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Tom Petty Wiki Biography

Thomas Earl Petty was born on 20 Ocober 1950, in Florida, US, and was a singer, songwriter, musician and actor, as well as a record producer, but best known as the lead vocalist and guitar player of the rock band “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers”. The band was formed in 1976 and consisted of  bassist Ron Blair, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench and drummer Stan Lynch. The band became very successful in the 1980s, and to date has sold over 80 million copies around the world.  Tom Petty passed away in 2017.

So just how rich was Tom Petty? According to sources, Petty’s net worth was estimated to be over $75 million, the majority of Tom’s wealth coming from his singing career which began in the early 1970s.

Tom Petty  underwent a rough childhood, mainly due to his verbally and physically abusive father. A defining moment in Petty’s early years was meeting Elvis Presley, a hero who inspired Petty to pursue his dream of becoming a singer. Petty had always dreamt of playing in a band, and therefore took guitar lessons. His first teacher was Don Felder, subsequently a lead guitarist of the band called “The Eagles”. In 1976, Petty founded what would soon become an international success called “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers”. Some of their best known singles are “American Girl”, “Learning to Fly” and “The Waiting”. “American Girl” was one of the singles released in the band’s self-titled debut album; the song peaked at #9 on the Billboard chart and was featured in several films and television series, including “The Silence of the Lambs” starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, “Scrubs”, as well as an episode of “Parks and Recreation”. It is also featured on “The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time” list compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. “Learning to Fly” was a single from the band’s eighth studio album called “Into the Great Wide Open” and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks. “The Waiting” did as well on the charts as the above-mentioned singles, with a #19 spot on the Billboard 100 chart and a feature on “The Simpsons”.

Petty stayed with his band until 1988, when he became a member of a supergroup that also consisted of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan. The group released their debut album “The Traveling Wilburys” in 1988, which was certified triple platinum, won a Grammy Award and was nominated for American Music Awards. The group’s second album released in 1990 was almost as successful.

Meantime in 1989 Tom Petty came out with his first solo album called “Full Moon Fever”, which became an instant success and earned a  five times platinum certification from the RIAA. The album also peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and produced five singles. More recently, in 2014, Petty released “Hypnotic Eye”, which is his thirteenth album with “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers”. In addition to spawning five singles, the album enjoyed a #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, proving that the band was still very relevant in the music industry.

Petty’s acting career was very intermittent, and he didn’t take himself very seriously as an actor. He had a cameo in “FM” in 1978, a small part in “Made in Heaven” in 1987,  between 1987 and 1990 had several guest spots in episodes of “It’s Garry Shandling’s Show” as himself, and appeared in  “The Postman” in 1997, starring and directed by Kevin Costner, then in an episode of “The Simpsons”, parodying himself as Homer Simpson’s tutor.

Petty voiced Elroy “Lucky” Kleinschmidt in  “King of the Hill”, the animated comedy series betwen 2004 and 2009, and in 2010 made a five-second cameo appearance in the musical video entitled “Great Day” with comedian Andy Samberg, for the  DVD as part of Lonely Island‘s new album “Turtleneck & Chain”.

In his personal life, Tom Petty was married to Jane Benyo from 1974 to 1996; they had two daughters. He married  Dana York Epperson in 2001, inheriting a stepson. Tom Petty passed away at UCLA Santa Monica hospital on 2 October 2017. after suffering a heart attack at his nearby home.

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Tom Petty Trademarks

1. Rickenbacker 660/12 Guitar
2. World-weary vocals

Tom Petty Quotes

• Rock ‘n’ roll is a music that represents truth. Your TV channel has taken the word “rock” and knocked the “roll” off the end. You made rock this umbrella term for everything. That’s wrong. Shakira isn’t rock. These country artists with fur coats aren’t rock – or country. I offered a video to VH1 of my band playing in the studio and they don’t want to air it because it had musicians playing in it. They want some babe walking on the beach or whatever.
• It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
• On Howie Epstein’s death: It’s like you got a tree dying in the backyard. And you’re kind of used to the idea that it’s dying. But you look out there one day and they cut it down. And you just can’t imagine that beautiful tree isn’t there anymore.
• I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.

Tom Petty Important Facts

• He and his band recorded several platinum selling albums at Cherokee Recording Studios, including “Hard Promises” and “Damn the Torpedoes.” He also collaborated with Stevie Nicks at Cherokee on the platinum recording “Stop Dragging My Heart Around.”.
• He and the Heartbreakers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Ranked #43 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.
• He has said that he regarded his and the Heartbreakers best work was when they collaborated with Johnny Cash on the legend’s album “Unchained.” The Heartbreakers would perform on Cash’s next two albums after that (which would be his last), but Petty, due to other engagements, was less involved with those.
• Was the only blonde member of the Traveling Wilburys.
• Shares a birthday with Viggo Mortensen and Snoop Dogg.
• His birthday (October 20) is also the anniversary of the deaths of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant, bandmate Steve Gaines and sister Cassie Gaines in a plane crash.
• Teamed up with Bob Dylan, Beatle George Harrison, Jeff Lynne from Electric Light Orchestra and Roy Orbison in the band The Travelling Wilburys.
• 2002: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in(as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).
• Daughters Adria Petty and Anna Kim Petty.
• Rock singer/guitarist, recording and performing solo as well as leader of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1975 – present).

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