TOM PETTY
October 20, 1964 – October 2, 2017 (age 66)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
One of the most influential musicians of all-time, Tom Petty got his start playing in the music group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. His music would go on to touch not just radios but countless television shows, movies, and commercials. If you’ve never heard “American Girl,” then for sure you’ve heard his hits “Free Fallin'” or “I Won’t Back Down,” which were actually recorded on his first solo record. Petty would appear in a few films in small roles including “Made In Heaven” and “The Postman” as well as being a reoccuring voice on the animinated series “King Of The Hill.” Though he may be gone, his legacy and his music will live on.
TOM PETTY’S DISCOGRAPHY
STUDIO ALBUMS
| BAND | ALBUM | RELEASE DATE | LABEL |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | November 9, 1976 | Shelter |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | You’re Gonna Get It! | May 2, 1978 | Shelter |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Damn The Torpedoes | October 19, 1979 | Backstreet/MCA |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Hard Promises | May 5, 1981 | Backstreet/MCA |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Long After Dark | November 2, 1982 | Backstreet/MCA |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Southern Accents | March 26, 1985 | MCA |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) | April 21, 1987 | MCA |
| THE TRAVELING WILBURYS | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 | October 18, 1988 | Wilbury Records |
| SOLO | Full Moon Fever | April 29, 1989 | MCA |
| THE TRAVELING WILBURYS | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 | October 29, 1990 | Wilbury Records |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Into The Great Wide Open | July 2, 1991 | MCA |
| SOLO | Wildflowers | November 1, 1994 | Warner Bros. |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Songs and Music from “She’s The One” | August 6, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Echo | April 13, 1999 | Warner Bros. |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | The Last DJ | October 8, 2002 | Warner Bros. |
| SOLO | Highway Companion | July 25, 2006 | American Recordings |
| THE TRAVELING WILBURYS | The Traveling Wilburys Collection | June 11, 2007 | Wilbury Records |
| MUDCRUTCH | Mudcrutch | April 29, 2008 | Reprise |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Mojo | June 15, 2010 | Reprise/Warner Bros. |
| TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS | Hypnotic Eye | July 29, 2014 | Reprise/Warner Bros. |
| MUDCRUTCH | 2 | May 20, 2016 | Reprise |
SINGLES
| YEAR | SINGLE | BAND | ALBUM |
| 1971 | “Up in Mississippi” | Mudcrutch | Non-album single |
| 1975 | “Depot Street” | Mudcrutch | Non-album single |
| 1977 | “Breakdown” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers |
| 1977 | “Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers |
| 1977 | “American Girl” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers |
| 1977 | “Breakdown” (re-release) | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers |
| 1978 | “I Need to Know” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | You’re Gonna Get It! |
| 1978 | “Listen To Her Heart” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | You’re Gonna Get It! |
| 1979 | “Don’t Do Me Like That” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Damn The Torpedoes |
| 1980 | “Refugee” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Damn The Torpedoes |
| 1980 | “Here Comes My Girl” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Damn The Torpedoes |
| 1981 | “The Waiting” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Hard Promises |
| 1981 | “A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Hard Promises |
| 1982 | “You Got Lucky” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Long After Dark |
| 1982 | “Straight into Darkness” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Long After Dark |
| 1983 | “Change Of Heart” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Long After Dark |
| 1985 | “Don’t Come Around Here No More” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Southern Accents |
| 1985 | “Make It Better (Forget About Me)” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Southern Accents |
| 1985 | “Rebels” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Southern Accents |
| 1985 | “So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Pack Up the Plantation–Live! |
| 1986 | “Needles and Pins” (w/ Stevie Nicks) | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Pack Up the Plantation–Live! |
| 1986 | “Refugee” (live) | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Pack Up the Plantation–Live! |
| 1987 | “Jammin’ Me” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) |
| 1987 | “Runaway Trains” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) |
| 1987 | “All Mixed Up” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) |
| 1987 | “Think About Me” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) |
| 1988 | “Handle with Care” | The Traveling Wilbury | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 |
| 1989 | “End of the Line” | The Traveling Wilbury | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 |
| 1989 | “I Won’t Back Down” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1989 | “Runnin’ Down a Dream” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1989 | “Free Fallin'” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1989 | “Love Is a Long Road” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1989 | “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1990 | “A Face in the Crowd” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1990 | “Yer So Bad” | Solo | Full Moon Fever |
| 1990 | “Nobody’s Child” | The Traveling Wilbury | Nobody’s Child: Romanian Angel Appeal |
| 1990 | “She’s My Baby” | The Traveling Wilbury | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |
| 1991 | “Wilbury Twist” | The Traveling Wilbury | Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 |
