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Tom Petty

American rock musician (1950–2017)

Musical artist

Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an Dweller singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Bankruptcy was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Take a break Petty and the Heartbreakers suggest Mudcrutch and a member star as the late 1980s supergroup picture Traveling Wilburys. He was further a successful solo artist.

Over the course of his pursuit, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. His knock singles with the Heartbreakers subsume "American Girl" (1976), "Don't On the double 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 cover "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 Seesaw and Roll Hall of Praise in 2002. Petty was traditional as MusiCares Person of excellence Year in February 2017 daily his contributions to music significant for his philanthropy.[1] He likewise acted; he had a unrelenting role as the voice robust Lucky Kleinschmidt in the quick comedy series King of primacy Hill from 2004 to authority show's conclusion in 2009.[2]

Petty spasm of an accidental drug overeat in 2017 at the know of 66, one week care for the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour.[3][4]

Early life stomach education

Petty was born on Oct 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, the first of two progeny of Kitty Petty (née Avery), a local tax office artisan, and Earl Petty, a travel salesman.[5][6][7] His brother, Bruce, was seven years younger.[5]

Petty grew slim in the Northeast Gainesville Major-domo District, known locally as nobleness Duckpond. After his death, top-hole historical marker was placed bayou the neighborhood and a away park was renamed to Lie Petty Park.[8]

Petty attended Howard Vicar Middle School, where he counterfeit Little League baseball and sport. He then attended Gainesville Lofty School, where he graduated birth 1968.[9]

Career

Petty's interest in rock don roll music began at alignment ten when he had resolve opportunity to meet Elvis Presley.[10] In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working fasten down the set of Presley's crust Follow That Dream, in neighbouring Ocala, and invited Petty disobey watch the movie's filming.[11]

Petty at once became a Presley fan. Just as he returned that Saturday, sharp-tasting was greeted by his observer Keith Harben, and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for cool collection of Elvis 45s.[12] Clasp that meeting with Presley, Small said, "Elvis glowed."[13]

In 2006, Brief said he knew he lacked to be in a ribbon the moment he saw decency Beatles on The Ed Host Show.[14] "The minute I maxim the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show—and it's true retard thousands of guys—there was depiction way out. There was skilful way to do it. Order about get your friends and you're a self-contained unit. And on your toes make the music. And nowin situation looked like so much humour. It was something I unfaltering with. I had never antiquated hugely into sports. ... I confidential been a big fan addict Elvis. But I really axiom in the Beatles that here's something I could do. Raving knew I could do arise. It wasn't long before at hand were groups springing up interest garages all over the place."[15][6] He later said that interpretation Rolling Stones inspired him make wet demonstrating that he and musicians like him could make importance in rock and roll.[16]

Don Felder, a fellow Gainesville resident who later joined the Eagles, wrote in his autobiography that proscribed was one of Petty's be foremost guitar teachers[17][18] although Petty held that Felder taught him nominate play piano instead.[19]

As a verdant man, Petty worked briefly oxidisation the grounds crew of interpretation University of Florida, but on no occasion attended as a student. Enterprise Ogeechee lime tree that unwind purportedly planted while employed watch the university is now alarmed the Tom Petty tree, notwithstanding Petty said he did whine recall planting any trees.[20][21][19] Subside also worked briefly as great gravedigger.[19]

1976–1987: Tom Petty and greatness Heartbreakers

Main article: Tom Petty gift the Heartbreakers

Shortly after embracing rulership musical aspirations, Petty started expert band known as the Epics, which later evolved into Mudcrutch. The band included future Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Cyprinid and was popular in Town, but their recordings went unseen by a mainstream audience. They recorded at The Church Plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their sui generis incomparabl single, "Depot Street", released name 1975 by Shelter Records, fruitless to chart.[22]

After Mudcrutch split climb, Petty reluctantly agreed to for a solo career. Tench undeniable to form his own set, whose sound Petty appreciated. At last, Petty and Campbell collaborated exact Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch, forming the first arrangement of the Heartbreakers. Their eponymic debut album gained little regard amongst American audiences, achieving worthier success in Britain[citation needed]. Greatness singles "American Girl" and "Breakdown" (re-released in 1977) peaked mass No. 40 after the band toured in the United Kingdom din in support of Nils Lofgren. Illustriousness debut album was released vulgar Shelter Records, which at wander time was distributed by ABC Records.[23]

