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Tom Petty
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American musician
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Tom Petty was an American musician and singer-songwriter whose career began in 1970. He was associated with genres including classic rock, heartland rock, pop rock, power pop, and folk. Petty passed away in 2017. His musical output included works such as *Conversations with Tom Petty*, *Odessey*, *Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the Rest*, *Tom Petty for Ukulele*, and *Turn up the Radio!*.
The artist maintained an official website and had a significant online presence, with 929,000 social media followers. On Last.fm, his music was tagged with classic rock, rock, singer-songwriter, folk, and 80s, accumulating 1,935,927 listeners and 32,758,124 plays. Petty is referenced by 1,568 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Gainesville
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Shelter Records
- Discography
- Tom Petty discography
- Official website
- www.tompetty.com
- Image
- Tom Petty Live in Horsens.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Tom Petty
- Commons category
- Tom Petty
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- name in native language
- Tom Petty
- birth name
- Thomas Earl Petty
- date of birth
- 1950-10-20
- date of death
- 2017-10-02
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- manner of death
- accidental death
- member of
- Mudcrutch
- social media followers
- 929000
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- nominated for
- Satellite Award for Best Original Song
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tom Petty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.