 album Where I Should Be only went gold, and its biggest hit was the Top 20 "I Can't Stand It No More" -- respectable, but nonetheless a startling drop-off from the success Frampton had just recently enjoyed. Frampton seemed increasingly directionless as the '80s dawned. He cut his hair prior to the release of 1981's Breaking All the Rules , but the new image failed to send it higher than the lower reaches of the Top 50. The following year's The Art of Control was an unequivocal flop, and Frampton retreated from the music business for several years.

He returned on Virgin in 1986 with Premonition , and though it wasn't a smash hit, he did get substantial rock radio airplay for the cut "Lying." The following year, Frampton played on onetime schoolmate David Bowie 's Never Let Me Down album and accompanying tour. He recorded another new album, When All the Pieces Fit , for Atlantic in 1989, and had been planning a reunion with Steve Marriott not long before Marriott 's tragic death in a 1991 house fire. Frampton subsequently started touring again, and cut an eponymous album for Relativity in 1994 that was later reissued by Sony Legacy. The following year, he issued the newly recorded live album Frampton Comes Alive II on I.R.S. During the late '90s, he recorded and toured with Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings and Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band . Frampton 's first DVD, Live in Detroit , was released in 2000; a newly recorded concert also issued on CD by CMC International, it was eventually certified gold.

The generally well-received Now , his first studio album in nine years, arrived in 2004, followed in 2006 by Fingerprints , the latter of which earned him a 2007 Grammy Award for Pop Instrumental Album of the year. His 14th studio long-player, 2010's Thank You Mr. Churchill , was supported by a North American stadium tour with Yes . The following year he embarked on "The Frampton Comes Alive 35th Anniversary Tour," playing the original concert album set list in sequence. His 2013 "Frampton's Guitar Circus" tour featured a rotating cast of guest performers including Kenny Wayne Shepherd , B.B. King , Rick Derringer , Robert Cray , Roger McGuinn , David Hidalgo , Dean DeLeo , and many others. Early the following year, Frampton was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. Later in 2014, he released Hummingbird in a Box: Songs for a Ballet , an EP of seven new original guitar pieces that were inspired by the Cincinnati Ballet. Chapter 10: Mainstream Rock, Punk, and New Wave | What's That Sound?: W.

W. Norton StudySpace Mainstream Rock, Punk, and New Wave Playlist Peter Frampton – Show Me the Way (Live) 4:32 iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody Peter Frampton emerged from the swinging English rock scene of the 1960s. He started studying classical guitar at the age of eight but spent more time playing rock and roll than practicing his scales. By his early teens he was playing with rock and rhythm and blues combos in his hometown of Beckenham, Kent; at age fourteen he appeared onstage with American blues artist Jimmy Reed. He dropped out of high school to join the up-and-coming mod/pop band, the Herd. The group had several Top Twenty hits in the United Kingdom and Frampton became a teen idol; but he wished to be taken more seriously as an artist, so he quit the band and began looking for a new opportunity. It came in 1969, when Steve Marriot asked him to join his band the Small Faces, a blues/mod/rock outfit poised on the brink of international stardom.

Marriot, however, hadn't cleared the invitation with the rest of the Faces; when they vetoed Frampton he quit, and the two formed a new group, Humble Pie. Conflicts within the band surfaced quickly, as Marriot, Frampton, and bassist Greg Ridley, each the front man of his previous group, jockeyed for position and artistic control. After several albums Marriot emerged as the lead singer and primary guitarist; rather than be relegated to a supporting role, Frampton decided to strike out on his own. His first solo album, Winds of Change, was completed with a little help from his friends Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, and Klaus Voorman, but it did not attract the kind of attention Frampton had hoped for. He threw himself into touring and over the next few years built a fan base and a catalogue of well-written songs like "Show Me the Way," and "Baby I Love Your Way." His career exploded in 1976 with the release of Frampton Comes Alive, a double live album recorded at the Winterland ballroom in San Francisco in 1975. The record spent ten weeks at number one and has sold (to date) sixteen million copies.

