Photograph of the Beatles at a crosswalk. The story of one photo. Cover for The Beatles. Successful work of the studio

I want to warn you right away that I took all the information from open sources and something from my own memory. I can assume that people from among the real fans of the Beatles are very jealous of the history of the group and the details associated with it. I apologize if I made any inaccuracies.

2. To begin with, I want to show a diagram of how to get to this place in London. You need to take the subway to St. John's Wood station (link to the subway map) and go down about 400 meters to the street Abbey Road:

3. We leave the subway. This is what the station looks like:

3. We go down the Grove End Road. On the left side drew attention to the hospital of St.John and St.Elizabeth. To the left, the window of the hospital dining room overlooks the planted flowers on the hill. What care for the sick:

4. At the intersection of Abbey Road and Grove End there is a memorial to the famous sculptor Edward Onslow Ford:

5. The memorial offers a view of the very passage where the Beatles and just tourists are constantly crowded:

6. Everyone wants to get themselves in the frame at the transition:

7. And back in 1969, during a photo shoot of the Beatles, everything was different:

8. There are many legends about the history of this cover and photography. Why is Paul barefoot, why is John in white, etc. There is a lot of information on the net, here are a couple of links to these topics and:

9. Well, according to tradition, photos with me are clickable. In order to add my LJ as a friend, you can click on my cool scarf:

10. Let's look at the transition closer. They say (write) that he was slightly shifted from his historical place. Read the details on Wikipedia:

11. Well, we continue to admire the creativity of enthusiastic:

12. Asians have always been famous for plastic:

13. Look, the same guy as in the first photos. Although a lot of time has passed. Everyone walks and walks along the transition. Enjoys and angers car drivers:

14. Let's take a break from the Beatles for a while and go a little further along Abbey Road. Literally 200 meters away is a very beautiful Baptist church Abbey Road Baptist Church:

15. Pay attention to the car behind the fence. The parishioners arrived

16. Well, we'll go back, because we haven't looked at another Abbey Road Studios legend:

17. She continues to work today thanks to her popularity:

Very famous world musicians recorded here. From Russia, in 2006, the group Mashina Vremya recorded their album Time Machine here. Andrei Makarevich spoke very flatteringly about the work on the album at that time.

18. Entrance:

19. The same porch 1969:

20. They didn’t let me inside:

22. A few more places where fans love to leave their footprints here. Brickwork studio fence:

24. And the gate supports:

26. Another attraction is the studio webcam:

It is directed to the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing. If you go to the studio's website, you can see what's happening online. Here is a link to the camera: http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing. Picture delay about 2 minutes.

28. And finally, a bench, which indicates in which area of ​​London the famous crossing is located:

In conclusion, I propose to watch my video, the frames of which were shot in parallel with the photos of this post:

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On January 16, 1957, the opening of the Cavern Club took place in Liverpool, where the legendary band The Beatles. It was this day that became the main holiday of the Beatles, according to the decision of UNESCO, January 16 is World Day The Beatles.

The Beatles have always been surrounded by myths, but sometimes the truth was stranger than the lie.

Myth 1. What will you call the boat

What would happen if the Beatles weren't the Beatles? What would the incredible phenomenon known as "Beatlemania" be called then?

It all started with the Quarrymen - this was the name of the group that was put together by the very young Lennon and McCartney. The name of the group was given in honor of Lennon's school Quarry Bank.

But when the group began to perform more actively, a more sonorous name was also needed, and then Johnny and the Moondogs appeared.

But the Beatles were not destined to remain "moon dogs"; in April 1960, the musicians changed their name to The Beatles.

According to the legend, The idea for the band's name came to John Lennon in a dream.. It is no longer possible to prove or disprove this, but Lennon himself said: “I saw a man on a flaming pie who said:“ Let there be beetles. a new, original word, the root of which is clearly guessed - "beat" - beat music.

Fact 1. The Beatles, Brodsky and the Yellow Submarine

"Beatlemania" did not bypass the USSR either. The Beatles were undoubtedly loved by us, and even published. In the 60s, the text of the song Yellow Submarine translated by Joseph Brodsky appeared in the pioneer magazine "Koster".

Joseph Brodsky. Yellow podoldka

In our glorious town
There lived a gray-haired sailor.
He's been to places like this
Where everyone lives underwater.

