Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Petty served as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . He was also a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and his early band Mudcrutch .
Petty recorded a number of hit singles with the Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. In his career, he sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time . In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
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In 1988, Petty joined George Harrison 's group, the Traveling Wilburys, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne . The band's first song, " Handle with Care ", was intended as a B-side of one of Harrison's singles, but was judged too good for that purpose and the group decided to record a full album, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 . A second Wilburys album, mischievously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 and recorded without the recently deceased Orbison, followed in 1990. The album was named Vol. 3 as a response to a series of bootlegged studio sessions being sold as Travelling Wilburys Vol. 2 . Petty incorporated Traveling Wilburys songs into his live shows, consistently playing "Handle with Care" in shows from 2003 to 2006, and for his 2008 tour adding "surprises" such as " End of the Line " to the set list. [27]
