On August 8th 1969 at 11.35am John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison walked across what would later become known as the world’s most famous zebra crossing for the cover of The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’.
It is hailed as one of the most popular and iconic images in music history and today hundreds of fans turned up on the very street to mark the 45th anniversary.
Scenes of the event have been shared online and the famed Abbey Road Studios shared this image on Twitter a short time ago.
The scene at the Abbey Road crossing at 11.35am today, 45 years to the minute since The Beatles had their photo taken pic.twitter.com/cr0ETajcRg
— Abbey Road Studios (@AbbeyRoad) August 8, 2014
To date The Beatles have sold 600 million albums worldwide, racking up 20 No.1 U.S. singles, a Billboard record that still remains.
Not only are they the best-selling musical act of all-time, no other entertainers in history have proven as influential, important or as groundbreaking.
The crossing received grade II listed status for its “cultural and historical importance” in December 2010.
It has been just over fifty years since The Beatles mania was brought to American shores and after the group’s stateside visit in February of 1964; the world of music was changed forever.
From the Cavern Club to Abbey Road, JFK Airport to Washington D.C. Coliseum, onstage and off it, we take a look back at a few images from the seven year phenomenal legacy that The Beatles left behind here.
A rare image of the group walking back over the crossing.
We’ll leave you with gem…