Frampton thus became the first of a series of mega-platinum artists to emerge in the late 1970s. Though his next album went triple platinum, it did not generate the same kind of excitement as his previous outing. His role as Billy Shears in the movie Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band—an appallingly tasteless concept that ranks as one of the biggest box office bombs in history—did not help his career; and a near-fatal car accident prevented him from capitalizing on whatever good will remained from Frampton Comes Alive. Also see: The Beatles, Jeff Beck, Cliff Richard, Eric Clapto Must Haves: "Do You Feel Like We Do?" "Baby I Love Your Way" "All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side)" "Butter Milk Boy" (with Humble Pie) " Performers Influenced By This Artist: Eddie Money Boston – More Than a Feeling 4:45 iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody The rock band Boston was founded by Tom Scholz, a teenage rock fan who started writing songs while he was an engineering student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

As his studies occupied most of his time he didn't join a band until after he had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering; he formed a partnership with percussionist Jim Masdea, and after a brief stint as a duo they recruited Barry Goudreau and Brad Delp, veterans of several local bands. Scholz joined the band as a keyboardist. He started taking guitar lessons shortly thereafter and discovered an innate affinity for the instrument; he became proficient so quickly that by the time of the Boston debut album he was playing lead guitar. Scholz assumed control of the band and, as Boston's website puts it, became its "main creative force, producer, and engineer on all the Boston albums, and he plays lead and rhythm guitars (acoustic and electric), bass, piano, Hammond organ, and percussion." Scholz knew nothing about sound engineering when he joined Boston, but he learned quickly (perhaps because of his engineering background) and built a twelve-track recording studio in his basement. Boston used the studio to record a demo album, which was then shopped around to record companies.

They were signed to Epic records, but unlike most bands they were not called into the studio to re-record the songs in a professional studio, as is normally done; the company did some remastering and the band recorded vocal overdubs, but the demo's production was so expertly realized that only cosmetic changes were needed. The band's eponymous first album became the fastest selling debut in history (though ultimately topped by Whitney Houston's first album in 1986); it quickly rose to the top of the charts and produced three hit singles. However, the album's runaway success created pressure to produce a worthy second effort. Though a second album was quickly recorded Scholz, a self-admitted perfectionist, worked on the production for two years, and Epic had to force him to release the master tapes. 1978s Don't Look Back was also certified platinum, but Scholz not satisfied; he resolved never again to release an album unless he was entirely pleased with the results. As a result, the third Boston album didn't appear until 1986, by which time nearly all of the other members had quit the band in frustration.

Also see: Led Zeppelin, Yes, Queen, Montrose, Free, James Gang Must Haves: Foreigner – Feels Like the First Time 3:52 iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody Mick Jones spent his early career working as a studio guitarist in London and played on records by George Harrison, Peter Frampton, and the band Spooky Tooth. He moved to New York to work in the recording industry but quickly decided he was more interested in forming a band that fused elements of progressive rock, pop, and rhythm and blues. He recruited two fellow Brits—instrumentalist Ian McDonald (who played with King Crimson on their debut album, Court of the Crimson King) and drummer Dennis Elliot (from Ian Hunter's band)—as well as several New York musicians: Al Greenwood (keyboards), Ed Gagliardi (bass), and Lou Gramm (vocals). They named the new group Foreigner because half the band was, in fact, foreign. Gramm and Jones quickly discovered they worked remarkably well as a songwriting team; the group's eponymous debut album produced several Top Ten hits in the United States and contained several more that would later become AOR favorites.

Their rapid ascent on the charts established them as one of top "arena rock" bands of the late 1970s. Their sophomore effort was even more successful, as was their third, but the band members—especially Jones and Gramm—were unsatisfied. For their next effort they hired producer Mutt Lange, who had just produced the multi-platinum Back in Black for AC/DC. The resulting album, 4, was Foreigner's biggest to date and produced three hits that stayed on the charts for months in 1981. A number of bands formed in the late 1970s had a difficult time adjusting to the new realities of the 1980s: MTV, the heavy use of electronic instruments, and the implosion of arena rock under the assault of punk and new wave. Foreigner successfully reinvented themselves, but perhaps did so too well. The band produced additional hits—the over-the-top gospel-influenced "I Want to Know What Love Is" (recorded with the Jersey Mass Choir) was their most successful single, but it also confused fans, many of whom were attracted by the hard rocking 4.

Gramm and Jones disagreed about the future direction of the band; their songwriting partnership crumbled, and Gramm finally left the group in 1987. Jones established himself as a major producer in his own right—he helmed Van Halen's 5150 and Billy Joel's Storm Front—but neither he nor Gramm was satisfied with the music they made with their new bands. In 1991they reunited on the advice of executives at Atlantic records, Foreigner's label, and are still together. Also see: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds, the Who, Spooky Tooth Must Haves: The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK 3:31 iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody Often regarded as the paragons of punk rock, the Sex Pistols were actually an English version of several American bands playing a minimalist version of rock and roll at CBGB OMFUG (Country, BlueGrass, Blues and Other Music for Urban Gormandizers) in New York.

Malcolm McLaren, the owner of a fetish clothing boutique in London, had been to New York and had seen the Ramones and the New York Dolls in action, and he thought that a band playing in a similar style might be just the thing to generate publicity for his shop. Several of the young men who hung around the store were already in a band; all that McLaren needed was to find them a lead singer and some gigs. In recruiting other members, McLaren was interested in someone with the correct image; talent, he'd learned from the punk bands in New York, was optional. Thus, John Lydon's audition for the lead singer spot consisted of miming Alice Cooper's "Eighteen." He got the job and was renamed Johnny Rotten before anyone knew if he could actually sing. Likewise, when bassist Glenn Matlock quit the band (or was fired) Sid Vicious was hired because of his look, but he was so limited musically that his amplifier was usually turned all the way down. The Sex Pistols began performing gigs around London, with immediate results.

Punk was a minority reaction to overblown and overproduced rock shows in the United States; in the United Kingdom it tapped into something darker, a violent backlash against popular culture and false social optimism, and the band quickly attracted a large, disenfranchised audience. Several major record labels, still afraid to miss the next Beatles or Rolling Stones, bid for their services; the Sex Pistols were signed by EMI and released several singles that performed poorly. They were subsequently dropped after swearing in an appearance on a morning television program; however, the episode generated so much publicity that the startup Virgin Records picked up their contract. Their LP, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols, was nearly suppressed because of its title (which could be construed as obscene); ultimately, however, it was their first single, "God Save the Queen," strategically released to coincide with Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, that got them banned from the playlists of state-run BBC Radio. In the punk world this was the ultimate seal of quality, and the single leaped into the number two spot on the charts. However, many papers left the slot blank rather than print the name of the controversial song!

Also see: New York Dolls, MC5, Iggy Pop, the Ramones Must Haves: The Cars – My Best Friend's Girl 3:42 iTunes | Amazon | Rhapsody The Cars were one of the most successful new wave bands to emerge in the post punk era of the late 1970s. Many new wave groups employed the stripped down textures of punk to produce "progressive" rock without the bombast and heavy production that at the time typified bands with musical, rather than commercial, aspirations. The Cars, on the other hand, were a straight-ahead rock and roll band. Baltimore native Ric Ocasek was raised on pop radio and enamored of early rockabilly but decided to become a songwriter after discovering Bob Dylan and the Incredible String Band in the mid 1960s. He met Ben Orr in high school; the duo formed their first band in Ann Arbor, where Ocasek had relocated to attend college. Instead of attending classes Ocasek and Orr basked in the garage rock scene and formed a proto punk duo, which Ocasek remembers as a "wreck your equipment kind of band," that played a handful of gigs with the legendary MC5.

The pair became bored with the idiom and moved to Boston, where they played as a folk duo called Milkwood that was good enough to receive a record contract in 1973. After several years they felt another format change was in order and recruited local musicians to fill out the lineup of the Cars. Their primary influences were the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, and Lou Reed; thus, their music had a certain detached and ironic tone. However, under the surface there were good-natured references to earlier rock styles that never came off as pretentious. Ocasek had a natural sense for well-crafted pop hooks and wasn't afraid to use them. As a result the Cars were the most radio-friendly of the new wave bands, and their electric keyboard-driven sound and aloof vocal style became staples of the new 1980s pop. Ocasek was recognized for captivating turns of phrase that were often as engaging as his hooks; lines like "You always knew to wear it well/You look so fancy I can tell" were refreshing deviations from tired pop formulas.

