Tom Petty
Biography
Tom Petty is the front man and songwriter for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the rock band whose most famous song is the late 1970s hit "Breakdown." Petty and his fellow band members got started in their home state of Florida, but in the mid-1970s they headed to Los Angeles to make records. Their 1976 debut eponymous album included the songs "Breakdown" and "American Girl," and the band became a hit in the U.K. By the time their second album was released in 1978 (You're Gonna Get It), their first record was making the charts in the U.S. The success of 1979's Damn the Torpedoes (with hits such as "Refugee") catapulted them from the nightclub circuit to sold-out arenas. In the late '80s Petty did solo work (1989's Full Moon Fever was a top seller) and collaborated with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne in the band The Traveling Wilburys. Petty, a 2002 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has had a string of hits as a solo artist and with the Heartbreakers, including "Don't Do Me Like That," "Don't Come Around Here No More," "Into the Great Wide Open" and "Free Fallin'."
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback
Himself (Vocals/Guitars) (archive footage)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live In Concert
vocals, guitar
Self
Self (archive footage)
Fiddlin'
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Traveling Wilburys: Handle with Care
Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. (uncredited)
Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free
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The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts - Springsteen E Street Band
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
The Zombies: Hung Up on a Dream
Self
The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts - Springsteen E Street Band
Self (archive footage)
Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free
Self
Fiddlin'
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Echo In the Canyon
Himself
Elvis Presley: The Searcher
Self
Sound City
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Mr Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Himself
Super Bowl XLII
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
Himself
The Travelling Willburys
Himself (as Charlie T. Jr.)
All We Are Saying
Himself
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Himself (archive footage)
Concert for George
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Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live In Concert
vocals, guitar
America: A Tribute To Heroes
Himself - Performer
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore
Himself (Vocals/Guitars)
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
Self
The Postman
Bridge City Mayor
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Playback
Himself (Vocals/Guitars) (archive footage)
Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Self
Traveling Wilburys: Handle with Care
Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. (uncredited)
Made in Heaven
Stanky
Self
FM
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