
Profile
Famous as :
Rock musicianBirth Name :
Thomas Earl PettyBirth Date :
October 20, 1950Birth Place :
Gainesville, Florida, USAClaim to fame :
Album "Damn the Torpedoes" (1979)
Billboard Music Awards
2005
Won Billboard Century AwardGrammy Awards
2011
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Album for "Mojo"
shared with The Heartbreakers
2009
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Long Form Music Video for "Runnin' Down a Dream"
shared with The Heartbreakers
2007
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Album for "Highway Companion"
2007
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance for "Saving Grace"
2006
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (from movie "Elizabethtown" (2005)) for "Square One"
2000
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Song for "Room At The Top"
2000
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Album for "Echo"
1996
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male for "You Don't Know How It Feels"
1996
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Album for "Wildflowers"
1994
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "My Back Pages"
shared with Bob Dylan; Roger McGuinn; Neil Young, Eric Clapton; George Harrison
1992
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Into The Great Wide Open"
shared with The Heartbreakers
1992
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Song for "Learning to Fly"
1990
Won Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1"
shared with Traveling Wilburys
1990
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Album of the Year for "Full Moon Fever"
1990
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male for "Free Fallin'"
1982
Got nomination for Grammy Awardcategory Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
shared with Stevie Nicks; The Heartbreakers
MTV Video Music Awards
2009
Got nomination for MTV Video Music Awardcategory Best Video (That Should Have Won a Moonman) for "Into the Great Wide Open"
shared with The Heartbreakers
1995
Won MTV Video Music Awardcategory Best Male Video for "You Don't Know How It Feels"
shared with The Heartbreakers
1994
Won MTV Video Music Awardcategory Best Male Video for "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
1992
Got nomination for MTV Video Music Awardcategory Best Male Video for "Into the Great Wide Open"
1985
Got nomination for MTV Video Music Awardcategory Viewer's Choice for "Don't Come Around Here No More"
shared with The Heartbreakers
1985
Got nomination for MTV Video Music Awardcategory Video of the Year for "Don't Come Around Here No More"
shared with The Heartbreakers












