Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers live (2017)
General information
origin	Gainesville , United States
Genre (s)	Heartland rock , pop rock , rock 'n' roll
founding	1976
resolution	2017
Website	tompetty.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Tom Petty († 2017)
Lead guitar	Mike Campbell
Keyboard	Benmont Tench
Drums	Stan Lynch (until 1994)
bass	Ron Blair (1976–1982, from 2002)
Last occupation
Vocals , guitar	Tom Petty †
Lead guitar	Mike Campbell
Keyboard	Benmont Tench
bass	Ron Blair
Drums	Steve Ferrone (from 1994)
Guitar , keyboard , harmonica	Scott Thurston (from 1991)
former members
bass	Howie Epstein (1982-2002; † February 23, 2003)

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers was an American rock band formed in Gainesville , Florida in 1976 . The band was led by Tom Petty until his death in 2017 .

history

The group was founded in 1976 in Florida by Tom Petty . In addition to him, Mike Campbell , Benmont Tench , Ron Blair and Stan Lynch are among the founding members. The first four albums were recorded with this line-up, the first (named after the band) was released in 1976. The international breakthrough came in 1979 with the third album Damn the Torpedoes .

In 1982 bassist Ron Blair left the band and was replaced by Howie Epstein . Scott Thurston joined in 1991 . In the same year the band released their most successful studio album, Into the Great Wide Open, which contained the single Learning to Fly . In 1994 Stan Lynch split from the group and Steve Ferrone took his place on drums. Blair rejoined the Heartbreakers in early 2002, as Epstein was increasingly unable to perform his duties in the band due to drug problems. Epstein died on February 23, 2003 of a heroin overdose .

In 2002 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with Blair and Epstein in attendance) .

In 2008, the band appeared on the Super Bowl XLII halftime show . At the sold out University of Phoenix Stadium , they played their hits American Girl , I Won't Back Down , Free Fallin ' and Runnin' Down a Dream .

Tom Petty, the band's founder, died on October 2, 2017, at the age of 66, after a heart attack, just days after the Heartbreakers' major North American tour ended.

Discography

See also : Tom Petty # discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1977	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-	-	-	UK24 (13 weeks) UK	US55 gold (42 weeks)US
1978	You're gonna get it!	-	-	-	UK34 (5 weeks) UK	US23 gold (24 weeks)US
1979	Damn the torpedoes	-	-	-	UK57 (4 weeks) UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (67 weeks)US	313th place in the Rolling Stone 500
1981	Hard promises	-	-	-	UK32 (5 weeks) UK	US5 platinum (31 weeks)US
1982	Long after dark	-	-	-	UK45 (4 weeks) UK	US9 gold (32 weeks)US
1985	Southern accents	-	-	-	UK23 (6 weeks) UK	US7th platinum (32 weeks)US
1987	Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)	-	-	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	US20th gold (20 weeks)US
1991	Into the Great Wide Open	DE8th gold (45 weeks)DE	AT7 (12 weeks) AT	CH12 gold (17 weeks)CH	UK3 gold (18 weeks)UK	US13 × 2 Double platinum (41 weeks)US
1996	She's the one	DE20 (11 weeks) DE	AT27 (6 weeks) AT	CH27 (4 weeks) CH	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	US15th gold (14 weeks)US	Soundtrack for the film She's the One
1999	echo	DE5 (9 weeks) DE	AT27 (6 weeks) AT	CH39 (4 weeks) CH	UK43 (2 weeks) UK	US10 gold (23 weeks)US
2002	The Last DJ	DE15 (5 weeks) DE	AT54 (2 weeks) AT	CH44 (3 weeks) CH	-	US9 (12 weeks) US
2007	Runnin 'down a dream	DE88 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2010	Bad Girl Boogie (EP)	-	-	-	-	US144 (1 week) US
	Mojo	DE12 (10 weeks) DE	AT42 (4 weeks) AT	CH27 (4 weeks) CH	UK38 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (18 weeks) US
2014	Hypnotic Eye	DE5 (8 weeks) DE	AT18 (4 weeks) AT	CH14 (7 weeks) CH	UK7 (6 weeks) UK	US1 (12 weeks) US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1985	Pack Up the Plantation - Live!	-	-	-	-	US22 (26 weeks) US
2009	The Live Anthology	-	-	-	-	US51 (7 weeks) US	4-CD set, also as a limited 5-CD / 2-DVD / 1-LP set

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	Greatest hits	DE18th gold (20 weeks)DE	AT22 (15 weeks) AT	CH23 (16 weeks) CH	UK10 platinum (40 weeks)UK	US2 × 2 Diamond + double platinum (… Where.)US
2000	Anthology: Through the Years	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK14th gold (7 weeks)UK	US32 gold (6 weeks)US
2018	To American Treasure	DE9 (5 weeks) DE	AT46 (1 week) AT	CH37 (1 week) CH	UK38 (1 week) UK	US9 (4 weeks) US
2019	The best of everything	DE24 (1 week) DE	AT60 (1 week) AT	CH42 (1 week) CH	UK38 (1 week) UK	US16 (14 weeks) US