| 1991 | “Learning To Fly” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1991 | “Into the Great Wide Open” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1991 | “Out in the Cold” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1992 | “Too Good to Be True” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1992 | “Kings Highway” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1992 | “Makin’ Some Noise” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1992 | “All or Nothin'” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Into The Great Wide Open |
| 1992 | “Peace in L.A.” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Non-album single |
| 1993 | “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Greatest Hits |
| 1994 | “Something in the Air” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Greatest Hits |
| 1994 | “American Girl” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Greatest Hits |
| 1994 | “You Don’t Know How It Feels” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Wildflowers |
| 1995 | “You Wreck Me” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Wildflowers |
| 1995 | “It’s Good to Be King” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Wildflowers |
| 1995 | “A Higher Place” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Wildflowers |
| 1996 | “Walls” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Songs and Music from “She’s The One” |
| 1996 | “Climb That Hill” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Songs and Music from “She’s The One” |
| 1996 | “Change the Locks” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Songs and Music from “She’s The One” |
| 1999 | “Free Girl Now” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Echo |
| 1999 | “Room at the Top” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Echo |
| 1999 | “Swingin'” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Echo |
| 1999 | “This One’s for Me” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Echo |
| 1999 | “Accused of Love” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Echo |
| 2002 | “The Last DJ” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | The Last DJ |
| 2002 | “Have Love Will Travel” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | The Last DJ |
| 2002 | “You and Me” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | The Last DJ |
| 2006 | “Saving Grace” | Solo | Highway Companion |
| 2006 | “Flirting with Time” | Solo | Highway Companion |
| 2006 | “Big Weekend” | Solo | Highway Companion |
| 2008 | “Scare Easy” | Mudcrutch | Mudcrutch |
| 2010 | “Good Enough” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Mojo |
| 2010 | “I Should Have Known It” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Mojo |
| 2010 | “First Flash of Freedom” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Mojo |
| 2010 | “Don’t Pull Me Over” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Mojo |
| 2014 | “American Dream Plan B” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Hypnotic Eye |
| 2014 | “U Get Me High” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Hypnotic Eye |
| 2015 | “Somewhere Under Heaven” | Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers | Non-album single |
| 2015 | “Lookin’ for Daddy” | Solo | SiriusXM Exclusive |
| 2016 | “Mystery of Love” | Solo | SiriusXM Exclusive |
| 2016 | “The Woods” | Solo | SiriusXM Exclusive |
| 2016 | “Trailer” | Mudcrutch | 2 |
| 2016 | “How Much Do You Need” | Mudcrutch | SirusXM Exclusive |
SOUNDTRACK CONTRIBUTIONS
| YEAR | SINGLE | FILM |
| 1978 | “Breakdown” & “American Girl” | FM |
| 1981 | “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” | Taps |
| 1982 | “American Girl” | Fast Times At Ridgmont High |
| 1984 | “Never Be You” | Streets Of Fire |
| 1986 | “Band of the Hand” | Band Of The Hand |
| 1989 | “Cheer Down” | Lethal Weapon 2 |
| 1991 | “American Girl” | The Silence Of The Lambs |
| 1992 | “Christmas All Over Again” | Home Alone 2: Lost In New York |
| 1993 | “Fallin” | Judgment Night |
| 1995 | “You Got It” | Boys On The Side |
| 1995 | “Here Comes My Girl” | Mad Love |
| 1996 | *Entire Soundtrack* | She’s The One |
| 1996 | “Christmas All Over Again” | Jingle All The Way |
| 1996 | “Free Fallin'” | Jerry Maguire |
| 1997 | “American Girl” | Trojan War |
| 1997 | “California Blue” | Gypsy Magic |
| 2001 | “American Girl” | Sugar & Spice |
| 2002 | “Breakdown” | Cherish |
| 2002 | “Here Comes My Girl” | True Dreams |
| 2002 | “You Don’t Know How It Feels” | Mr. Deeds |
| 2004 | “You and Me” | Ladder 49 |
| 2005 | “Jack,” “Learning to Fly,” “Square One,” & “It’ll All Work Out” | Elizabethtown |
| 2006 | “You Got It” | Sleeping Dogs Lie |
| 2006 | “I Won’t Back Down” | Barnyard |
| 2008 | “I Won’t Back Down” | Recount |
| 2008 | “Don’t Do Me Like That” | My Best Friend’s Girl |
| 2008 | “Christmas All Over Again” | Four Christmases |
| 2009 | “Free Fallin'” | Marie Brand – The Night of Retribution |
| 2009 | “Don’t Do Me Like That” | It’s Complicated |
| 2011 | “Honey Bee” | Foo Fighters: Back And Forth |
| 2011 | “Runnin’ Down a Dream”, “Walls, No. 3”, “Listen To Her Heart” | Larry Crowne |
| 2011 | “Don’t Come Around Here No More” | We Bought A Zoo |
| 2012 | “American Girl” | That’s My Boy |
| 2015 | “American Girl” | Hot Pursuit |
| 2015 | “Somewhere Under Heaven” | Entourage |
| 2015 | “American Girl” | Ricki and the Flash |
| 2016 | “You Got It” | Nerve |
| 2016 | “I Won’t Back Down” | Wayward Pines – Episode: “Bedtime Story” |
| 2016 | “Trailer” & “Sweet William” | Roadies (2 eps) |
| 2016 | “Stay with Me” | Sing |
| 2017 | “Even the Losers” | Billions – Episode: “Golden Frog Time” |
| 2017 | “Kings Highway” | Cars 3 |
TOM PETTY’S FILMOGRAPHY
| 1987 | Made In Heaven |
Stanky |
| 1997 | The Postman |
Bridge City Mayor |
TOM PETTY’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES
| 1998 | The Larry Sanders Show |
Tom Petty | Episode: “The Flip” |
| 2002 | The Simpsons |
Tom Petty (voice) | Episode: “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation” |
| 2004-2009 | King Of The Hill |
Elroy “Lucky” Kleinschmidt (voice) | Reoccuring Role; 28 Episodes |
