How Tom Petty's 'Breakdown' Became a Timeless Heartbreak Anthem Despite Charting Low

Breakdown' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers became known for its guitar lick, which was re-recorded in the middle of the ...
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Tom Petty's 1989 Classic Rock Hit Ranked Among ‘Greatest Road-Trip Songs of All Time’

In 1989, Tom Petty found solo success with “Runnin’ Down a Dream.” The song, from the rock legend’s first solo album Full Moon Fever, peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Sept. 23, 1989.
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What’s the story behind the Gators’ third-quarter Tom Petty tribute?

Whether or not you’re a die-hard Tom Petty fan, you may know his song “I Won't Back Down.” Most famously sung under The Swamp’s stadium lights at the end of a football game’s third quarter, it’s also ...
The New York Times

Our Petty, Hollow, Squalid Ogre in Chief

See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de búsqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Though I tend to ...
The Cheat Sheet

Tom Petty’s Bandmates Were Irritated With Him Over a Stevie Nicks Song on Their Album

In 1981, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks released duets with one another on their respective albums. Nicks had long wanted Petty to write her a song and, to her delight, he wrote two duets for them. Petty ...
The Cheat Sheet

Tom Petty Admitted He Did Something ‘Dumb’ While Writing a Song for Stevie Nicks

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks were some of the biggest artists of their generation. They were also big fans of one another. Nicks, in particular, was a massive fan of Petty and the Heartbreakers, and she ...
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Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on the song they couldn’t give Stevie Nicks — and the one they did that became a hit

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New York Post

Tom Petty’s longtime California home has sold for $11.2M — after a series of price cuts

How much does it cost to live like Tom Petty? In this case, not a song. The Wall Street Journal reports Petty’s longtime Malibu, California home has sold for $11.2 million. That’s a pretty penny, but ...
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The story behind Tom Petty’s defiant anthem “I Won’t Back Down”

Among Tom Petty’s impressively large catalog of hits, one song stands out as a universal anthem of resilience and defiance: “I Won’t Back Down.” More than just a catchy tune, this track from his debut ...
The New York Times

How ‘American Girl’ Enhances a Scene in ‘One Battle After Another’

The Tom Petty hit has a rich cinematic legacy that Paul Thomas Anderson draws on for the closing moments of his tale of radical revolutionaries. By Esther Zuckerman This article contains spoilers. At ...
People

Tom Petty's Death, 8 Years Later: Inside the Singer's Final Days and Painful Injury That Quietly Affected Him

Legendary singer-songwriter Tom Petty died on Oct. 2, 2017 Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, HuffPost, Logo News, MTV News ...