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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.
Tom Petty, whose hits like 'American Girl' and 'Free Fallin' made him one of the world's biggest rock stars, has died at age 66. Tom Petty, whose hits like 'American Girl' and 'Free Fallin' made ...
Legendary singer-songwriter Tom Petty died from "an accidental drug overdose" due to taking several medications, his family said in a statement Friday.
Celebrities took to Twitter on Monday to mourn the death of music legend Tom Petty, who suffered a full cardiac arrest at the age of 66.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, in 1976. [1] The band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer Stan Lynch and bassist Ron Blair. In 1982, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band.
In August 2007, Tom Petty invited Randall Marsh and Tom Leadon, original members of Mudcrutch, to reunite with Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell to reform Mudcrutch. They recorded an album, Mudcrutch, which was released on April 29, 2008, by Reprise Records, and contains 14 old and new tracks. "We would play and then we would just ...
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 ...
This is the discography of Tom Petty, who was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.Petty released 13 studio albums as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, two with supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and two with his first band (and later, side project) Mudcrutch, in addition to three solo albums.