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Did You Know...

...that Tom Petty shortened his name because "Tommy Petty" didn't look right on the record?

...that Tom Petty told his father that he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 35?

...that on the 4th of July, 1976, the air conditioning broke down during the recording of "American Girl"?

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"Maybe the reason it's taken us so long to succeed is that Tom pisses people off. For as long as I've known him he's bugged people in authority."

- Mike Campbell