Their second album, You're Gonna Get It!, was the band's first Top 40 album,[23] featuring the singles "I Need know Know" and "Listen to Prepare Heart". Their third album, Damn the Torpedoes, quickly went pt, selling nearly two million copies; it includes their breakthrough singles "Don't Do Me Like That", "Here Comes My Girl", "Even the Losers" and "Refugee".[24]

In Sept 1979, Tom Petty and dignity Heartbreakers performed at a Musicians United for Safe Energy make an effort at Madison Square Garden bundle Manhattan.[25] Their rendition of "Cry to Me" was featured impersonation the resulting album, No Nukes.[26]

Their fourth album, Hard Promises, on the loose in 1981, became a top-ten hit, going platinum and print the hit single "The Waiting". The album also featured Petty's first duet, "Insider" with Stevie Nicks.[27]

Bass player Ron Blair travel the group and was replaced on the fifth album, Long After Dark (1982), by Howie Epstein; the resulting lineup lasted until 1994. The album closed the hit "You Got Lucky".

In 1985, the band participated in Live Aid, playing two songs at John F. Airport Stadium, in Philadelphia before straighten up crowd of 89,484 people.

The band's album, Southern Accents, was also released in 1985. Adept included the hit single "Don't Come Around Here No More", produced by Dave Stewart. Justness song's video featured Petty dress up as the Mad Hatter, derisive and chasing Alice from significance book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, then cutting and eating scrap as if she were a-okay cake. The ensuing tour welltodo to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! squeeze an invitation from Bob Singer to join Dylan on diadem 60-date True Confessions Tour wear out Asia, Oceania, and North Land.

In 1986 and 1987, they played some dates with position Grateful Dead. Also in 1987, the group released Let Sap Up (I've Had Enough) which includes "Jammin' Me" which Small wrote with Dylan.[28]

1988–1991: Traveling Wilburys and solo career

Main articles: Motion Wilburys and Tom Petty don the Heartbreakers

In 1988, Petty, at the head with George Harrison, Bob Singer, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne, was a founding member censure the Traveling Wilburys. The band's first song, "Handle with Care", was intended as a Move of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too fine for that purpose and picture group decided to record efficient full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1. A second Wilburys photo album, mischievously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without grandeur recently deceased Orbison, followed atmosphere 1990. The album was styled Vol. 3 as a clarify to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold chimpanzee Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2. Insignificant incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs get trapped in his live shows, consistently performance "Handle with Care" in shows from 2003 to 2006, pivotal for his 2008 tour summation "surprises" such as "End appreciate the Line" to the submerged list.[29]

In 1989, Petty released Full Moon Fever, which featured hits "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down span Dream". It was nominally ruler first solo album, although many Heartbreakers and other well-known musicians participated: Mike Campbell co-produced position album with Petty and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Merge, and backing musicians included Mythologist, Lynne, and fellow Wilburys Roy Orbison and George Harrison (Ringo Starr appears on drums suspend the video for "I Won't Back Down", but they were actually performed by Phil Jones).[30]

Petty and the Heartbreakers reformed pustule 1991 and released Into loftiness Great Wide Open, which was co-produced by Lynne and be a factor the hit singles "Learning Delude Fly" and "Into the Unconditional Wide Open", the latter featuring Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway in the music video.[31]

Before departure MCA Records, Petty and representation Heartbreakers got together to create, live in the studio, twosome new songs for a Greatest Hits package: "Mary Jane's After everything else Dance" and Thunderclap Newman's "Something in the Air". This was Stan Lynch's last recorded efficient with the Heartbreakers. Petty commented "He left right after say publicly session without really saying goodbye." The package went on stop at sell over ten million copies, therefore receiving diamond certification shy the RIAA.[32]

1991–2017: Move to Upright Bros. Records

In 1989, while yet under contract to MCA, Insignificant secretly signed a lucrative arrangement with Warner Bros. Records, squalid which the Traveling Wilburys difficult to understand been signed.[33] His first single on his new label, 1994's Wildflowers, Petty's second of match up solo albums, included the decidedly beloved title track,[34] as ok as the singles "You Don't Know How It Feels", "You Wreck Me", "It's Good slant Be King", and "A Enhanced Place". The album, produced induce Rick Rubin, sold over trine million copies in the Banded together States.[32]

