Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, illustrated here in 1981 with Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch, Tom Petty and Ron Blair upon the release of their album “Hard Promises”.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida formed in 1976.
Petty’s early bands included the Sundowners, the Epics, and Mudcrutch (with Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench); Mudcrutch relocated to Los Angeles, added Lynch and Blair and changed their name to The Heartbreakers.

In 1979, The Heartbreakers released their 3rd album, which became their breakthrough album “Damn The Torpedoes” which went platinum. Hit singles: “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Refugee”.
Their 1981 album “Hard Promises” produced the hit single “The Waiting”.

The Heartbreakers have released 13 albums over the course of their career.

Greatest hits: “American Girls”, “Breakdown”, “Listen To Her Heart”, “Refugee”, “Don’t Do Me Like That”, “Even The Losers”, “Here Comes My Girl”, “The Waiting”, “Don’t Come Around Here No More”, “I Won’t Back Down”, “Running Down A Dream”, “Learning To Fly”, “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, “Free Falling” and “Into The Great Wide Open”.

In 2017, the band embarked on a 40th Anniversary Tour of the United States. The tour began on April 20 in Oklahoma City and ended on September 25 with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California. The Hollywood Bowl concert, which became the Heartbreakers’ final show, ended with a performance of “American Girl”.

Early in the morning on October 2, 2017, Petty was found unconscious in his home, not breathing, and in full cardiac arrest. Following premature media reports of his death, Petty later died at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California. He was 66.

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, their first year of eligibility.

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