selling more than 08 million
records word wide, chris
martinez looking back at his
career.
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>> ♪
>> tom petty was a legend, one
of the worlds' top 100 best
selling artists.
his love of rock-and-roll
began whether he was just a
child, in florida.
he got the chance to meet
elvis presley, and realized he
wanted to be in a band, when
he saw the beatles on the ed
sullivan show.
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>> ♪ the bands that brought
him to stardom, in the 19 70s,
was tom petty and the heart
breakers.
american girl, was one of the
group's many hits.
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>> was an american girl ♪
>> from the late 70s, into the
90s, the bands put out more
than two dozen albumns.
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>> in 1989, petty released a
solo albumn, which featured
the wildly popular songs, i
won't back down.
>> ♪ won't back down ♪
>> and free falling.