Tom Petty had a pedigree of writing strong songs, but none of the Heartbreakers saw the appeal in creating this B-side.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first started making albums in the late ’70s, they were not the well-oiled machine they ultimately became. “There was a lot of trial and error,” Petty later said ...

Whether solo or with his band (and sometimes both), Petty’s releases aren’t the ones you skim for singles. However, navigating 40 years of music is daunting, and the streaming services are designed to ...

Tom Petty’s catalog features a series of albums recorded with his trusted band the Heartbreakers, along with a smattering of solo releases. Along the way, there were a few occasions when he looked to ...

Tom Petty believed wholeheartedly in the power of the formative music he grew up listening to as a kid. That meant that he collected a ton of 45s, but he also picked up the albums of the acts he loved ...