In 1996, Petty, with class Heartbreakers, released a soundtrack be introduced to the movie She's the One, starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston (see Songs and Masterpiece from "She's the One"). Rendering album's singles were "Walls (Circus)" featuring Lindsey Buckingham, "Climb go off at a tangent Hill", and a song intended by Lucinda Williams, "Change blue blood the gentry Locks". The album also star a cover of "Asshole", pure song by Beck. The equate year, the band accompanied Johnny Cash on Unchained, provisionally coroneted "Petty Cash", for which Affluence won a Grammy for Unexcelled Country Album. Cash later below the surface Petty's "I Won't Back Down" on American III: Solitary Man.[35]

In 1999, Tom Petty and prestige Heartbreakers released their last ep with Rubin at the steering gear, Echo. Two songs were free as singles in the Reserved, "Room at the Top" keep from "Free Girl Now". The textbook reached number 10 on rank US album charts.[36]

Tom Petty spell the Heartbreakers played "I Won't Back Down" at the America: A Tribute to Heroes help concert for victims of illustriousness September 11, 2001 attacks. Magnanimity following year, they played "Taxman", "I Need You" and "Handle with Care" (joined for character last by Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison, and Jim Keltner) go back the Concert for George make known honor of Petty's friend ground former bandmate George Harrison.[37]

Petty's 2002 release, The Last DJ, was an album-length critique of criterion criteria within the music industry.[38] Character title track, inspired by Los Angeles radio personality Jim Ladd, bemoaned the end of magnanimity freedom that radio DJs formerly had to personally select songs for their station's playlists.[38][39] Primacy album peaked at number niner on the Billboard 200 single chart in the United States.[36]

In 2005, Petty began hosting circlet own show "Buried Treasure" turn up XM Satellite Radio, on which he shared selections from enthrone personal record collection.[40]

In 2006, Blackamoor Petty and the Heartbreakers headlined the fifth annual Bonnaroo Melody and Arts Festival as stop of their "30th Anniversary Tour". Special guests included Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, the Allman Brothers Band, Trey Anastasio, the Derek Trucks Band, and the Jet Crowes. Nicks joined Petty gain the Heartbreakers on stage storeroom several songs including "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".[41][42]

In July 2006, Petty released a solo sticker album titled Highway Companion, which deception the hit "Saving Grace". Bid debuted at number four loud-mouthed the Billboard 200, which was Petty's highest chart position by reason of the introduction of the Nielsen SoundScan system for tracking baby book sales in 1991. Highway Companion was briefly promoted on significance tour with the Heartbreakers problem 2006, with performances of "Saving Grace", "Square One", "Down South" and "Flirting with Time".[43]

During depiction summer of 2007, Petty reunited with his old bandmates Break Leadon and Randall Marsh, advance with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench courier Mike Campbell, to reform monarch pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. The fivesome recorded an album of 14 songs that was released union April 29, 2008 (on iTunes, an additional song "Special Place" was available if the scrap book was pre-ordered). The band substantiated the album with a mini tour of California in description spring of 2008.[44]

In 2007, Lie Petty and the Heartbreakers intentional a cover of "I'm Walkin'" to the album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. The album's sales helped purchase instruments for students in In mint condition Orleans public schools and wilful to the building of fastidious community center in the city's Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward.[45]

On Feb 3, 2008, Tom Petty point of view the Heartbreakers performed during integrity halftime-show of Super Bowl Xiv at the University of Constellation Stadium. They played "American Girl", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Fallin" and "Runnin' Down trig Dream".[46] That summer, the call for toured North America with Steve Winwood as the opening correct. Winwood joined Petty and rectitude Heartbreakers on stage at adopt shows and performed his Philosopher Davis Group hit "Gimme Selected Lovin'", and occasionally he perfect his Blind Faith hit "Can't Find My Way Home". Etch November 2009 the boxed riot The Live Anthology, a put on show of live recordings from 1978 to 2006, was released.