Though their multi-platinum debut album was released in 1978, the Cars were truly a band of the 1980s in that they deftly employed unconventional media to promote their songs. "Moving in Stereo" was featured in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High and brought the band to an audience beyond pop radio (and many of them will forever connect the song to images of Phoebe Cates in a red bikini). They were also quick to explore the then-new format of the music video to ensure heavy rotation on MTV; the surrealistic video for "You Might Think" won the MTV Award for Best Video in 1984 and is still considered one of the best videos of all times. Also see: Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Blondie, Iggy Pop, David Bowie Must Haves: Tickets to Peter Frampton : Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN : Jul 13, 2016 | Eventsfy Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis [show more] Artist/Show Details Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. He has also worked with David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, among others. He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as “The Simpsons,” “The Colbert Report” and “Family Guy.” In early 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined with Steve Marriott of The Small Faces to form Humble Pie. While playing with Humble Pie, Frampton also did session recording with other artists, including, Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as George Harrison's solo album “All Things Must Pass,” in 1970. During the Harrison session he was introduced to the talk box that was to become his trademark guitar effects. After five albums with Humble Pie, Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see their “Rockin' The Fillmore” album rise up the U.S. charts. His debut was 1972's “Wind of Change,” with guest artists Ringo Starr and Billy Preston.

This album was followed by “Frampton's Camel” in 1973, which featured Frampton working within a group project. In 1974, Frampton released “Somethin's Happening.” In 1975, the “Frampton” album was released. The album went to #32 on the U.S. charts, and is certified gold by the RIAA. Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with Frampton's breakthrough best-selling 6x platinum live album, 1976’s “Frampton Comes Alive!” "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Show Me the Way" were singles. "Do You Feel Like We Do," despite its length, was also popular. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the talk box guitar effect. The album was recorded in 1975, mainly at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California. “Frampton Comes Alive!” was released in early January 1976, debuting on the charts at #191.

The album was on the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the Top 40, of which 10 were at the #1 position. With sales of 6 million copies it became the biggest selling live album, although with others subsequently selling more it is now the fourth biggest. In late 1976 Frampton starred, with The Bee Gees, in producer Robert Stigwood's poorly received film “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen. His following album, 1977’s “I'm in You” contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to “Frampton Comes Alive!.” Frampton suffered a near-fatal auto 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 than his old self. He returned to the studio in 1979 to record the album “Where I Should Be.” In 1980 his album “Rise Up” was released to promote his tour in Brazil.

The album eventually turned into “Breaking All the Rules,” released the next year in 1981. These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live. Although his albums generally met with little commercial success, Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. He did, however, 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. Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums. Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album “Never Let Me Down” and joined the Glass Spider world tour. In 1994 Frampton wrote and released the album “Peter Frampton,” the final version of which contained material recorded on Tascam cassette recorders. Originally released on the Relativity label, this record was re-released in 2000 by Legacy Records, with four bonus tracks and additional notes by Peter. In 1995 Frampton released “Frampton Comes Alive!

II,” which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums. In 2003, Frampton released the album “Now,” and embarked on a tour with Styx to support it. In September 2006 Frampton released an instrumental work titled “Fingerprints.” In February 2007 “Fingerprints” was awarded the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Frampton released his fourteenth studio album, “Thank You Mr. Churchill,” in April 2010. - MediaNet Peter Frampton started out with British pop-rockers the Herd in the mid-1960s before moving on to a harder sound with U.K. blues-rock legends Humble Pie. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Frampton started a solo career in the '70s that didn't really take off until he released a concert recording in 1976. His massive hit double-live album FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!

almost single-handedly re-popularized the live-album format for other rockers, and made the curly-haired singer a rock god and pinup boy overnight. Naturally, he could never equal that record's runaway success, but Frampton never stopped working. He even took a spot in David Bowie's band for a while in the '80s, ever the guitarist's guitarist. ~ Rovi - rovi Peter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the '70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several '70s rock artists (Kiss, Cheap Trick, etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, he'd recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence. That helped Frampton Comes Alive! become the best-selling live album of all time (up to that point), with eventual sales of over six million units in the U.S. and over 16 million copies worldwide.

