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Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch
American rock band
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American rock band
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Mike Campbell
Mike Campbell
American musician
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Traveling Wilburys
Traveling Wilburys
English–American musical group
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Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
American musician
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Stan Lynch
Stan Lynch
American musician
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Jeff Lynne
Jeff Lynne
British rock musician; songwriter, singer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist
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Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton
American country music singer-songwriter
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Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
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Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
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The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem
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Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Buckingham
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Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
American rock musician and singer-songwriter
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
American musician, singer, and composer
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Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
American rock band
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Steve Ferrone
Steve Ferrone
English drummer
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The Lumineers
The Lumineers
American folk rock band
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Jakob Dylan
Jakob Dylan
American singer and songwriter
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Laura Jane Grace
Laura Jane Grace
American musician
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Eddie Vedder
Eddie Vedder
American singer and musician
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Blink-182
Blink-182
American pop punk band
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John Mayer
John Mayer
American singer, guitarist, record producer and songwriter from Connecticut
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
American industrial rock band
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Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
American pop punk band
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Bush
Bush
British rock band
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Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
English recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
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Patrick Stump
Patrick Stump
American musician
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Maroon 5
Maroon 5
American pop rock band
Tom Petty
American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor

Tom Petty

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American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor
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Florida Artists Hall of Fame
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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, and was also a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.

Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. His hit singles with the Heartbreakers include "Don't Do Me Like That" (1979), "Refugee" (1980), "The Waiting" (1981), "Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) and "Learning to Fly" (1991). Petty's hit singles as a solo act include "I Won't Back Down" (1989), "Free Fallin'" (1989), and "You Don't Know How It Feels" (1994). In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

He died of an accidental drug overdose on October 2, 2017, one week after the end of the Heartbreakers' 40th Anniversary Tour, and shortly before his 67th birthday.