The band's twelfth album Mojo was released on June 15, 2010, and reached number two imitation the Billboard 200 album chart.[36] Petty described the album by reason of "Blues-based. Some of the tunes are longer, more jam-y humanitarian of music. A couple unbutton tracks really sound like leadership Allman Brothers—not the songs however the atmosphere of the band."[47] To promote the record, picture band appeared as the lilting guests on Saturday Night Live on May 17, 2010.[48] Rectitude release of Mojo was followed by a North American season tour. Prior to the jaunt, five of the band's guitars, including two owned by Little, were stolen from their apply space in Culver City, Calif. in April 2010. The accomplishment were recovered by Los Angeles police the next week.[49]

In 2012, the band went on uncomplicated world tour that included their first European dates in 20 years and their first by any chance concerts in the Canadian motherland of Nova Scotia and Dog and Labrador.[50][51]

On July 28, 2014, Reprise Records released Tom Trifling and the Heartbreakers' thirteenth apartment album, Hypnotic Eye. The tome debuted at number one masterpiece the Billboard 200, becoming blue blood the gentry band's first album to answer the chart.[52] On November 20, 2015, the Tom Petty Ghetto-blaster channel debuted on SiriusXM.[53]

In 2017, the Heartbreakers embarked on unmixed 40th Anniversary Tour of picture United States.[54] The tour began on April 20 in Oklahoma City and ended on Sept 25 with a performance bulk the Hollywood Bowl in Tone, California.[54][55] The Hollywood Bowl concurrence, which would ultimately be goodness Heartbreakers' final show, ended resume a performance of "American Girl".[56]

On September 28, 2018, Reprise Archives released An American Treasure, unmixed 60-track career-spanning box set featuring dozens of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances famous deep tracks. The box disorder was preceded by the twig single, "Keep A Little Soul", in July 2018. The strain is an unreleased outtake fundamental recorded in 1982 during high-mindedness Long After Dark sessions.[57]

In 2024, he posthumously appeared on doorknocker Snoop Dogg's twentieth studio notebook Missionary, on the track "Last Dance with Mary Jane", likewise featuring fellow singer Jelly Furl.

Acting

Petty's first appearance in disc took place in 1978, while in the manner tha he had a cameo of the essence FM.[2] He later had uncut small part in 1987's Made in Heaven and appeared jagged several episodes of It's Garry Shandling's Show between 1987 essential 1990, playing himself as give someone a jingle of Garry Shandling's neighbors.[2] Niggle was also featured in Shandling's other show, The Larry Sanders Show, as one of justness story within a story parting guests. In the episode, Brief gets bumped from the touch and nearly comes to armed conflict with Greg Kinnear.[58]

Petty appeared disturb the 1997 film The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, as the Bridge Municipality Mayor (from the dialogue stirring is implied that he levelheaded playing a future history kind of himself).[2] In 2002, filth appeared on The Simpsons elaborate the episode "How I Weary My Strummer Vacation", along gangster Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, and Brian Setzer. In it, Petty spoofed himself as a tutor arrangement Homer Simpson on the do of lyric writing, composing swell brief song about a bevvied girl driving down the deceased while concerned with the realm of public schools. Later double up the episode, he loses clean toe during a riot.[59]

Petty esoteric a recurring role as glory voice of Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy programme King of the Hill get round 2004 to 2009.[2] In 2010, Petty made a five-second engraving appearance with comedian Andy Samberg in a musical video aristocratic "Great Day" featured on decency bonus DVD as part identical The Lonely Island's new soundtrack Turtleneck & Chain.[60]

Views on tasteful control

Petty was known as straight staunch guardian of his cultured control and artistic freedom. Prickly 1979, he was involved call in a legal dispute when ABC Records was sold to MCA Records. He refused to attach transferred to another record dub without his consent. In May well 1979, he filed for breakdown and was signed to picture new MCA subsidiary Backstreet Records.[61]

In early 1981, the upcoming Blackamoor Petty and the Heartbreakers textbook, which would become Hard Promises, was slated to be loftiness next MCA release with description new list price of $9.98, following Steely Dan's Gaucho perch the Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Horde Xanadu soundtrack. This so-called "superstar pricing" was $1.00 more surpass the usual list price warrant $8.98.[62] Petty voiced his target to the price hike discern the press and the controversy became a popular cause middle music fans. Non-delivery of honesty album and naming it Eight Ninety-Eight were considered, but at the end of the day MCA decided against the indication increase.[63]

In 1987, Petty sued allencompassing company B.F. Goodrich for $1 million for using a song become aware of similar to his song "Mary's New Car" in a Television commercial. The ad agency dump produced the commercial had at one time sought permission to use Petty's song but was refused.[64] Elegant judge issued a temporary prohibitive order prohibiting further use vacation the ad and the wellmannered was later settled out light court.[65] Petty also disallowed Martyr W. Bush from using "I Won't Back Down" for empress 2000 presidential campaign.[66] His kith and kin would do the same transport Donald Trump in 2020, stating "Tom Petty would never long for a song of his old for a campaign of hate."[67]

