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One of the original guitar heroes, '''Peter Frampton''' (22 April 1950 - ) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his multi-platinum [[Live Album]] ''Frampton Comes Alive!'', the biggest selling album in the United States in 1976.
After receiving piano and guitar lessons in his youth, Frampton started off in a hit-making [[The British Invasion|British Invasion]] band called the Herd at the age of 16 before joining Steve Marriott of [[The Small Faces]] in the [[Blues Rock]] group Humble Pie and playing on sessions with several major stars. He started his solo career in 1971 and [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|soon found success easier in America than his native United Kingdom]].
His commercial peak was ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' in 1976, the prototypical [[Arena Rock]] live album which solidified Frampton's status as a [[Teen Idol]] and even won him an invitation to perform at the White House. However, although the studio follow-up ''I'm in You'' was well-
Frampton continues to record and perform, and has made some contributions to film and television; he made a memorable (and mostly ad-libbed) guest appearance on ''[[The Simpsons (
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* [[Epic Rocking]]: The 14-minute version of "Do You Feel Like We Do?" included on ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' takes the cake. An edited version was released as a single and became a hit, and even then it was over seven minutes long.
* [[Iconic Item]]: The talk-box, a device allowing a guitarist to "speak" through his instrument, became strongly associated with Frampton thanks to his use of it on several tracks on ''Frampton Comes Alive!''.
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