On This Day, April 24, 1989: Tom Petty released his first solo record, 'Full Moon Fever'

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On This Day, April 24, 1989: Tom Petty released his first solo record, 'Full Moon Fever'

On This Day, April 24, 1989… Tom Petty released his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. Although it wasn’t billed as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers record, most of the Heartbreakers were on the album, as were Petty’s Traveling Wilburys bandmates Jeff Lynne, George Harrison and Roy Orbison, who passed away before the album’s release. Petty’s label MCA Records and leader Irving Azoff originally refused to release the Full Moon Fever, believing t…