Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950) is an English musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Frampton’s international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!.  He has worked with David Bowie and both Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, among others. Frampton is perhaps best remembered for such hits as “Breaking All the Rules“, “Show Me the Way“, “Baby, I Love Your Way“, “Do You Feel Like We Do“, and “I’m in You“. He has also appeared as himself in television shows such as: The Simpsons, The Colbert Report and Family Guy.

After five albums with Humble Pie, Frampton left the band and went solo in 1971, just in time to see Rockin’ The Fillmore rise up the US 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.

Peter Frampton had little commercial success with his early albums. This changed with Frampton’s breakthrough best-selling live album, Frampton Comes Alive!, in 1976. “Baby, I Love Your Way” and “Show Me the Way” were singles.  His following album, I’m in You (1977) contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to Frampton Comes Alive!.

In 1979, Frampton returned to the studio following a near-fatal vehicle accident, to record the album Where I Should Be. Frampton continued to record throughout the 1980s, although his albums generally met with little commercial success. In 1995, Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive! II which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums.

On 12 September 2006, Frampton released an instrumental work titled Fingerprints. On 11 February 2007, Fingerprints was awarded the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

Frampton released his fourteenth studio album, Thank You Mr. Churchill, on 27 April 2010.In Summer 2010 he began touring North America with the English band Yes.

Peter Frampton will play tonight at Penn’s Peak!
Play list:

Show Me The Way

I’m in You

Do You feel like We Do

Signed Sealed Delivered

Breaking all the Rules

Baby I love Your Way

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