Tom Petty
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
68
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-10-20
Day of death
2017-10-02 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Tom Petty
Biography
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist. Over the course of his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. His hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "American Girl" (1976), "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also acted; he had a recurring role as the voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's conclusion in 2009. Petty died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017 at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Petty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
King of the Hill
MTV Video Music Awards
Rockpalast
Behind the Music
Classic Albums
The Old Grey Whistle Test
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey
Concert for George
The Postman
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
The Defiant Ones
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Tom Petty: Going Home
Made in Heaven
Sound City
FM
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville
Hard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Live Aid
Echo in the Canyon
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Heartbreakers Beach Party
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
Fame and Fentanyl
Night Flight: Born Again
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at Rockpalast
No Nukes
Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks
The True History Of The Traveling Wilburys
Life, Death and Money
Live Aid
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff
$aving Dat Money
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Classic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Into The Great Wide Open
Mike Campbell: The Guitars
Bridge School Benefit Concert 1986
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days
The Best Of Sound Stage
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl - Unraveled
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live
Tom Petty - Mojo Tour 2010
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers - Free Fallin'
