The song, recorded on July 4, 1976, was considered a flop 50 years ago.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer/Songwriter Tom Petty of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform at Lakewood Amphitheater in Atlanta Georgia April 15, 1995.

This track from Hypnotic Eye was one of Tom Petty’s very last songs. Surprisingly, it didn’t have the vibe of a “final” track, and the 2014 album was also notably fresh for a band that had been around ...

Tom Petty couldn't get his song "Rebels" just right. In a 1984 session, he nearly punched his way to a career-damaging injury ...

Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...

Tom Petty already has an impressive songbook, but he thought this legend had him beat when he covered his material.

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 ...

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 ...

Peter Frampton's first album of all-new rock material in 16 years stars Sheryl Crow, Bill Evans, H.E.R., Tom Morello, Graham ...

Tom Petty's daughter Adria is honoring her late father on his birthday. The legendary musician and former frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who rose to superstardom with songs like ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first year they were eligible, in 2002. As a member of the band the Traveling Wilburys, from '88 to '90, Petty ...