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 ...

Roger McGuinn helped define Tom Petty's sound. Petty repaid him by co-writing and duetting with McGuinn on "King Of The Hill".

Tom Petty’s “American Girl” debuts at No. 22 on Billboard’s Rock Streaming Songs chart, marking his first new hit on the tally since his 2017 passing. NEWPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 22: Tom Petty of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits rises across ...

'He influenced my songwriting, of course. He influenced everybody’s songwriting,' Petty said of the iconic singer-songwriter.

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks collaborated on the 1981 songs "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider" A new documentary ...

Although he took his break with Petty in stride, his feelings shifted when the guitarist fired up Mudcrutch again in 2007.

Anyone who listens to music regularly enough knows that listening to an album on vinyl versus on a computer are two entirely different experiences. There are, naturally, pros and cons to each in terms ...

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 ...