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"Free Fallin '" is the opening track from American musician Tom Petty's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne , and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar.
"Learning to Fly" is a song by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was written in 1991 by Tom Petty and his writing partner Jeff Lynne for the band's eighth studio album, Into the Great Wide Open (1991). The entire song is based on four simple chords, (F, C, A minor, and G).
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.
Petty took the line "a rebel without a clue" from Jim Steinman, who wrote "Rebel Without a Clue" for Bonnie Tyler on her 1986 release Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire. Petty himself appears in the video playing multiple roles, including the narrator, the tattoo artist, Eddie's roadie Bart and a reporter. The other members of the Heartbreakers ...
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers unofficially ended when their founder and voice died in 2017, but their heartbeat endures.. A beat that started decades ago keeps beating thanks to the music ...
Tom Petty Highway Companion: 2006 [23] "Only a Broken Heart" Tom Petty Wildflowers: 1994 [24] "Runnin' Down a Dream" † Tom Petty Jeff Lynne Mike Campbell ‡ Full Moon Fever: 1989 [22] "Saving Grace" † Tom Petty Highway Companion: 2006 [23] "Square One" Tom Petty Highway Companion: 2006 [23] "This Old Town" Tom Petty Highway Companion: 2006 ...
Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch. The first three discs of this collection are Petty's singles with and without the Heartbreakers, arranged in rough chronological order.
The album was the second that Petty produced with Jeff Lynne, following the successful Full Moon Fever (1989). Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded the album in Studio C at Rumbo Recorders, which charged a rate of $600 per day. The studio was equipped with a 24-input Trident 80 B console and an Otari MTR90 MkII two-inch, 24-track machine.