Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band led by Tom Petty.

Petty has been supported by his band, The Heartbreakers, for the majority of his career. He has occasionally released solo work, as is the case with his most recent effort, 2006’s Highway Companion, on which he performed most of the backing instrumentation himself. However, members of The Heartbreakers have played on each of his solo albums and the band has always backed him when touring in support of those albums.

After the Petty’s previous band Mudcrutch disbanded Petty, never one to give up, enlisted Mudcrutch members Tench (keyboards) and Mike Campbell (guitar), along with Gainesville musicians Ron Blair (bass) and Stan Lynch (drums) to form the now famous lineup that was dubbed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They released their first album, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in November 1976. In 2006, the band will celebrate the 30th anniversary of that release.

This lineup stayed intact for four records and was responsible for some of the most infectious songs (“American Girl”, “Breakdown”, “Listen To Her Heart”, “Refugee”, “I Need To Know”, “Don’t Do Me Like That”) and one of the most critically acclaimed albums (“Damn the Torpedoes”) of all time. Their tremendous success catapulted them from club band to arena rockers seemingly overnight.

Bassist Blair split the band in 1982 and was replaced by Howie Epstein, a protege of seminal rocker Del Shannon. Epstein’s solid playing and soaring backing vocals further complemented the band’s live attack.

Greatest Hits
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Into the Great Wide Open
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Anthology: Through the Years (disc 2)
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Top Tracks

1	American Girl full track	2,303
2	Mary Jane's Last Dance full track	1,865
3	Free Fallin'	1,511
4	Learning to Fly	1,502
5	I Won't Back Down	1,377
6	Refugee full track	1,330
7	Breakdown full track	1,202
8	Runnin' Down a Dream	1,165
9	Into the Great Wide Open full track	1,155
10	Don't Do Me Like That full track	1,144
11	Don't Come Around Here No More full track	959
12	Here Comes My Girl full track	887
13	I Need to Know full track	881
14	Listen to Her Heart full track	875
15	Even the Losers full track	865

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DCeclectic wrote:
Wednesday evening

Much respect and love to Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. They definitely don't make music like this anymore... :( G*d Damn, their good.

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PeterStella wrote:
Tuesday morning

One of the greatest R'n'R bands, ever

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bigjackd wrote:
last month

to all lost on 911 we won't forget & as the man says {I Won't Back Down} R.I.P........

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Picajane wrote:
August 2008

Last dance with M J.... remind me when I Was a little girl

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ringoINFLUENCE wrote:
August 2008

his drummer sucks? what the hell are you smoking? Both current and past Steves are probably the best drummers out there. Next you'll be saying Mike Campell sucks... pfft quit listening to to that shit they call music created now and know something before you open your little 5 year old trap.

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yo_jo49 wrote:
August 2008

Walls (Circus) is now my fav Petty song. Of course, I have only heard the greatest hits and radio singles so far!

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helmespc wrote:
August 2008

His drummer just plays what needs to be played... nothing more or less... thats a good thing... most drummers nowadays can't keep it in their pants.

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glassbottle wrote:
August 2008

awesome

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BeNgEE4 wrote:
July 2008

LEARNING to fly is my favourite one

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chilldevine wrote:
July 2008

Amazing show last night <3 The best night of my life, easily :')

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Kebabsankari wrote:
July 2008

Mary's New Car is their best song I've heard.

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egon_beeblebrox wrote:
July 2008

http://www.last.fm/music/Topless+in+the+Turning+Lane

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emo_st wrote:
July 2008

iBoris,bjfanjip, False. It's more like Mary Jane's Last Dance > Dani California.

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CptWenis wrote:
June 2008

Good music.

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mikesly wrote:
June 2008

Great show last night in Jersey!

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Lucasest wrote:
June 2008

damn, I discovered this just two months ago, but it's like I've never known something else right now. excellent music!

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bathat wrote:
June 2008

Anti-War, Pro-Kittens

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The_Cole_Train wrote:
June 2008

I love TP. My Dad used to play Into the Great Wide Open all the time when I was a kid.

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XXXnicoletteXXX wrote:
June 2008

i love his songs!

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rattmaster wrote:
June 2008

Saw themm last night. Holy crap...

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