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Shortly after embracing his musical aspirations, Petty started a band known as the Epics, later to evolve into Mudcrutch. Get the Tom Petty Claus Ugly Christmas Sweater T Shirt. He instantly became a Presley fan, and when he returned that Saturday, he was greeted by his friend Keith Harben, and soon traded his Wham-O slingshot for a collection of Elvis 45s. In the summer of 1961, his uncle was working on the set of Presley’s film Follow That Dream, in nearby Ocala, and invited Petty to watch the shoot. His interest in rock and rollmusic began at age ten when he met Elvis Presley. He had a brother, Bruce, who was seven years younger. Petty was born October 20, 1950, in Gainesville, Florida, the first of two sons of Kitty (Katherine Petty), a local tax office worker, and Earl Petty, who worked in a grocery store. Petty died on October 2, 2017, one week after the completion of the Heartbreakers’ 40th anniversary tour. He and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was also a co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. He was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. Thomas Earl Petty (Octo– October 2, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor.
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