Born in 1950, Tom Petty from ‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ is celebrating his 66th birthday, and over 40 years with the band! The singer/songwriter also pursued a successful solo career in this time, and raised two daughters in the midst of it all.

Here’s a look at Tom Petty over the years of his career:

 

1971, ‘Mudcrutch’, Petty’s first band:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEgwYTuyB-a/?taken-by=tompettyofficial

 

1977, just a few short years after ‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ formed:

 

‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ enter the 80s:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCyQi0HyByg/?taken-by=tompettyofficial

 

1992 with George Harrison:

https://www.instagram.com/p/_HsauLyB3k/?taken-by=tompettyofficial

 

1997, on the cover of ‘Musician’:

 

Circa 2008, announcing new tour with ‘Mudcrutch’:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BDg3gdWyB20/?taken-by=tompettyofficial

 

Petty, 52 weeks ago:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9ER07USB-v/?taken-by=tompettyofficial

 

Our sentiments exactly, Happy Birthday Tom!

Filed under: #TBT, Celebrity Birthday, Happy Birthday, Mudcrutch, music news, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers