![]() There are so many places to dig into Petty’s music, in the hundreds of songs he wrote throughout his nearly 50-year career, since first making his way on to the charts in 1977 with “Breakdown” through his first U.S. Through it all, Petty was one of the most candid transporters of stories in song. 2, 2017, at the age of 66, following a tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of their debut. 1 on the Billboard 200-a first for the band-and was the last album before they disbanded in 2017, following the death of Petty on Oct. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ final release Hypnotic Eye (2014), reached No. Petty was also the subject of a documentary film by late director Peter Bogdanovich, R unnin’ Down a Dream in 2007, and in 2014, he was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() By 17, he quit high school and connected with life-long bandmate and long-time collaborator guitarist Mike Campbell, following a stint with band Mudcrutch through 1975-the band later reconnected for a 2008 self-titled release and follow up, 2, in 2016-before they went on to The Heartbreakers. ![]() 20, 1950, Petty was ready for rock after meeting Elvis Presley on the set of his film Follow That Dream in 1961. Petty shared his “gift” with the world in every song, in a career spanning three solo albums, two releases with Traveling Wilburys’ cohorts Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lyne, and 13 albums with The Heartbreakers.īorn in Gainesville, Florida on Oct. ![]()
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