And immediately there
We sailed for the star
And in a submarine there
Settled underwater.

2 times: We have a yellow submarine, we have a yellow one,
we have yellow.

We live inside the water
We don't need anything.
Blue skies and intense heat
Made friends with yellowness.

Myth 2. Yesterday's scrambled eggs

The song "Yesterday", rightfully considered the most famous creation of the four, was first performed in 1965, but even after 45 years it does not lose its popularity. In 1999, according to a BBC poll, it was even recognized as the best song of the century. in history, according to the Guinness Book of Records, there are more than 3,000 recorded versions of this song today.

According to the legend Paul McCartney came up with the melody for this song in a dream, and at first McCartney was sure that he just heard this one somewhere, and did not invent it. In order not to forget the melody, he hummed it with the first words that came to mind: “Scrambled eggs, oh, my baby, how I love your legs ...” (“Scrambled eggs, oh my baby, how I love your legs ...”).

Under the same title "Scrambled Eggs", the song was released in the US even before work on Yesterday was completed. Then American fans wrote in letters to the group that they heard “something called Scrambled Egg, which is a complete copy of Yesterday.

Despite its success, the song was criticized for being banal and sentimental, and the Italian composer Lily Greco stated in 2006 that Yesterday was only a cover version of the old Neapolitan song "Piccerè che vene a dicere". Greco claimed to have heard the song in Naples in the 80s, writes Spiegel online. When he asked the name of the song from the person who sang it, he was told that it was a Neapolitan folk song. In support of his version, Greco quoted Beatles manager Brian Epstein telling him about Lennon and McCartney's love for Neapolitan songs.

Fact 2. To aliens with love, The Beatles

Fact 4. The Beatles Book of Records

Beatles- the most famous and successful rock band of the 20th century, and this is not only the opinion of her fans, the numbers speak for them. Here are just a few of them.

In 1964, the Beatles held all of the top five spots on the Billboard Singles Chart. They turned out to be the only group that was able to set such a record, the website dailyshow.ru writes.

While on tour in America, the Beatles performed twice on The Ed Sullivan Show, bringing together a record number of viewers in the history of television - 73 million (40% of the US population at that time). This record has not yet been broken by anyone.

Myth 5. Four nights in Moscow

The playful hymn to the country of the Soviets - "Back In The USSR" - became one of the group's most popular songs. And it is with the USSR that another myth about the Beatles is connected.

According to legend in July 1966 The Beatles sang in Moscow at Sheremetyevo airport (according to another version, in Vnukovo). Like most legends, this one has many variations. The first version: the concert took place at the airport, when the Beatles flew on tour to Japan, and their plane was delayed.

The second version, according to the Big City edition, says that the Beatles received an invitation from the Soviet leadership and flew to Sheremetyevo, but at the airport they unexpectedly received a message about the cancellation of the concert, out of annoyance they played a mini-concert right on the airfield, and then flew back.

In addition to the stories of "eyewitnesses" of the concert, if any existed and exist, the unreleased song "Four Nights in Moscow" is considered to be proof that the Beatles visited Moscow. But the group's historians are sure that such a song never existed, and the Beatles' busy touring schedule simply would not have given them the opportunity to perform in Moscow.

Fact 5. "Kalinka" performed by the Beatles

No matter how surprising the coincidence, but in 1964, also on January 16, the Liverpool four came to Paris to perform at Olympia. And here an event occurred that at first glance may seem implausible. In a Parisian restaurant, the Beatles met the "Golden Voice of Russia" - singer Lyudmila Zykina, and, moreover, sang "Kalinka" with Zykina!

Zykina herself spoke about this in 2009 at a press conference in RIA Novosti. The acquaintance took place in one of the restaurants, and two days later Lyudmila Georgievna was at the Beatles concert. According to the singer, at the concert the Beatles performed not only their own songs, but also ours: “Here is the postal troika rushing”, “Because of the island on the rod”, “Green Willow”. And then the Beatles offered Zykina to sing along. And they sang the song "Kalinka". “And I sang,” Zykina said, “and they sang and sang together ... and it was not bad.”

