Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

American rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q2117272
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Summary

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is a rock band[1]. It draws 3,286 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #91 of 861).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[3].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[4].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's instance of is recorded as rock band[5].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's genre is rock music[6].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's genre is heartland rock[7].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's genre is Southern rock[8].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was produced by Rick Rubin[9].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was produced by Mike Campbell[10].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was produced by Tom Petty[11].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[12].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as MCA Records[13].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Shelter Records[14].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Backstreet Records[15].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Reprise Records[16].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's record label is recorded as Sonic Boom[17].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's discography is recorded as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers discography[18].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's Commons category is recorded as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers[19].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Tom Petty[21].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Mike Campbell[22].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Benmont Tench[23].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Scott Thurston[24].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Steve Ferrone[25].
  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers comprises Ron Blair[26].
  • 1976 marks the founding of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1976[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2017-10-02[31]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, heartland rock, pop rock, power pop, rock, southern rock[32]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, classic rock, heartland rock, pop rock, power pop, rock, southern rock[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f93dbc64-6f08-4033-bcc7-8a0bb4689849[34]

Body

Recognition

Awards received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[3], a commemorative plaque[35], in United States[36] and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[4], a music museum[37], in United States[38], founded in 1983[39].

Why It Matters

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers draws 3,286 Wikipedia views per month (rock_band category, ranking #91 of 861).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

FAQs

What awards did Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive?

Honors received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[3] and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [34] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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