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PETER FRAMPTON born in Beckenham on April 22nd 1950.

He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd, among others. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone, and since then he has released several major albums. He has worked with David Bowie, Matt Cameron from Soundgarden and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam among others. In later years Frampton is remembered for such hits as "Baby, I Love Your Way", "I'm in You" and "Do You Feel Like We Do" among others.

Frampton played in a band called The Little Ravens. Both he and David Bowie were pupils at Bromley Technical School where Frampton's father, Owen Frampton, was an art teacher and head of the Art department. The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons. Peter and David would spend time together at lunch breaks, playing Buddy Holly songs. At the age of 11, Peter was playing with a band called The Trubeats followed by a band called The Preachers, produced and managed by Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones.

In 1966, he became a member of The Herd. He was the lead guitarist and singer, scoring a handful of British teenybopper hits. Frampton was named "The Face of 1968" by the UK press. 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 "All Things Must Pass", in 1971, and John Entwistle's "Whistle Rymes", in 1972. During the Harrison session he was introduced to the 'talk box' that has become his trademark guitar sound.

MAURICE DENHAM Born in Beckenham, Kent, the balding British actor Maurice Denham made his name as assorted comic characters in popular 1940s radio shows such as ITMA (It's That Man Again) and Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh. His move into films with a small part in The Man Within in 1947 coincided with a shift to more varied character roles. His talent for several character voices was used to the full when he voiced every character in the animated classic Animal Farm (1955). One of his more celebrated movies was Day of the Jackal (1973). He featured memorably in the classic comedy series Porridge as Judge Rawley, the man who sent Ronnie Barker to prison. He was awarded the OBE in 1992.

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