Abbey Road Studios Richard and the Drifters (later Cliff Richard and the Shadows) recorded "Move It" there, and later pop music material. Abbey Road Studios is closely associated with the Beatles, who recorded almost all of their albums and hits there between 1962 and 1970 using the four-track REDD mixing console designed by Peter K. Burkowitz. The Beatles named their 1969 album "Abbey Road", after the street where the studio is located. The studio was renamed Abbey Road Studios in 1970 after the Beatles album had made it famous. Iain Macmillan took the album's cover photograph outside the studios, with the result that
The End (Beatles song) The End (Beatles song) "The End" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album "Abbey Road". It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album. McCartney said, "I wanted [the medley] to end with a little meaningful couplet, so I followed the Bard and wrote a couplet." In his 1980 interview with "Playboy", John Lennon acknowledged McCartney's authorship by saying, "That's Paul again ...