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Born: Gainesville, FL, 1950

Years Active: 1978-2007

Member of: The Traveling Wilburys

Influenced by: The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, The Yardbirds, The Byrds

Genre: Rock & Alternative

Biography: Upon the release of their first album in the late '70s, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were shoehorned into the punk/new wave ...

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Apr 18 2008 8:00AM by Benjy Eisen

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 Spinner.com: It was a whole different ballgame for Tom Petty Wednesday night as he played to a sold-out crowd at the intimate Fillmore in San Francisco. For one thing, Petty was on bass. For another, he let other people in his band sing as he backed up their...Read more

 
Dec 03 2007 7:00AM by Jessica Robertson

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 Spinner.com: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers landed the highly sought after Super Bowl halftime slot, which is set to take place on February 3 in Arizona, at the University of Phoenix in Glendale. The veteran rocker follows Prince, who performed at the annual...Read more

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