On this day in 1976, Peter Frampton had the #1 record on the US Billboard 200 chart with Frampton Comes Alive. The album is one of the highest selling ‘live’ albums in rock history, selling more than 8 million copies.

The album was also the best-selling album of 1976 and won Rolling Stone Magazines “Album of the Year” readers poll. It charted for 97 weeks.