Frampton had paid nearly a decade's worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived -- bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive! conspired to halt his career momentum. Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent. He started playing guitar at age eight, and took several years of classical lessons. In his early teens, he played with rock & roll combos like the Little Ravens, the Trubeats, and the Preachers, the latter of which were managed by the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman and appeared on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go. In 1966, Frampton dropped out of school to join the mod-pop group the Herd, where he got his first taste of success. The Herd scored several British hits over 1967-1968, and Frampton's youthful good looks made him a teen idol, earning him the tag the "Face of 1968" from the music press.

In 1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott. Although Humble Pie was poised for a breakthrough after two years of touring, Frampton departed in 1971 over differences in musical direction, and decided to start a solo career. Having already performed on George Harrison's landmark All Things Must Pass, Frampton contributed guitar work to Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson, and released his debut solo album, Wind of Change, in 1972. Despite help from the likes of Ringo Starr and Billy Preston, it failed to make much of an impact. Frampton next formed an official backing band dubbed Frampton's Camel, which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher (Cochise), bassist Rick Wills (Bell & Arc), and drummer Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth). Their 1973 album, Frampton's Camel, also sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Frampton's Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974's Somethin's Happening.

The title would prove prophetic: The follow-up, Frampton, became his first hit LP in America, climbing into the Top 40 in 1975 and going gold. By this point, Frampton had amassed a considerable catalog of underexposed songs, the best of which were tightly constructed and laden with hooks. He'd also developed into a top concert draw, since he was able to inject those songs with an energy that was sometimes missing from his studio outings. Plus, in concert, he often expanded the songs into vehicles for his economical, tasteful guitar playing, and his pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect became a trademark part of his performances. All those elements came together on Frampton Comes Alive!, a double-LP set recorded at San Francisco's Winterland in 1975. The album was a surprise smash, rocketing to the top of the charts (where it stayed for ten weeks) and selling over 16 million copies worldwide to become the most popular live album yet released.

It stayed on the charts for nearly two years, and spawned Frampton's first three hit singles: "Baby, I Love Your Way" and the Top Tens "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way." Naturally, his supporting tour was a multimillion-dollar blockbuster as well. When the dust settled, Frampton was a star, and Rolling Stone named him its Artist of the Year. - eventsfy Tickets to Peter Frampton : HEB Performance Hall at Tobin Center in San Antonio, TX : May 23, 2016 | Eventsfy HEB Performance Hall at Tobin Center in San Antonio SHARE: [show more] Artist/Show Details Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. He has also worked with David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, among others.

He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as “The Simpsons,” “The Colbert Report” and “Family Guy.” In early 1969, when Frampton was 18 years old, he joined with Steve Marriott of The Small Faces to form Humble Pie. While playing with Humble Pie, Frampton also did session recording with other artists, including, Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as George Harrison's solo album “All Things Must Pass,” in 1970. During the Harrison session he was introduced to the talk box that was to become his trademark guitar effects. After five albums with Humble Pie, Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see their “Rockin' The Fillmore” album rise up the U.S. charts. His debut was 1972's “Wind of Change,” with guest artists Ringo Starr and Billy Preston. This album was followed by “Frampton's Camel” in 1973, which featured Frampton working within a group project.

In 1974, Frampton released “Somethin's Happening.” In 1975, the “Frampton” album was released. The album went to #32 on the U.S. charts, and is certified gold by the RIAA. Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with Frampton's breakthrough best-selling 6x platinum live album, 1976’s “Frampton Comes Alive!” "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Show Me the Way" were singles. "Do You Feel Like We Do," despite its length, was also popular. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the talk box guitar effect. The album was recorded in 1975, mainly at the Winterland Arena in San Francisco, California. “Frampton Comes Alive!” was released in early January 1976, debuting on the charts at #191. The album was on the Billboard 200 Albums chart for 97 weeks, of which 55 were in the Top 40, of which 10 were at the #1 position.

With sales of 6 million copies it became the biggest selling live album, although with others subsequently selling more it is now the fourth biggest. In late 1976 Frampton starred, with The Bee Gees, in producer Robert Stigwood's poorly received film “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen. His following album, 1977’s “I'm in You” contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to “Frampton Comes Alive!.” Frampton suffered a near-fatal auto 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 than his old self. He returned to the studio in 1979 to record the album “Where I Should Be.” In 1980 his album “Rise Up” was released to promote his tour in Brazil. The album eventually turned into “Breaking All the Rules,” released the next year in 1981. These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live.

