January 16, 1976 –
Peter Frampton’s platinum live album, Frampton Comes Alive, was released by A & M Records on this date.
Frampton used a talkbox, a device hooked up to his guitar amp that allowed him to make distorted vocal sounds through a tube in his mouth. Other groups had success with the device around that time (Aerosmith used it on Sweet Emotion the year before), but Frampton became known for it because he played a talkbox solo on this. Every time he formed words, the crowd went nuts, especially when he sounded out “I want to thank you,” which came out sounding like “I want to f*ck you.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 