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
Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles The sleeve features liner notes by George Harrison and there is a photo of Atkins wearing a "Beatle wig" on the back cover. It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Albums charts and No. 112 on the Pop Albums charts. Atkins never recorded with the Gretsch "Country Gentleman" 12-string guitar that was made especially for him and is pictured on the cover. The recording was nominated for Best Instrumental Recording (other than Jazz) at the 1967 Grammy awards. Writing for Allmusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "an entertaining, if ultimately