Thomas Earl „Tom“ Petty byl americký zpěvák, kytarista a hudební skladatel. Jeho zájem o rock'n'roll vzrostl v létě 1961, kdy se díky svému strýci setkal s Elvisem Presleym při natáčení filmu Follow That Dream.
Tom Petty byl velice často doprovázen na svých koncertech svou skupinou The Heartbreakers, se kterou hrál již od roku 1976. Mimo jiné byl také členem rockové skupiny Mudcrutch. Pod pseudonymem Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. hrál ve skupině Traveling Wilburys . Tato skupina za krátkou dobu svého trvání natočila dvě celkem úspěšné desky.
Ve filmu Posel budoucnosti z roku 1997 si zahrál starostu Mostového města.
Zemřel 2. října 2017. Příčinou úmrtí bylo předávkování sedativy a analgetiky, která užíval proti silným bolestem kyčle a bederní páteře.
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“There's rain on the road
And the faithful have gone.
In a crowd all alone,
Walking 'round in a song.”
Damaged By Love
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
"Something Good Coming"
Lyrics, Mojo (2010)
Rolling Stone interview (2002)
A Mind with a Heart of Its Own, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)
“But if you shoot at everyone you see,
Can't be my friend 'cause you might shoot at me.”
When a Kid Goes Bad
Lyrics, The Last DJ (2002)
Breakdown
Lyrics, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1974)
“You're flirting with time baby
Flirting with time, but maybe,
Time baby, is catching up with you.”
Flirting with Time
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
“I'll be the boy in the corduroy pants.
You be the girl at the high school dance.”
You Wreck Me, written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)
Money Becomes King
Lyrics, The Last DJ (2002)
Don't Do Me Like That
Lyrics, Damn The Torpedoes (1979)
Can't Stop the Sun, written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, The Last DJ (2002)
Interview With Alan Bangs (1999)
All or Nothin, written with Mike Campbell and Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Into The Great Wide Open (1991)
Rolling Stone interview (2002)
The Best of Everything
Lyrics, Southern Accents (1985)
Down South
Lyrics, Highway Companion (2006)
Rolling Stone interview (2002)
American Girl
Lyrics, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1974)
Southern Accents
Lyrics, Southern Accents (1985)
Free Fallin, written with Jeff Lynne
Lyrics, Full Moon Fever (1989)
“I saw an angel, I saw my fate.
I can only thank God it was not too late.”
Angel Dream (No. 4)
Lyrics, Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)
“My baby is a rock n' roller.”
Baby's A Rock 'N' Roller, written with Mike Campbell
Lyrics, You're Gonna Get It! (1978)
“Some days are diamonds.
Some days are rocks.”
Walls (Circus)
Lyrics, Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)
