Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
47
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 20, 1950 ( 67 years old )
Place of Birth
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Also Known As
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Traveling Wilburys
Charlie T. Jnr.
Muddy Wilbury
Thomas Earl Petty
Tom Petty
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. He was also a successful solo artist. Over the course of his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. His hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "American Girl" (1976), "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's solo hits include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Petty was honored as MusiCares Person of the Year in February 2017 for his contributions to music and for his philanthropy. He also acted; he had a recurring role as the voice of Lucky Kleinschmidt in the animated comedy series King of the Hill from 2004 to the show's conclusion in 2009. Petty died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017 at the age of 66, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Petty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
No Nukes
1980-07-18The Postman
1997-12-25America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001-09-21Concert for George
2003-10-03Made in Heaven
1987-11-06The History of Rock 'n' Roll
1995-03-06