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вЂњIf I canвЂ™t be in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, I want to make a record that sounds as much like T.P.вЂ™s as possible,вЂќ she said in his biography.ДЄs she started working on her own music outside of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks turned to everyone in PettyвЂ™s circle. Her calls to his management went unanswered, so she took on a different approach. When Nicks fell for PettyвЂ™s music in the 1970s, she was head over heels - going to extreme lengths to get in touch with her fellow artist.

WeвЂ™d be stupid if we did,вЂќ Petty told Rolling Stone in the late вЂ™70s of his style, which - despite his knack for inventive songcraft - would stay largely the same throughout his career.READ MORE:В Fleetwood Mac: Behind the Drama, Divorce and Drugs That Fueled the Making of Rumours Nicks infiltrated PettyвЂ™s inner circle JustВ rock, and we donвЂ™t put no other name on it than that. вЂњWe ainвЂ™t no punk band, we ainвЂ™t folk rock, jazz rock, or any of that bullshit. Barely slowing his pace over the next three decades, Petty continued releasing albums, whether with the Heartbreakers, solo or Mudcrutch. Within the space of two years, Petty followed his runaway hit solo LP with another Traveling Wilburys album as well as a new Heartbreakers album. 3 on the Billboard 200 and producing arguably his best-known song, the inescapable вЂњFree FallinвЂ,вЂќ a No.

#Tom petty died full

3 on the Billboard 200 - Petty continued to work with Lynne on his solo debut, 1989вЂ™s Full Moon Fever.В It would prove to be his biggest release since Damn the Torpedoes!В a decade earlier, going five-times platinum, hitting No. 2-peaking, triple-platinum album produced two Top 20 hits with вЂњRefugeeвЂќ and вЂњDonвЂ™t Do Me Like That.вЂќДЄfter joining George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne in the supergroup-to-end-all-supergroups Traveling Wilburys - whose 1988 debut hit No. YouвЂ™re Gonna Get It! inВ 1978 fared slightly better commercially, but it was the bandвЂ™s third album, 1979вЂ™s Damn the Torpedoes!,В that saw Petty breaking through to massive success. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 after being rereleased). Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersвЂ™ self-titled album dropped in 1976, and although it would eventually go gold and produce two classic rock radio staples with the singles вЂњBreakdownвЂќ and вЂњAmerican Girl,вЂќ the album (and those singles) werenвЂ™t big hits upon initial release (вЂњBreakdownвЂќ would later peak at No. ( MudcrutchВ reformed in 2007 and released two studio albums, 2008вЂ™s self-titled and 2016вЂ™s 2,В his most recent studio effort.) After that band broke up, Petty and several of its members formed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, whichВ catapulted him to the forefront of rock music for the next 40 years. But a childhood handshake with Elvis Presley in the вЂ 50s piqued his interest in rock вЂnвЂ™ roll, and at the age of 17, inspired by The Beatles and The Byrds, Petty dropped out of high school to play rock with his band Mudcrutch. Despite his easygoing, affable persona, Petty endured a rough childhood, living in poverty with an alcoholic, abusive father and a mother who was in fear of her husband.

Petty was born in Gainesville, Fla., on Oct. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers just wrapped their 40th anniversary tour at the Hollywood Bowl last week.

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