More albums

• Playback (1995, 6-CD box set , US:platinum)
• Kiss My Amps (2011, LP)
• Kiss My Amps, Vol. 2 (2016, LP)

Video albums

• Full Moon Fever - The Video (1990, US:gold)
• Playback (1995, US:gold)
• High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore (1999, US:gold)
• The Last DJ Sessions (2002, bonus DVD)
• Live at the Olympic (2003)
• Soundstage Presents Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2004; released in 2012 also as Blu-ray; US:gold)
• Runnin 'Down a Dream: An American Odyssey (2007, biographical documentation as box set with 3 DVDs and 1 CD; Grammy (long video); US:platinum)
• 400 Days and December 31, 1978 (2009, as part of the Live Anthology box set )

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US
1977	Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-	-	UK36 (3 weeks) UK	-
	American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-	-	UK40 (5 weeks) UK	-	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
	Breakdown Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-	-	-	US40 (17 weeks) US
1978	I need to know you're gonna get it!	-	-	-	US41 (10 weeks) US
	Listen to Her Heart You're Gonna Get It!	-	-	-	US59 (6 weeks) US
1979	Don't Do Me Like That Damn the Torpedoes	-	-	-	US10 (18 weeks) US
1980	Refugee Damn the Torpedoes	-	-	-	US15 (14 weeks) US
	Here Comes My Girl Damn the Torpedoes	-	-	-	US59 (7 weeks) US
1981	The Waiting Hard Promises	-	-	-	US19 (13 weeks) US
	A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Hard Promises	-	-	-	US79 (6 weeks) US
1982	You Got Lucky Long After Dark	-	-	-	US20 (18 weeks) US
1983	Change of Heart Long After Dark	-	-	-	US21 (11 weeks) US
1985	Don't Come Around Here No More Southern Accents	-	-	UK50 (4 weeks) UK	US13 (14 weeks) US
	Make It Better (Forget About Me) Southern Accents	-	-	-	US54 (8 weeks) US
	Rebels Southern Accents	-	-	-	US74 (5 weeks) US
1986	Needles and Pins (with Stevie Nicks ) Pack Up the Plantation - Live!	-	-	-	US37 (9 weeks) US	Live recording Authors: Sonny Bono , Jack Nitzsche
1987	Jammin 'Me Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)	-	-	-	US18 (12 weeks) US	Co-author: Bob Dylan
1991	Learning to Fly Into the Great Wide Open	DE31 (16 weeks) DE	CH75 (1 week) CH	UK46 (4 weeks) UK	US28 (14 weeks) US
	Into the Great Wide Open Into the Great Wide Open	DE54 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	US92 (5 weeks) US
1992	Too Good to Be True Into the Great Wide Open	-	-	UK34 (3 weeks) UK	US92 (5 weeks) US
1993	Something in the Air Greatest Hits	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-
	Mary Jane's Last Dance Greatest Hits	DE63 (10 weeks) DE	-	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	US14 (20 weeks) US
1996	Walls She’s the One	-	-	-	US69 (4 weeks) US

More singles

• Straight into Darkness (1982)
• So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (1985)
• Refugee (1986)
• Runaway Trains (1987)
• All Mixed Up (1987)
• Think About Me (1987)
• Love Is a Long Road (1989)
• Out in the Cold (1991)
• Kings Highway (1992)
• A Higher Place (1995)
• Free Girl Now (1999)
• Room at the Top (1999)
• Swingin ' (1999)

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1981	Stop Draggin 'My Heart Around Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	UK50 (4 weeks) UK	US3 (21 weeks) US
1986	Band of the Hand Bob Dylan and the Heartbreakers	UK96 (1 week) UK	-	from the film of the same name Author: Bob Dylan

Further guest contributions

• I Will Run to You / Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1983)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1983: for the album Long After Dark 1985: for the album Southern Accents 1987: for the album Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) 1999: for the album Echo Platinum record  Canada 1981: for the album Hard Promises

2 × platinum record  Canada 1981: for the album Damn the Torpedoes 1991: for the album Into the Great Wide Open 1994: for the album Greatest Hits

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	2 × gold2	-	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	4 × gold4th	7 × platinum7th	-	900,000	musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	-	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	11 × gold11	11 × platinum11	diamond1	23,800,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	500,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	20 × gold20th	19 × platinum19th	diamond1

literature

• Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd revised edition. St. Martin's Press, New York City 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 517-520.

swell

• US singles: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

1. ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2. ↑ sport1.de: "Altherren-Band" rocks Arizona ( Memento of the original from August 1st, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 4, 2008 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE , AT , CH , UK , US 1 US 2
4. ↑ ^{a b} Sources for awards: DE CH UK US CA
5. ↑ Soundstage - Live in Concert as Blu-ray
6. ↑ The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, accessed May 11, 2015

Web links

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• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Allmusic (English) / Tom Petty at Allmusic (English)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / Tom Petty at Discogs (English)