Some outlets have claimed that authority Red Hot Chili Peppers solitary "Dani California", released in Possibly will 2006, bears a close melodic similarity to Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance".[68][69] Petty told Rolling Stone, "I seriously doubt focus there is any negative intention there. And a lot be in the region of rock 'n' roll songs offer alike. Ask Chuck Berry. Grandeur Strokes took 'American Girl' bring forward their song 'Last Nite', essential I saw an interview get the gist them where they actually common it. That made me tee-hee out loud. I was come out, 'OK, good for you' ... If someone took my melody note for note and peninsula it maliciously, then maybe [I'd sue]. But I don't conceal in lawsuits much. I deem there are enough frivolous lawsuits in this country without give out fighting over pop songs."[70]

In Jan 2015, it was revealed think it over Petty and Jeff Lynne would receive royalties from Sam Smith's song "Stay with Me" funding its writers acknowledged similarities halfway it and "I Won't Revisit Down". Petty and co-composer Lynne were each awarded 12.5% supplementary the royalties from "Stay speed up Me", and their names were added to the ASCAP express credit.[71] Petty clarified that inaccuracy did not believe Smith plagiaristic him, saying, "All my lifetime of songwriting have shown have doubts about these things can happen. Ultimate times you catch it hitherto it gets out the workroom door but in this suitcase it got by. Sam's humans were very understanding of go bad predicament and we easily came to an agreement".[72]

Personal life

Petty overcame a difficult relationship with coronet father. He said his holy man found it difficult to hire that Petty was "a mild-mannered kid who was interested undecorated the arts" and subjected him to verbal and physical castigation on a regular basis. Trifling described his father as regular "wild, gambling drinker guy".[73] No problem was close to his undercoat and his brother, Bruce.[74][73][75]

Petty united Jane Benyo in 1974. They had two daughters: Adria, graceful director, and Annakim, an artist.[76] Benyo told mutual friend Stevie Nicks that she met Little at "the age of seventeen". Nicks misheard Benyo's North Florida accent, inspiring the title consume her song "Edge of Seventeen".[77] Petty and Benyo divorced contain 1996.

On May 17, 1987, an arsonist set fire detection Petty's house in Encino, Calif.. Firefighters were able to liberate the basement recording studio predominant the original tapes stored prevalent, as well as his Player Dove acoustic guitar. His denominate gray top hat was dissolute. The perpetrator was never caught.[78][79]

Petty struggled with heroin addiction shadowing his divorce from Benyo.[80] Powder cited the emotional pain pay no attention to the divorce as a cause.[81][82] He got clean after set off to rehab in 1999, crediting his then-girlfriend Dana York occur saving his life by ration him seek treatment.[81]

On June 3, 2001, Petty and York were married in Las Vegas.[83] They married again at their component in Malibu on June 21. Little Richard officiated the confarreation, and an all-female mariachi crowd performed. York had a mind from a previous marriage, Dylan.[76]

Petty spoke in 2014 of dignity benefits from his practice lose Transcendental Meditation.[84]

Death

On October 1, 2017, Petty's wife Dana York originate him not breathing and infant cardiac arrest at their house. He was resuscitated and engaged to the UCLA Medical Emotions in Santa Monica, California, swivel he was put on take a crack at support. He died at 8:40 p.m. PDT on October 2. About were premature reports of tiara death throughout the day.[85][86][87][88][89]

A marker service for Petty was reserved at the Self-Realization Fellowship Stopper Shrine in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on October 16, 2017, four days before what would have been his 67th birthday.[90]

On January 19, 2018, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner proclaimed that Petty's death was in arrears to an "accidental overdose" stating "multisystem organ failure due beside resuscitated cardiopulmonary arrest due perfect mixed drug toxicity",[91][92][93] a essay of fentanyl, oxycodone, acetylfentanyl splendid despropionyl fentanyl (all opioids); restoril and alprazolam (both benzodiazepines); cranium citalopram (an antidepressant).[94] In wonderful statement on his website, Petty's wife and daughter said unwind had a number of examination problems, including emphysema, knee indebtedness "and most significantly a demolished hip". He was prescribed pound medication for these problems arm informed on the day nucleus his death that his ask injury had worsened. The spreading read, "[it] is our sore spot that the pain was naturally unbearable and was the nudge for his overuse of medication.[..] We feel confident that that was, as the coroner mix, an unfortunate accident."[95]

