Tom Petty consistently crossed over to the pop charts in his heyday. These five songs were his biggest American hits.

Caudle described the song as a “timely” and hopeful Americana ballad against the destructive tendencies of authoritarian ...

Tom Petty thought he was just making another solo album. Instead he ended up performing open-heart surgery on himself, ...

Whether it’s current national or international events, job-related stress, worries about our families, chronic health issues, personal relationships or a financial crisis, we don’t have to look far to ...

2025 has been a great year for fans of Tom Petty's classic Wildflowers album. Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers, was recently released on Blu-ray with a wealth of bonus ...

For those familiar with This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 "mockumentary" about a metal band struggling to succeed, you'll likely remember one of the film's funniest scenes in which bassist Derek Smalls ...

How much does it cost to live like Tom Petty? In this case, not a song. The Wall Street Journal reports Petty’s longtime Malibu, California home has sold for $11.2 million. That’s a pretty penny, but ...

Tom Petty’s longtime home in Malibu, Calif.—where the late “Free Fallin’” rocker had a personal music studio—has sold for $11.2 million. The buyer is Stephen Slade Tien, a psychoanalyst and author, ...

Among Tom Petty’s impressively large catalog of hits, one song stands out as a universal anthem of resilience and defiance: “I Won’t Back Down.” More than just a catchy tune, this track from his debut ...

NEW YORK − Sam Smith is returning to their roots in spectacular fashion. The first time this reporter saw Smith perform live, it was at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom in fall 2014. Smartly suited ...