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources

The cover of the Beatles' famous Abbey Road album (Stephanie / flickr.com) The famous Abbey Road pedestrian crossing (Gary Denham / flickr.com) The Abbey Road studio entrance (Peter Bruening / flickr.com) The Abbey Road studio building (james/flickr.com) Passers-by parody the Beatles at the Abbey Road crosswalk (Bruno/flickr.com) Engyles/flickr.com Engyles/flickr.com Engyles/flickr.com

In the capital of Great Britain - London, in the St. John's Wood area there is a popular and important building in world music. We are talking about the Abbey Road recording studio, located on the street of the same name.

The name of the street in the Westminster district is translated as "Road to the Abbey". Here, in the 19th century, the headquarters of the British Horse Artillery stationed its soldiers. The street at that time was the road to the monastery of Kilburn, which in its day belonged to a monastic order and was in the status of an abbey.

Abbey Road Studio Building (james/flickr.com)

The building was founded in 1830, and a few years later it became an exquisite decoration of the district and received its serial number - No. 3.

For a hundred years, the house was owned, replacing each other, by four owners. In 1914 the building was converted into a hotel complex. Its residents were not ordinary people and were very significant figures in history. One of them was John Arthur Mondy Gregory, a connoisseur of music and everything connected with it. He brought musical instruments to the apartment and, enjoying listening to his favorite gramophone records, he liked to independently accompany the compositions he listened to on the drum kit. His life did not turn out in the best way - because of illegal trade, he was sent to prison.

In 1929, the building was bought by the developer Francis Meyer. He was involved in construction and real estate transactions. However, he did not have time to leave his mark on the history of this house, since soon after a successful purchase, he also very successfully sold it to Electric And Musical Industries Ltd. EMI, anticipating the dawn of the recording industry, built the world's first highly specialized studio, where music was recorded at a high level using modern technologies.

The famous Abbey Road crosswalk (Gary Denham / flickr.com)

The reconstruction of the building into a studio was carried out in 1930. The owners paid £100,000 to implement their idea.

The administration of London did not allow changing the appearance of the building and its appearance remained the same, an elegant decoration of the city. Internal work did not greatly affect the old decoration. Minor repairs were required to the 16 rooms of the old building, as well as ventilation systems and recording studio equipment.

By November 12, 1931, three studios, several offices and rooms for a quiet pastime, where musicians could relax, opened their doors to beginners and experienced musicians. At the same time, a recording studio was opened. The process itself was filmed and presented to the general public as a documentary.

Successful work of the studio

The successful work of the studio began with the recording of classical, orchestral compositions. Here the masterpieces of the London Symphony Orchestra and great meters were born.

During the Second World War, Abbey Road gathered propaganda facts from the UK and the BBC. But music has always sounded within these walls: the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong were recorded.

Victory in the Great Patriotic war opened the door for sound engineers to Berlin, where they studied in detail the technical innovations of the Third Reich in recording using a tape recorder. New technical discoveries in this area have helped to improve studio equipment.

In 1953, experts worked on broadcasting a recording of the coronation of Elizabeth II herself.

The Beatles and Abbey Road

Golden time is associated with the appearance in the life of the studio of the young producer George Martin. In 1950, simultaneously with his arrival, the popularity of rock and roll grew, the first hit parades appeared, and, of course, the already famous studio was directly involved in the birth of compositions that fell in love with the general public.

Abbey Road Studio Entrance (Peter Bruening / flickr.com)

We can say that the results of the work of Abbey Road have always become hits for all time. 1962 became a key year in the history of the studio. At this time, George Martin met the Liverpool Four, later the world-famous Beatles.

The meeting of these people greatly changed both their lives and the musical community around the world. Martin, having become the producer of this group, records all her work within the walls of Abbey Road. Their very first and at the same time popular album, recorded at this studio for 24 hours, called “Please Give Me Pleasure” did not give up its positions in the national chart for 6 months.

According to the members of the Beatles, the atmosphere of the studio helped them a lot when creating music.

The Beatles' Abbey Road album

The most important event in the life of the studio and the Beatles was the release of the album in 1969 under the name Abbey Road. This is how the leaders of the group and the producer himself decided to pay tribute to the place where their very fruitful and world-famous life flowed. On the cover of the album is a photograph of the band members crossing the road on a pedestrian crossing near the studio.

Passers-by parody the Beatles at the Abbey Road crosswalk (Bruno / flickr.com)

This transition later became a gathering place for all the Beatles, each of whom so wanted to take such a photo as a keepsake.

