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
Abbey Road the number plate on the Volkswagen parked on the street is 28IF, meaning McCartney would have been 28 if he had lived. The image of the Beatles on the Abbey Road crossing has become one of the most famous and imitated in recording history. The crossing is a popular destination for Beatles fans and a webcam, provided by EarthCam, has operated there since 2011. In December 2010, the crossing was given grade II listed status for its "cultural and historical importance"; the Abbey Road studios themselves had been given similar status earlier in the year. In 2013, Kolkata Police launched