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Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

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 ...

See Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' Ground-Shaking 1982 ‘Wild Thing' Performance

The whole premise of the Troggs' 1966 hit "Wild Thing" is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, ...

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell on how a chance meeting saved the Heartbreakers’ debut single from oblivion

Petty was so excited to find the hook, he called the band back in the studio to remake the song — at four in the morning ...
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Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

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 ...