Even today, a webcam installed on the Abbey Road studios captures people crossing the road on the famous pedestrian, just like the Fab Four did.

There are a huge number of different film and paper sources dedicated to the world famous Abbey Road Studios. They will be of interest to those who yearn to get to know her better.

Those who wish to visit this historical place can get to the studio from the St. John's Wood branches of the Jubilee Line in just 6 minutes.

The Beatles are a symbol of modern pop culture and the music industry, perhaps even more significant than such musical "monsters" as Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Madonna and Michael Jackson. And The Beatles - the best-selling music brand in history (more than 1 billion records sold worldwide) - forever changed the music world.

1. John Lennon originally named the group differently

John Lennon founded the group in 1957 and named it the Quarry Men. Later, he invited Paul McCartney to the group, who brought in George Harrison. Ringo Starr became the last of the "big four" after he replaced Peter Best as drummer.

2. Quarry Men, Johnny and the Moondogs...

The band changed its name many times before settling on the name
The Beatles. In addition to the Quarry Men, the group also went by the names Johnny and the Moondogs, Rainbows and British Everly Brothers.

3. "Beetles" (beetlles) and "Rhythm" (beat)

Although no one can say exactly where the group's final name came from, most fans believe that John Lennon suggested the name after Buddy Holly's American Crickets. Other sources emphasize that the name deliberately combined 2 words - "bugs" (beetlles) and "rhythm" (beat).

4. "From Me To You"

The Beatles called their first UK single "From Me To You", taking the idea from the letters section of the British magazine NME, then called "From You to Us". They wrote this song on a bus while on tour supporting Helen Shapiro.

5. There was nothing before Elvis

John Lennon was very fond of cats. He had ten pets when he lived in Weybridge with his first wife, Cynthia. His mother had a cat named Elvis as the woman was a big fan of Elvis Presley. Not surprisingly, Lennon later claimed that "there was nothing before Elvis."

6 Abbey Road

The band originally wanted to name the song "Abbey Road" "Everest". But when their record company invited the band to visit the Himalayas to shoot a video there, the Beatles decided to rename the song after the street where the recording studio was located.

7. Hit for the main competitors

Very few people know the fact that John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the first hit for their main rivals, the Rolling Stones. "I Wanna Be Your Man" was released in 1963 and peaked at number twelfth on the UK Singles Chart.

8. Good Morning Good Morning

John Lennon wrote "Good Morning Good Morning" after being infuriated by a Kellogg cereal commercial.

9 Billboard Hot Record Breakers

During the week of April 4, 1964, as many as twelve Beatles songs were included in the top 100 Billboard Hot singles, including the compositions of this group occupied the first five lines. This record has not been broken so far, for fifty-two years.

10. The Beatles sold 178 million records.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Beatles have sold 178 million records in the United States. That's more than any other artist in US music history.

11. "Got to Get You into My Life"

1966 the song "Got to Get You into My Life" appeared. It was originally thought to be about a girl, but McCartney later claimed in an interview that the song was actually about marijuana.

12. Hey Jude

If you listen carefully to the words of the legendary song "Hey Jude", you can hear how Paul swore dirty, making a mistake during the recording of the song.

13. "New disease"

Many people mistakenly believe that the term "Beatlemania" first appeared in 1963 after a review in the Daily Mirror. However, the term was actually invented by Canadian Sandy Gardiner and first appeared in the Ottawa Journal in November 1963, where the word was used to describe a "new disease" that was sweeping the globe.

14. ... well, if they themselves ask

Mae West initially turned down an offer to have her picture on the album cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", but she changed her mind after receiving a private letter from the band. Other famous women on the cover are Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Temple.

15. "Something" is the greatest love song

Frank Sinatra has often publicly expressed his admiration for the band, and once said that "Something" is the greatest love song ever written.

16. Help! and "Strawberry Fields Forever"

John Lennon said that the only real songs he ever wrote were "Help!" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". He claimed that these were the only songs he wrote based on own experience rather than just imagining yourself in certain situations.

17. Beatles Records Publicly Burned in the South

In March 1966, John Lennon noticed that Christianity was in decline and that the Beatles had become more popular than Jesus. His remarks led to protests in the American South, where the band's records were publicly burned. The protests have even spread to other countries such as Mexico, South Africa and Spain.

18. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. All four of its members were also inducted into the Hall of Fame in individually from 1994 to 2015.

