Paul McCartney

From career peaks and acclaimed artistic comebacks to ambitious mistakes, Sept. 12 is a busy day for album anniversaries.

This tragedy cast a long shadow on the rock world and, in the days that followed, that shadow only lengthened.

As this countdown reminds, there's much more to his storied career than all those best-selling singles.

Now that we're around the halfway point of the year, we're taking a look at our personal favorites.

Few classic rock acts could claim such thrilling variation.

Classic rockers and some of their progeny are having a great year.

From Elton John and Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan and Peter Frampton – and many more.

The Beatle even played a song that hasn't been heard live since 1964.

He's had so much post-Beatles success that this list doesn't include six other platinum-sellers.

A quip from his Auntie Lil helped inspire the No. 1 hit.