Although his albums generally met with little commercial success, Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s. He did, however, 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. Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums. Frampton played on Bowie's 1987 album “Never Let Me Down” and joined the Glass Spider world tour. In 1994 Frampton wrote and released the album “Peter Frampton,” the final version of which contained material recorded on Tascam cassette recorders. Originally released on the Relativity label, this record was re-released in 2000 by Legacy Records, with four bonus tracks and additional notes by Peter. In 1995 Frampton released “Frampton Comes Alive! II,” which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums.

In 2003, Frampton released the album “Now,” and embarked on a tour with Styx to support it. In September 2006 Frampton released an instrumental work titled “Fingerprints.” In February 2007 “Fingerprints” was awarded the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. Frampton released his fourteenth studio album, “Thank You Mr. Churchill,” in April 2010. - MediaNet Peter Frampton started out with British pop-rockers the Herd in the mid-1960s before moving on to a harder sound with U.K. blues-rock legends Humble Pie. Singer/guitarist/songwriter Frampton started a solo career in the '70s that didn't really take off until he released a concert recording in 1976. His massive hit double-live album FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! almost single-handedly re-popularized the live-album format for other rockers, and made the curly-haired singer a rock god and pinup boy overnight. Naturally, he could never equal that record's runaway success, but Frampton never stopped working.

He even took a spot in David Bowie's band for a while in the '80s, ever the guitarist's guitarist. ~ Rovi - rovi Peter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the '70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several '70s rock artists (Kiss, Cheap Trick, etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, he'd recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence. That helped Frampton Comes Alive! become the best-selling live album of all time (up to that point), with eventual sales of over six million units in the U.S. and over 16 million copies worldwide. Frampton had paid nearly a decade's worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived -- bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive! conspired to halt his career momentum. Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent.

He started playing guitar at age eight, and took several years of classical lessons. In his early teens, he played with rock & roll combos like the Little Ravens, the Trubeats, and the Preachers, the latter of which were managed by the Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman and appeared on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go. In 1966, Frampton dropped out of school to join the mod-pop group the Herd, where he got his first taste of success. The Herd scored several British hits over 1967-1968, and Frampton's youthful good looks made him a teen idol, earning him the tag the "Face of 1968" from the music press. In 1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott. Although Humble Pie was poised for a breakthrough after two years of touring, Frampton departed in 1971 over differences in musical direction, and decided to start a solo career.

Having already performed on George Harrison's landmark All Things Must Pass, Frampton contributed guitar work to Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson, and released his debut solo album, Wind of Change, in 1972. Despite help from the likes of Ringo Starr and Billy Preston, it failed to make much of an impact. Frampton next formed an official backing band dubbed Frampton's Camel, which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher (Cochise), bassist Rick Wills (Bell & Arc), and drummer Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth). Their 1973 album, Frampton's Camel, also sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Frampton's Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974's Somethin's Happening. The title would prove prophetic: The follow-up, Frampton, became his first hit LP in America, climbing into the Top 40 in 1975 and going gold. By this point, Frampton had amassed a considerable catalog of underexposed songs, the best of which were tightly constructed and laden with hooks.

He'd also developed into a top concert draw, since he was able to inject those songs with an energy that was sometimes missing from his studio outings. Plus, in concert, he often expanded the songs into vehicles for his economical, tasteful guitar playing, and his pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect became a trademark part of his performances. All those elements came together on Frampton Comes Alive!, a double-LP set recorded at San Francisco's Winterland in 1975. The album was a surprise smash, rocketing to the top of the charts (where it stayed for ten weeks) and selling over 16 million copies worldwide to become the most popular live album yet released. It stayed on the charts for nearly two years, and spawned Frampton's first three hit singles: "Baby, I Love Your Way" and the Top Tens "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way." Naturally, his supporting tour was a multimillion-dollar blockbuster as well. When the dust settled, Frampton was a star, and Rolling Stone named him its Artist of the Year. - eventsfy

Question: Prior to forming the rock group Humble Pie, Peter Frampton had top ten 1960s hits with which group?
Answer: The Herd