19. The Beatles hold the record for hits...

As of 2016, the Beatles still hold the record for most hits (20) to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Elvis Presley and Mariah Carey are tied for second with 18 songs each. The Beatles also hold the record for the most number one albums in the US and UK.

20. Unfulfilled dream

The members of The Beatles were so passionate about Tolkien's work that they wanted to star in the film "The Lord of the Rings", where the director was supposed to be Stanley Kubrick. Fortunately, Kubrick and his record company did not find this idea attractive, and a few decades later, Peter Jackson created his famous cinematic masterpieces.

21. The Beatles broke up because of...

No one knows 100 percent why the Beatles broke up. When Paul McCartney was asked why the band broke up, he claimed it was due to "personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all, he enjoys spending time with his family much more".

22. Missed Opportunity

The closest the band came to a reunion after their split in 1970 was at Eric Clapton's wedding when he married Patti Boyd in 1979. George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr played together at the wedding, but John Lennon did not come.

23. Bands with guitars are out of fashion.

The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records on January 1, 1962, but were turned down because "groups with guitars are out of style" and also because "the band members lack talent". The Decca label instead chose a band called the Tremeloes, who no one remembers today. This is widely considered to be the biggest mistake in twentieth century music history.

24. The Beatles bought an island...

In 1967, when the Beatles were at the height of their drug addiction, they decided to buy their own island. Throwing in cash, the band members bought a beautiful private island in Greece where they wanted to live together, away from screaming fans. Unfortunately, when the group broke up, the island was also sold.

25. Beatles songs heal

Some scientists have suggested that several Beatles songs could help children with autism and other disabilities. In particular, they refer to the songs "Here Comes The Sun", "Octopus's Garden", "Yellow Submarine", "Hello Goodbye", "Blackbird" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

Not so long ago, it appeared on the Web, which, of course, will be of interest to all fans of this group.

February 13, 2016, 18:44

American tourist from Florida Paul Cole came to London with his wife. On August 8, 1969, he left the hotel for some air. He was sick as hell of going to museums and just wanted to stand and see what was going on. Paul got into a conversation with a policeman who was sitting in a parked police van. While they were talking, Paul noticed that several people had gathered at the crosswalk and four of them began to walk back and forth on the zebra, and another took pictures of them.

- Some eccentrics, - laughed Paul, - who walks barefoot in London.

The Beatles' twelfth album was originally going to be called Everest, named after the cigarettes smoked by EMI engineer Jeff Emerick:

There was a picture of a mountain on the pack, which the group liked very much. But they decided to abandon the name, because no one wanted to go to Nepal for a photo shoot. We decided to get out of the situation in the simplest way - to be photographed right next to the studio.

Before that, Paul drew and showed the photographer how he imagines the frame for the cover of the new album:

On the appointed day, around half past eleven, photographer Ian Macmillan arrived at the EMI recording studio at 3 Abbey Road. He was friends with Yoko Ono and she invited him to shoot. The Beatles were waiting for him on the steps at the entrance to the studio.

At first, Paul was in beach slippers, then he took off his shoes and remained barefoot.

Macmillan took six shots within ten minutes:

The fifth image was selected for the case. It turned out to be Alan Flanagan, Steve Millwood and Derek Seagrove - they were decorating the EMI studio and returning from lunch. They are on the far left of the frame.

The picture, taken at a pedestrian crossing next to the studio on Abbey Road, was another reason for fans of the conspiracy theory about Paul's death in a car accident to find new "evidence" to confirm this theory. The number on the Volkswagen LMW281F, which was in the picture, was read as "Paul would be 28 years old if he were alive." And the crossing itself was considered a funeral procession - in front of John in white as a priest, at the end George in jeans as an undertaker, and Paul himself with eyes closed, barefoot, cigarette in hand, and even out of step with the rest. Real dead man, yes.

The Beetle that sold at auction in 2001 for £2,530 is now in the Volkswagen Museum in Wolfsburg.

This girl in blue on the back of the record sleeve also fit into the conspiracy theory about the death of Paul and his replacement with a double. It was considered that this was the same Rita who was driving the car. In fact, after finishing filming at the crossing, McMillan began to look for a suitable place for a photo with the name of the street. And found it at the intersection with Alexandra Road. The picture with a woman accidentally caught in the frame seemed to him the best.