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==Early life== Peter Kenneth Frampton was born to [[Owen Frampton]] and Peggy (nΓ©e {{Not a typo|ffitch}}<!-- The surname "ffitch" is often spelt with a lowercase initial "f" and the source uses this spelling -->) Frampton<ref>{{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Chris |title=Owen Frampton |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/owen-frampton-320315.html |access-date=25 May 2019 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=18 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528010712/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/owen-frampton-320315.html |archive-date=28 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Beckenham]], [[Kent]].<ref name="AllMusic Bio" /> He attended [[Bromley Technical High School]],<ref name="bromleytech">Sandford (1997): pp. 21β22</ref> at which his father was a teacher and the head of the Art department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beckenham.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame/352/Peter-Frampton/ |title=Peter Frampton, Beckenham Hall of Fame |work=Beckenham TownTalk |date=22 April 1950 |access-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103848/http://www.beckenham.towntalk.co.uk/about/fame/352/Peter-Frampton/ |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He first became interested in music when he was seven years old. Having discovered his grandmother's [[banjolele]] in the attic,<ref name=CNN-Phillips>Interview with Kyra Phillips: β [http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/frampton/ "Frampton: 'It's been a journey'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618001555/http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/05/frampton/ |date=18 June 2018 }}. β [[CNN]] β Friday, 9 April 2004</ref> he taught himself to play it, going on to later teach himself how to play guitar and piano as well. At the age of eight, he began taking classical music lessons.<ref name=60s70s>{{cite web |url=http://www.frampton.com/70.html |title=Peter Frampton History β 60's/70's |website=Frampton.com |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016143145/http://www.frampton.com/70.html |archive-date=16 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=AllMusic-Bio>Huey, Steve. β [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4302|pure_url=yes}} Peter Frampton]. β [[AllMusic]]</ref> Frampton was influenced by late 1950s and early 1960s rock acts such as [[Cliff Richard]] and [[the Shadows]], [[Buddy Holly]], [[Eddie Cochran]] and later [[the Ventures]], [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[the Beatles]]. His father introduced him to the recordings of French gypsy [[jazz]] guitarist [[Django Reinhardt]].<ref name=CNN-Phillips /><ref name=TCE-2001-02-04>{{cite web |last=Nager |first=Larry |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_no_fade_in_framptons.html |title=No fade in Frampton's future |website=Enquirer.com |date=4 February 2001 |access-date=11 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122192714/http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/02/04/tem_no_fade_in_framptons.html |archive-date=22 January 2013}}</ref>
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