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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-recieved by critics and gave him his biggest hit single, its experimental nature alienated many of his teen fans. His appearance in the ''[[Sgt.
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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