1- “Petty took guitar lessons from a member of The Eagles, Don Felder. ”
2- “Though he never attended as a student, Tom Petty worked on the grounds crew for the University of Florida.”
3- “Petty’s first appearance in film took place in 1978, when he had a cameo in FM.”
4- “Before they were “Mudcrutch,” the band called themselves “Epics.””
5- “In 1999, the band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”
6- “Tom Petty Ranked #43 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.”
7- “Petty didn’t just have acting chops from his work on “King of the Hill.” He also played a role in Kevin Costner’s 1997 flop “The Postman.””
8- “Petty successfully sued the tire company B.F. Goodrich for $1 million after they used a jingle in a 1987 TV commercial that bore remarkable resemblances to his song, “Mary’s New Car.””
9- “Petty had been known to perform under the names Muddy Wilbury, and Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr.”
10- “Petty made a vocal appearance on The Simpsons episode, “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation.” ”
11- “He Didn’t Like Streaming Music Or MP3s”
12- “He Didn’t Like His 1999 Album ‘Echo’”
13- “He Was Not A Fan Of ‘American Idol’”
14- “He was born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida,”
15- “His Home Was Burned Down By An Arsonist”
16- “He’s a member of Saturday Night Live‘s five-timers club.”
17- “Although Full Moon Fever would go on to be Tom’s most successful album with perhaps his most iconic tune, “Free Fallin’,” the record company wasn’t keen on it at first.”
18- “His Love Of Music Started With Elvis”
19- “In May 1979, he went bankrupt and was signed to the new MCA subsidiary Backstreet Records.”
20- “Between 2004 and 2009, Petty voiced the character of Lucky on 28 episodes of King of the Hill”
21- “Petty’s music video for “You Got Lucky” was inspired by Clint Eastwood’s movies.”
22- “Tom Petty died in California on October 2, 2017, after suffering cardiac arrest. He was aged 66.”
23- “His First solo album, 1989’s Full Moon Fever, charted as high as No. 3 and went triple platinum.”
24- “Age of 17 Tom Petty play bass with his new band, Mudcrutch”
25- ” In 1988, Petty joined George Harrison’s group, the Traveling Wilburys, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.
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26- “In 1996, Petty was awarded UCLA’s George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin Award for his Lifetime Musical Achievement.”
27- “Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1999. In 2002, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
28- “He also had his own XM radio station”
29- “He also provided the opening music on the NBA Playoffs and Finals broadcasts on ABC Sports and ESPN with the Heartbreakers in 2006.”
30- “He became a Traveling Wilbury by accident”
31- “He Almost Convinced Dave Grohl to Become a Heartbreaker”
32- “Tom Shared the same birthday with Viggo Mortensen and Snoop Dogg.”
33- “He has Grammy Award, 1989, for Traveling Wilburys, Vol. One.”
34- “His full name was Thomas Earl Petty.”
35- “Tom Petty has also worked as a gravedigger”
36- “He dropped out of high school at the age of 17, in order to concentrate on his band, Mudcrutch. Petty was their bass player.”
37- “His First Marriage Lasted 22 Years But Was Rocky”
38- “Before he became known for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Petty had a band named Mudcrutch, which he started at age 17 after dropping out of high school”
39- “When Petty was 11 years old, his cousin took him to see Elvis Presley while the king of rock n’ roll was filming the movie Follow That Dream in central Florida. As the story goes, Petty returned home that day completely changed.”
40- “Tom Had two daughters: Adria Petty and Anna Kim Petty.”
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