The Tom Petty Estate is donating all the proceeds from the sales of Tom Petty Day X Florida Collection merchandise during the Gators football game. Released on Hard Promises in 1981, ‘Insider’ is musically one of the Heartbreakers’ best efforts. (WCJB) - The University of Florida Athletic Association is raising money for charities in celebration of ‘Tom Petty Day’ next Saturday. Initially written by Petty on behalf of Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, this underrated track proved popular with its writer who reneged on his deal to give it away, instead offering Stevie Nicks a duet on it alongside him. Considering the magnitude of Petty’s career, then, it’s fair to say that compiling a Top 10 Tom Petty Songs list of his songs is a daunting task, but to make no attempt at all would be a waste of a good opportunity to explore his brilliance. There was also, of course, the British-American supergroup, Traveling Wilburys – made up of Petty, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison – whose debut album remained in the charts for almost a whole year and went triple platinum.
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His body of work is vast, but Petty was a musician who provided quality and quantity aside from his success with the Heartbreakers, he has released three albums of solo material – his most acclaimed album, Full Moon Fever, released in 1989, went 5x platinum and reached no.3 on the U.S Billboard 200. Four decades on and Petty was a rock icon, the longevity of his career owing to his effortless talent for producing solid, memorable tracks, and a sincere song-writing style that speaks to and of the ordinary man. Photo: By By musicisentropy (), via Wikimedia CommonsTom Petty and the Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album in 1976.
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