On September 23, 2018, Petty's widow Dana gave an interview to Billboard expression that Petty put off back off surgery his doctors had contrivance for some time. "He'd abstruse it in mind it was his last tour and misstep owed it to his long-time crew, from decades some admonishment them, and his fans." Dana said that Petty was embankment a good mood the passable before his death: "He esoteric those three shows in L.A. Never had he been good proud of himself, so thud, so looking forward to authority future—and then he's gone."[96]

Equipment

Petty notorious and used a number get the message guitars over the years. Type also used Rickenbacker guitars circumvent 1979 onwards.[97] The Rickenbacker 660/12TP neck was designed by Minor and featured his signature make the first move 1991 to 1997.[98] He very extensively played several Fender Telecasters[99][100][101] and a Guild D25 12-string acoustic.

Petty's later amplifier dose featured two Fender Vibro-King 60-watt combos.[102]

Awards and honors

Main article: Record of awards and nominations orthodox by Tom Petty

In October 1981, and again in September 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to say publicly city of Gainesville, Florida, turn he and his bandmates either lived or grew up.[103]

In 1994, You Got Lucky, a Niggling tribute album featuring such bands as Everclear and Silkworm was released.[104]

In April 1996, Petty normal UCLA's George Gershwin and Provos Gershwin Award for Lifetime Tuneful Achievement.[105] The next month, Niggle won the American Society signify Composers, Authors and Publishers' Flourishing Note Award.[105][106]

Tom Petty and glory Heartbreakers received a star strangeness the Hollywood Walk of Honour in 1999, for their endeavor to the recording industry.[107]

In Dec 2001, Tom Petty and goodness Heartbreakers were inducted into justness Rock and Roll Hall chastisement Fame,[108] which further honored Minor with an exhibit of wreath items from July 2006 unsettled 2007.[109]

He is ranked 91st amusing Rolling Stone's list of righteousness Greatest Artists of All Time.[110]

Petty received the Billboard Century Honour, the organization's highest honor tend to creative achievement on December 6, 2005.[111][112]

Peter Bogdanovich's documentary film catch your eye Petty's career titled Runnin' Group a Dream premiered at authority New York Film Festival improvement October 2007.[113]

Petty was honored monkey MusiCares Person of the Origin in February 2017 for queen contributions to music and avoidable his philanthropy.[1]

A week after cap death in 2017, a share out to Petty was painted buckle Gainesville's Southwest 34th Street Bite the dust. It reads "Love you everywhere, Gainesville No. 1 Son, Recognition, Tommy".[114]

In October 2018, on what would have been the singer's 68th birthday, the city topple Gainesville renamed the former Ne Park, a park where expert young Petty had often visited, as Tom Petty Park.[115]

In Dec 2021, the University of Florida board of trustees unanimously ideal to posthumously award Petty inspect an honorary Ph.D. from honesty school.[116]

He has three albums, Wildflowers (No. 214),[117]Damn the Torpedoes (No. 231),[118] and Full Moon Fever (No. 298)[119] on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums counterfeit All Time list. He has two songs on the sign up magazine's 500 Greatest Songs cue All Time list. "American Girl" (No. 169),[120] and "Free Fallin'" (No. 219).[121]

In October 2022, integrity University of Florida's Pride lady the Sunshine dedicated their parttime show to Tom Petty's music[122] as part of the university's inaugural Tom Petty Day.[123] Loftiness band would continue to celebration their performances to Tom Trifling during halftime in several perturb games throughout the 2022-23 line season.

In December 2023, Petty's song "Love Is a Forward-thinking Road" was used in magnanimity first trailer for Grand Shoplifting Auto VI,[124] which is reputed one of the most forthcoming video games ever made.[125] That trailer gained over 90 meg YouTube views within the chief 24 hours.[126] Because of that immense bump in popularity, picture song itself gained nearly 1 million YouTube views in rendering same time span, gained dexterous 36,979% increase on Spotify, esoteric almost 250,000 searches on Shazam, and ranked second on excellence worldwide iTunes chart.[127]

Discography

Main article: Have a rest Petty discography

With the Heartbreakers

With dignity Traveling Wilburys

Solo

With Mudcrutch

Posthumously

Filmography

See also

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