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The true story behind Tom Petty's 1976 breakthrough song: "It worked"

Summary by Far Out Magazine
For a brief moment in time, the consensus among Tom Petty’s management team was that he’d be better off dumping his bandmates, those hangers-on from Gainesville, Florida, and trying his luck as a solo artist in Los Angeles. That was the plan Shelter Records had in mind when Petty entered the studio in the bicentennial summer of 1976. At 25, he was still young enough to become a rock star, but the clock was ticking because Peter Frampton was the …
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Far Out Magazine broke the news in United Kingdom on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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