Personal Life: Tom Petty had a difficult relationship with his father, who didn’t favor his son’s love for music and the arts. Petty was very close with his mother, and brother, Bruce. Petty was married to Jane Benyo for 22 years [March 31, 1974-Sept. 9 1996] before divorcing in...
Tom Petty.Presents a biographical account of the life of singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Petty. Childhood; Start in music; Formation of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Recordings; Commercial and critical success; Personal life.EBSCO_AspCurrent Biography...
Petty, lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, known for hits like 'American Girl' and many more, was rushed to a hospital after being found unconscious in his Malibu home on Sunday night.
and having an impact across a broad spectrum of pop culture. below, some selected and little-known highlights from his extraordinary life. remember his famous friendships? george harrison of the beatles was a longtime friend. harrison passed in 2001, and well over a decade later, petty told ...
Tom Petty Somewhere You Feel Free: Directed by Mary Wharton. With Mike Campbell, George Drakoulias, Howie Epstein, Steve Ferrone. Drawn from an archive of 16mm film, Tom Petty works on his 1994 album Wildflowers.
Sam Smith had one of the biggest hits of 2014 with 'Stay with Me' and it looks like Tom Petty will reap some of the profits of its success.
Petty's personal life wasn't in the best place in 1991. His first marriage was starting to unravel, but his songwriting pulled him through as he put one foot in front of the other, he said. “I feel like ‘Well, I’m still here, you know,’" he toldRolling Stoneshortly after the...
At the start of the new millennium, Petty got his personal life in order, kicking his heroin addiction and marrying Dana York, whom he had met a decade earlier. In 2002, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their 11th album, The Last DJ, on which Petty aired his ongoing grievances ab...
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Like many of his peers, Petty couldn't imagine doing anything else with his life. "Tommy knew he had the best gig in the world: making music and making people happy, and he loved doing it," his widow, Dana Petty,wrote in 2019, a month after the "For Real" video was released. "...