5 Key Facts About the Beatles' Abbey Road Studio

The studio was originally called EMI Studios, located on Abbey Road in St John’s Wood. It wasn’t officially renamed Abbey Road Studios until 1976.

Nearly everything from “Love Me Do” through Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was recorded there.

The early hits from 1962 to 1966—“Please Please Me,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand”—were all tracked in Studio Two.

The building’s official name changed long after the Beatles stopped recording there, but the location is the same.

If someone asks for the name, say “Abbey Road.” If you want to sound knowledgeable, say “EMI Studios on Abbey Road.” Either way, it’s the same zebra crossing.